“In our like agent files, things like, you know, don't just delete tests and things like that”

Joy Eberts · The InfoQ Podcast · What Does It Really Mean To Program With AI: A Conversation with Joy Ebertz

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added explicit directives in their AI-agent configuration files to never delete tests during code generation

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