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Your Smoke Test Is Not an Eval: Five Myths and a Golden-Set Gate

I changed one line of a system prompt last month. Three examples looked better. A refund path broke two days later. Was that bad luck? Partly. Three examples are not a test suite. They are a vibe with a timestamp. Everyone nods at that in the retro. Then the next review meeting starts. Someone says…

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  1. 2026-11-08 08:18 · DEV Community — AI
    Your Smoke Test Is Not an Eval: Five Myths and a Golden-Set Gate

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