Specification-first convergence with an AI coding agent: a case study of dismantling a core architectural invariant across 189 files in a 717k-line codebase with no test oracle and no human code review
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1
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@article{allodium:10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1,
title = {Specification-first convergence with an AI coding agent: a case study of dismantling a core architectural invariant across 189 files in a 717k-line codebase with no test oracle and no human code review},
author = {Joël Abenhaïm},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Specification-first convergence with an AI coding agent: a case study of dismantling a core architectural invariant across 189 files in a 717k-line codebase with no test oracle and no human code review AU - Joël Abenhaïm PY - 2026 DO - 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1 UR - https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1 ER -
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Abenhaïm, J. (2026). Specification-first convergence with an AI coding agent: a case study of dismantling a core architectural invariant across 189 files in a 717k-line codebase with no test oracle and no human code review. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10800353/v1
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