If I Can Delete Your Patch and Still Pass, It's a Zero: A Bootcamp Lab on Agent Mutation Checks
This story is from 2026-09-20. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.
I zero the assignment if I can throw away the agent's production diff and the test suite still goes green. A passing run is a claim, not a proof. Mutation checks are how I cross-examine that claim. Coding agents are getting fluent at looking finished. They edit the tests. They hardcode the fixture.…
Read the full story at DEV Community — AI ↗
Timeline · 1 report
- 2026-09-20 11:23 · DEV Community — AI
If I Can Delete Your Patch and Still Pass, It's a Zero: A Bootcamp Lab on Agent Mutation Checks