https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dmitry_dvHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:41:29 +0000The refactor step is the silent casualty in AI-assisted TDD. Once the test is green, Claude optimizes for moving to the next test, not for cleaning up the impl that just passed. An "iterate-until-clean" pass at the end is a different thing: you're refactoring cold code, not refactoring with a freshly-written test as the safety net.

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