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Ephemeral testing

Lobsters Hottest ↗ · 2026-10-05 Cached

Daniel Lemire proposes 'ephemeral testing,' a method where AI agents build throwaway applications on top of your code, and you judge the quality of the underlying library by how well that temporary software turns out rather than reviewing the code directly. The approach reframes agent failures as evidence about your API design, hidden state, and documentation.

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