Stop asking AI to “write tests for this” — 5 prompt changes that make generated tests catch bugs
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AI coding tools can write a test file in seconds. Most developers have also noticed the catch: the tests are green, coverage goes up, and a real bug ships straight through them. That usually isn’t the model being bad at testing. It’s the prompt leaving out everything that makes a test valuable. Her…
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- 2026-10-14 02:40 · DEV Community — AI
Stop asking AI to “write tests for this” — 5 prompt changes that make generated tests catch bugs