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Engineering leads, research engineers, AI tooling teams
Chris Royse field notes
Forensic Driven Development Beats Vibe Coding
The workflow starts from the assumption that code, tests, claims, and demos are guilty until evidence proves otherwise.
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Core idea
A PASS is only meaningful when it states what was checked, what evidence was inspected, and what remains unverified.
Engineering Method
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Forensic Driven Development Beats Vibe Coding
This is the operating style frontier model teams expect from someone asking them to trust a narrow proof run.
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Evidence beats confidence.
Tests should verify state, not just run code.
A good failure report is part of the product.
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