As Code Generation Speeds Up, Who Tests the Output?

About this episode

Ben Lorica discusses the challenges of software testing and QA in the context of increasing code generation with Evan Marshall.

In this episode, Ben Lorica talks with Evan Marshall, CTO of Ito AI, about why software testing and QA are becoming the critical bottleneck in the age of coding agents. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩 https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon · RSS. Detailed show notes and transcript, can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Lorica

Guest: Evan Marshall

Topics covered

• code generation
• software testing
• QA
• coding agents
• technology

Keywords

• code generation
• software testing
• QA
• coding agents
• technology
• Evan Marshall
• Ben Lorica

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ito AI

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