Posts tagged: testing
A Complete Guide to Vitest Global Setup and Teardown
Ben Houston • 5 Minutes Read • November 19, 2025
When writing tests with Vitest, you often need to perform setup tasks before all tests run and cleanup tasks after all tests complete. This is where Vitest's globalSetup feature comes in handy.
Tags: coding, testing
The Missing Metric in Software Testing: Spec Coverage
Ben Houston • 4 Minutes Read • April 27, 2025
Code coverage tells you what code has been touched. Spec coverage tells you what intent has been verified. In the era of intent-based programming, it's time to stop measuring tests by lines of code and start measuring them by meaning.
Tags: coding, testing
The Rise of "Test Theater": When AI Coders Write Tests That Mean Nothing
Ben Houston • 4 Minutes Read • March 25, 2025
AI coding assistants are excellent at generating tests with high coverage. But there is often a critical problem: they are testing that code behaves as written, not as intended. This "Test Theater" creates a dangerous illusion of quality while providing almost no real protection against bugs.

Tags: testing, coding, ai