Claudiu

Would you say that corruption is related to culture?

The language necessary to describe the phenomena occurring inside LLMs is lacking, so the default is anthropomorphization.

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Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.

The number of added lines of code is a terrible performance metric. Instead, the total number could be considered a complexity metric, but even that fails when the code is verbose enough.

It’s a fascinating leap. Right now, it seems that my most important task when running an agentic workflow is to keep the output of a stochastic process on a deterministic path.

Ukraine Support: Europe largely fills the US aid withdrawal, lead by the Nordics and the UK Aid flows to Ukraine shifted significantly in March and April 2025. While the United States allocated no new aid during this period, European countries increased their support. As a result, Europe has...

A new report by the @kiel.institute shows that in March and April 2025, Europe surpassed the United States in the total value of military aid provided to Ukraine, for the first time since June 2022. 🇺🇦🇪🇺
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I have a new article out.

It's about a better technique to create grainy gradients, without the big problem that layering a noise layer brings: altering the original gradient palette (to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the approach used).

#CSS #SVG #filter

Working with LLM agents is making me think about the old saying: 'be careful what you wish for'

Funny, not funny.

Romania chose decency over dishonesty. A lot of hardships lie ahead, but right now it seems like we’ll make it.

It kind of feels like fascist movements are being normalised around the world

Organizing a grassroots antifa movement when?

It kind of feels like fascist movements are being normalised around the world

We need more leaders like Maia Sandu

It might have been bad luck. However, I can’t say I have been happy with it in the past few months.

The agent panel seems awfully resource-intensive for what it’s doing.

It would have happened if Europe didn’t need their gas. We’re getting there.

They enjoy feeling though in front of their subjects. Taking on NATO is beyond their means.

Demonstration of using `withLatestFrom` with multiple observables

TIL `withLatestFrom` can accept multiple observables as its input

YouTube video by DevTernity Conference 🚀 Integrated Tests Are A Scam (J.B. Rainsberger)

For those wishing to explore J.B. Rainsberger's ideas in more detail, his insightful talk is linked below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhFa...

This entire exploration reinforces a question for us in software development to continuously ask: Are our testing strategies driving better design and providing rapid feedback? Or are they, perhaps, merely confirming existing behaviors and complexities without challenging them?

Interestingly, before revisiting Rainsberger's specific articulation, we pivoted. We were deprecating the integration suite, driven by the need for actionable feedback from unit tests. His framework later provided strong validation for these decisions.

This resonates deeply with my recent work on a brownfield project. I inherited a testing strategy dominated by integration and e2e tests. The outcome was a test suite that ballooned to a six-hour execution time, yet offered very little confidence in the software's correctness.

While Rainsberger’s model promotes robust design, its application demands real discipline. Defining and maintaining clear contracts, especially in legacy systems, is a hurdle. Vigilance against mock drift, even with contract tests, is also a vital real-world consideration.

This strategy offers several benefits. It improves design feedback through tests that promote robust interfaces and component isolation. It also increases speed and efficiency. True integrated tests remain essential at the system's boundaries.

His approach centers on collaboration and contract tests to manage dependencies. These define clear interface contracts between system parts. Collaboration tests verify client-supplier interactions, while contract tests ensure the supplier meets the contract, preventing test double drift.

His solution involves a strategic shift, advising against integrated tests for internal component logic. Instead, he emphasizes unit tests for fast feedback that actively drives decoupled design. System tests, a form of integrated test, should be used sparingly for e2e checks

To be clear, Rainsberger doesn't label all integrated tests as inherently flawed. The scam is over-reliance. The issue only deepens when adding more integrated tests masks, rather than mends, core design flaws.

The scam he describes isn't malicious. It's a detrimental cycle, that often begins with bugs in production, despite high test coverage, leading to a misdiagnosis, and a call for more integration tests. This, he argues, can paradoxically worsen underlying issues.

Since today’s topic seems to be testing, I would like to bring a talk by J.B. Rainsberger into attention.

Same boat. Will share once I have an opinion.