The test suite as a regression sensor
4.20T1 sourcemartinfowler.com (Exploring Gen AI series, incl. Böckeler)
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Published by martinfowler.com (Exploring Gen AI series, incl. Böckeler) (T1 source). The original is at https://martinfowler.com/articles/sensors-for-coding-agents.html.
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SummaryA walkthrough by Birgitta Böckeler on using computational sensors—test suites, ESLint, and static analysis—as feedback mechanisms for AI coding agents. Building on her earlier harness-engineering model, it focuses on keeping AI-generated codebases maintainable by catching internal-quality regressions before human review.
Why it mattersFirsthand framework for guarding code quality in agent-driven workflows. The sensor/harness mental model is a concrete addition to anyone deploying coding agents on real codebases.
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