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		marcosdumay 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI is forcing us to write good code LLMs don't make bad tests any less harmful. Nor they write good tests for the stuff people mostly can't write good tests for.

zahlman 19 days ago [–]

Okay, but is aiming for 100% coverage really why the bad tests are bad?

jeltz 19 days ago | | [–]

In most cases I have seen bad tests, yes.

marcosdumay 18 days ago | | [–]

Aiming for 100% coverage is almost certain to cause bad tests, yes.

But not all bad tests come from a goal of 100% coverage.

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