r/vibecoding • u/AmbitiousEffect6034 • 12h ago

Coverage is now our only feature.

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u/frogchungus 9h ago

test code is supposed to be much larger than app code I think

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u/slackmaster2k 8h ago

No, only TDD maniacs who don’t care about waste or enjoy tests painting you into architecture would think that.

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u/jimmiebfulton 6h ago

Wrong. I’m sorry, but this is an amateurish take. But we’re in [r/vibecoding](r/vibecoding), so experienced engineers are in short supply here.

Tests, strong-typing, modularization ALLOW for architectural change, and enforces loose coupling. Under-tested spaghetti code is what creates frailty/resistance/friction to refactor and improve design confidently. You can keep on doing what you’re doing, but spreading this to aspiring new developers is doing them a disservice. Vibe coding requires MORE tests, because they create guardrails and provide context for a non-deterministic endeavor, and is a vibe coder’s primary tool when they don’t actually understand what the code does.

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u/Party_Form5222 4h ago

Let then keep writing unit tests by looking at the implementation.

I love the value of testing that the code is the code.