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Test-Driven Development (TDD) has been my default programming mode for 25 years. TDD simply made me a better developer. It’s been invaluable. However, the time has come to bid farewell. TDD didn’t survive my transition into AI-native development: forcing an agent through increments optimized for human cognition negates many of the benefits. Dropping TDD feels like a drastic step. But it’s similar to what happened years earlier as I went all in on Clojure. I had to adapt my habits and workflows to a new context in order to take advantage of it. My new essay reflects on my decades as a TDD prac…
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