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TDD Fails to Catch Design Flaws, Especially With AI-Generated Tests
A developer found that changing a function's signature broke callers, yet all tests passed because the tests themselves used the old signature. This highlights that TDD only verifies implementation against tests, not tests against design intent. AI accelerates this problem by quickly generating tests that may embed misunderstandings, shifting review burden to humans.
Meridian48 take
The article rightly warns that AI-generated tests can amplify TDD's blind spot, but the core issue—tests not reflecting intent—is a human design problem, not a TDD failure.
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