Fractional Futurist · May 24, 2026
Characterisation Tests Before Agents Touch Brownfield Code
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Agents over-refactor stable code without a safety net. Feathers' characterisation-test technique — write tests for current behaviour before changing anything — is more important than ever. The agent itself is the perfect characterisation-test-writer.
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