Capture the Process Transcript Before You Extract One Helper
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A messy refactor fails at the process boundary first. Characterization tests should lock that boundary before any extract. Change one private helper only after the transcript matches. Internal cleanliness does not prove external safety for callers. Callers care about exit codes, stdout, and stderr.…
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- 2026-09-09 08:16 · DEV Community — AI
Capture the Process Transcript Before You Extract One Helper