Characterize Failure Tokens Before You Extract a Predicate
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A messy validator is unsafe until reject paths freeze. Characterization of failures still beats a pretty extract. Change one predicate only after the matrix holds. The damage pattern Happy-path tests miss most damage from refactors. Callers depend on failure shape, not structure. Exit codes remain…
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- 2026-09-08 16:31 · DEV Community — AI
Characterize Failure Tokens Before You Extract a Predicate