Great work Jeff Langr! We're honored to inform you that "Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development" made it to BookAuthority's list of best Software Testing books of all time! bookauthority.org/books/best-sof…

we must start breaking the loop: Help feed the AI models with better code, via AAD jjlangr.substack.com/p/ai-assisted-…

Create, Assess, eXecute (CAX) open.substack.com/pub/jjlangr/p/…

Looking for a new exercise for interviewing, a practice problem to learn a new language, or a first intro to TDD? The name normalizer kata: github.com/jlangr/name-no… Solutions in many languages, Python conspicuously missing. I'd love a good contribution.

Your LLM-generated code *will* inevitably demonstrate a compliance gap. At least you'll have tests that fail, if you're practicing CAX. What then, though? In this post: a simple example gone wrong, and a thankfully near-effortless resolution. jjlangr.substack.com/p/cax-failure-…

"Prompt, Pray, Repeat"--my latest AI Code Correct Substack post , in which I make a hypothesis that does not hold true. The LLM does respond really well to a prompt including some specifics about the solution's design, though. lnkd.in/gFyvXWPz

"Prompt, Pray, Repeat"--latest AI Code Correct post , in which I make a hypothesis that does not hold true. The LLM does respond really well to a prompt including some specifics about the solution's design, though. lnkd.in/gFyvXWPz

Do well-designed LLM solutions comply more? open.substack.com/pub/jjlangr/p/… (Proposed research for LLM code generation via AADV/CAX. A true teaser--no answer yet. Help shape the research!)

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AI Code Correct: "CAXing a cyclomatic complexity model." jjlangr.substack.com/p/caxing-a-cyc… The LLM generates a solution that fails errant examples. Fixing them gets me to 100% compliance. Next up: Thoughts on why this occurred.

AI Code Correct: Avoid bad vibe coding! Latest post: A (free) follow-up to the CAX-driving of a cyclomatic complexity module. When CAXing a cyclomatic complexity module, why did the LLM generate a non-compliant cyclomatic solution, failing two tests? jjlangr.substack.com/p/a-deliberate…

Not "all vibe coding is bad," but defining a dev process in a tweet is irresponsible. We know how it will mostly turn out AI Code Correct post: "Squelching bad vibe coding," in which I review my approach to AI-assisted development. jjlangr.substack.com/p/squelching-b…

Many of the skills needed to succeed at AI-assisted development (with verification!) aren't terribly daunting. Learning how to supply examples to the LLM is at the core of AADV; this AI Code Correct post provides an introduction. jjlangr.substack.com/p/aadv-skill-2…

Streamlining the CAX cycle open.substack.com/pub/jjlangr/p/…

AADV: Better vibes than (bad) vibe coding open.substack.com/pub/jjlangr/p/…

"Behavioral drift in AADV" LLMs hallucinate intent, too, during code generation. Why it's a problem and some thoughts on addressing it. open.substack.com/pub/jjlangr/p/…

Examples: The lingua franca of AADV? New AI Code Correct substack post! When doing AI-assisted development with CAX, examples are the basis for compiling intent into code and tests, like a compiler produces executable artifacts. open.substack.com/pub/jjlangr/p/…

Changing behavior with AADV (AI Assisted Development with Verification) new post on Substack! jjlangr.substack.com/p/changing-beh… Adding new behaviors means regenerating entire modules. How do you begin to accomplish that in a well-designed, multi-module solution?