It went down due to speed and cost constraints, then went down farther with AI slop. That's what I've seen in my career. Testing has been an afterthought for a while and AI has resulted in "passing" but mostly worthless tests.
It went down due to speed and cost constraints, then went down farther with AI slop. That's what I've seen in my career. Testing has been an afterthought for a while and AI has resulted in "passing" but mostly worthless tests.
Exactly. “Tests pass” has replaced “software works.”
We measure coverage instead of correctness, and AI-generated tests just made it worse, they validate syntax, not behavior. The illusion of safety lets teams ship faster while silently compounding technical debt.
The real regression isn’t missing tests, it’s that we stopped thinking during them.