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Uncle Bob & AI
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I carefully review the first few acceptance tests. Once I'm sure it's got a good pattern going I reduce that skim to a spot check.

Once the acceptance tests pass I mutate them. Every mutation should result in a failure. If not, then the acceptance tests has non operative elements that need to be resolved.

I don't look at the unit tests at all. I expect the mutation tester to find any holes in them. (and it does).

I don't look at the production code either (except as the diffs scroll by). I use crap analysis to ensure that functions and modules are reasonably sized and structured.

There are other tools I use as well. I'm definitely flying by instruments; but it seems pretty safe.

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