issacnitin
Re:Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six...
on Friday August 28, 2026 @11:42AM (#49480237)
Thanks for letting me know, i'll check it out!
Re:Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six...
on Friday August 28, 2026 @12:05AM (#49474238)
hi, this is simply put, to compare the behavior diff of two builds. when i say behavior, i mean the return values of functions etc. it'll help with AI-assisted code reviews etc. since AI looks at the text diff only, and misses behavior diff downstream. it complements static analysis and unit tests for a stronger testing strategy.
Re:Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six...
on Thursday August 27, 2026 @02:18PM (#49469030)
Not yet. But feel free to add :)
Re:Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six...
on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:40AM (#49466626)
Sure, appreciate the feedback.
Re:Show HN: RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six...
on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:01AM (#49466007)
Not mutation testing — nothing is mutated. It builds both branches with instrumentation, runs the same test suite on each, and diffs the recorded arguments and return values.
In that example, selectDiscount returns a different discount and the order total goes 85 → 60. Neither function is in the diff; only the sort helper is. The tests still pass — one asserts the total is positive, and 60 is positive.
Re:Harness Engineering
on Thursday August 27, 2026 @10:47AM (#49465773)
This is perfect, here's a tool for harness engineering to be more effective that I just released today https://github.com/issacnitin/RealDiff