Post #1108983

2026-04-02 17:38 UTC

An article was shared on one of my clients’ Slack about AI and testing: how about approaching testing when AI is changing the code all the time, kind of. The people are enthusiastic about the article coz it kind of confirms their not-so-performant testing strategy. I violently disagree with the article because it confirms bad habits. So, want to write an article about it, but referencing the article feels like shaming the author. How to avoid that? How should I move forward?

Replies (4)

@dmerej@mamot.fr 2026-04-02 18:28

@tdpauw@mastodon.social Maybe you can summarize the article without giving a link ?

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@njan@chaos.social 2026-04-02 18:30

@tdpauw@mastodon.social Hmm, if you frame it how you did it now (this article made my client think X, which is understandable. Unfortunately the facts are/my opinion_observation is Y) that seems like a sensible approach to me. As long as you're not saying "how could one ever believe AI would solve this?!" it's not shaming but proving a point and_or fact. You cannot prevent the author from _hypothetically_ feeling insulted by not being right. You can just be kind and empathetic.

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@BarneyDellar@mastodon.scot 2026-04-02 20:23

@tdpauw@mastodon.social Don’t actually cite the article? You could talk about the ideas in it, without referencing it directly.

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@ez@chaos.social 2026-04-03 17:37

@tdpauw@mastodon.social You’re great at citing sources. Here’s an opportunity to not do that! Your idea can be great independent of some doofus being wrong!

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