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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by latentsea on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:59AM (#50377316)
Seems like a culture problem at both ends of the org.
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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by hinkley on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:17PM (#50383175)
It’s a pretty common failure mode in my experience. Keep management out of testing as long as you can.
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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by latentsea on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:14PM (#50387288)
Keep shitty tests out. PRs with vacuous tests should be rejected. You can have high coverage and good tests. These aren't mutually exclusive.
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