characterization tests

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Techniques

Tests that capture existing behavior of legacy code before refactoring.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by security coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

Evidence (1)

5Martin Fowler·5/27/2026security
Fowler on agentic coding, code cleanup, and UK public repo closures
Martin Fowler summarizes several recent software-development posts and talks, including a discussion with Kent Beck about LLM-augmented programming and the role of junior developers. He also highlights an account of restructuring a legacy Laravel and React codebase with tests, static analysis, and a more agent-driven workflow, plus criticism of the UK NHS closing open-source repositories due to LLM-related security concerns.