Test-Driven Development With AI
Use AI to supercharge TDD — write tests first, let AI implement, then iterate through red-green-refactor.
Test-Driven Development (TDD) is one of those practices that developers either swear by or dismiss entirely. The traditional pitch — write a failing test, write the minimum code to pass it, refactor — sounds great in theory but feels slow in practice.
AI changes the equation. When your AI coding tool can generate implementation code in seconds, the bottleneck shifts from "writing code" to "knowing what the code should do." And that's exactly what TDD is about: specifying behavior before implementing it.
TDD with AI is the best workflow most developers haven't tried yet.
The Traditional TDD Cycle
Red → Write a failing test
Green → Write the minimum code to pass it
Refactor → Clean up without changing behavior
RepeatWithout AI, the Green step is where most of the ti
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