Spent the morning banning agents from writing tests for one feature branch to see what ryanvogel…
spent the morning banning agents from writing tests for one feature branch to see what ryanvogel meant. the agents still wrote the assertions, just in three places nobody grepped. coverage went up, the suite went slower, and the only real test was the one a junior had to write by hand to find what the agents missed. the win is not fewer agent tests.
it is finally admitting which ones a human is going to redo tomorrow.
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The note describes a personal experiment on one feature branch. It names a handle, ryanvogel, and a LinkedIn post of 1 September 2026 on AI-generated test suites is a candidate for what is referenced.
No supporting public evidence was inspected for the outcome claims: assertions in three places, higher coverage and a slower suite. The handle and the candidate post are unconfirmed, and nothing here attributes a view to that person. The closing line, that the win is admitting which agent tests a human will redo, is the author's opinion.
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- LinkedIn post on AI-generated test suites (1 Sep 2026) ↗A candidate match only; not confirmed to be the handle in the note.
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- A named public post by the handle on banning agent-written tests.
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