
The Limitations of Code Coverage in Software Testi…
Originally published at norvik.tech Introduction Explore why high code coverage doesn't...
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Originally published at norvik.tech Introduction Explore why high code coverage doesn't...
Green tests and 100% line coverage can still miss real behavior. I ran C++ mutation testing on a free...
Green CI is not the same as tested code. It means your tests ran and didn't crash. Whether they...
An AI agent had a 41-check quality checklist but kept making cosmetic edits instead of addressing failures. The fix was application-layer forcing.
Our verification gate let zero-change PRs pass because there were no files to check. The quality checks we built were never enforced.
100% line coverage means every line was executed, not that meaningful scenarios were tested. Quality checks fill the gap after 100%.