{"url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/12/to-go-fast-with-ai-you-need-tests-because-the-model-writes", "author": {"handle": "brendancodykenny", "name": "Brendan Cody-Kenny", "headline": "Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A", "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny"}, "post": {"id": 12, "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/12/to-go-fast-with-ai-you-need-tests-because-the-model-writes", "kind": "update", "summary": "To go fast with AI you need tests, because the model writes faster than a person can read", "details": ["Dr. Tobias Pook, CTO of CHAPTERS Group, said in May the group revised its acquisition criteria to require modern frameworks, test coverage and tooling.", "Beacon Software, which has acquired 30 companies at about one a week, says its engineers clear tech debt in the companies it acquires.", "Two companies can report the same margin and headcount and have very different code, and the return on an AI programme depends on the code."], "links": ["https://www.chaptersgroup.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Chapters_AI-Interview_Pook_05-25.pdf", "https://www.beaconsoftware.com/"], "tags": ["ai", "m-and-a", "tech-debt", "testing"], "happened_on": "2026-09-01", "created": "2026-09-27T13:15:42.718985Z", "edited": "2026-09-27T13:58:43.472904Z"}}