Mutation testing: can you trust AI-generated tests?
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Mutation testing breaks your code in one place and checks whether any test noticed. Code coverage measures execution. Mutation score measures assertion. Since a model started writing the tests, that stopped being an academic distinction. Coverage lost its meaning the moment it became free. An agent…
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- 2026-10-14 07:30 · DEV Community — AI
Mutation testing: can you trust AI-generated tests?