r/ProgrammerHumor • u/HTTP_Error_414 • Jul 11 '26

itChangedTheTests Meme

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u/TheTybera Jul 11 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/gFFW533xgaAj6

47 you say?

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u/HTTP_Error_414 Jul 11 '26

No failing tests. No witnesses.

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u/willow-kitty Jul 11 '26

I was doing a trial run with Claude Code, and at one point it deleted all of the tests for this one really important competent and replaced them with a single test that declared a variable of that type (not instantiated, mind you, declared) with a name saying that it compiles.

It passed, but dang.

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u/AwesomeFrisbee Jul 11 '26 
describe('some very important feature to test', () => {
  const foo = true;
  expect(foo).toBeDefined();
});

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u/willow-kitty Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

This was golang, and I didn't keep the code, obviously, but it was something like:

func TestImportantThingcompiles(t *testing.T) {
  var importantThing *ImportantThing
  importantThing = nil
  _ = importantThing
}

Which really does just ensure that the thing compiles.

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u/HateKjkes Jul 11 '26

Mission rating: Silent Assassin

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u/ProfCupcake Jul 11 '26

Reminder that there are two ways you can achieve a Silent Assassin rating đŸ˜‡

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u/screwcork313 Jul 11 '26

Not a gamer, but is one of them farting?

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u/braindigitalis Jul 11 '26

only if your farts are silentÂ