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Comment by ozten

1 day ago

I got massive productivity gains from having an LLM fill out my test suite.

It is like autocomplete and macros... "Based on these two unit tests, fill out the suite considering b, c, and d. Add any critical corner case tests I have missed or suggest them if they don't fit well."

It is on the human to look at the generated test to ensure a) they are comprehensive and b) useful and c) communicate clearly

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lifeisstillgood  1 day ago

Can you extend that - what was the domain, how did you start? I would like to give this a try but am not quite sure I get it?

  • ozten  1 day ago

    Backend coding for web services.

    In the past I would hand write 8 or 9 unit tests. Now I write the first one or two and then brain dump anything else into the LLM prompt. It then outputs mine plus 6 or more.

    I delete any that seem low value or ridiculous or have a follow up prompt to ask for refinements. Then just copy/pasta back into the codebase out of the chat.