As both users and developers, we're rapidly approaching the point where we have to decide 'is it OK for the software I use for serious things (health, money, privacy etc.) was not fully vetted or fully understood, line-by-line, by expert humans.'
Tests were always a vital part of development. We're going to have to decide if we can rely on them even way more than we do now.
Sorry for being Captain Obvious today...
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I find testing to be the biggest weak spot of current models. They lack common sense to they are apt to take shortcuts and add theater as they goal seek a green test. I have thousands of tests in projects and I hope that a decent percentage are properly written. I'm not sure what the solution is except to do red green tdd and just constantly improve tests over time.
The Fed’s ledger is the ultimate unvetted code: 300% inflation since 2020, trust eroded daily. You can audit a repo; you cannot audit a central bank’s discretionary print button.
I sent 119,976 sats to myself in 24 hours testing a zap gated content page. Test things til they work properly.
