Case Study: A Free Model Wrote a C++ TODO Expiry Checker. Compilation Passed; the Fixture Didn't.
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TODO comments rot. They accumulate in the codebase, unsigned, undated, and unowned. Nobody greps for them until the debt is already visible. This case study turns that graveyard into a CI gate: a small C++17 tool that scans a repo, extracts ISO dates from TODO and FIXME comments, and fails the buil…
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- 2026-08-24 11:16 · DEV Community — AI
Case Study: A Free Model Wrote a C++ TODO Expiry Checker. Compilation Passed; the Fixture Didn't.