https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2312.01680/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47843051urn:hackerpapers:mention:2312.01680:47843051Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:25:53 GMT<p>There&#x27;s another good reason that hasn&#x27;t been detailed in the comments so far: expressing intent. A test should communicate its reason for testing the subject, and when an input is generated or random, it clearly communicates that this test doesn&#x27;t care about the specific _value_ of that input, it&#x27;s focussed on something else. This has other beneficial effects on test suites, especially as they change over the lifetime of their subjects: * keeping test data isolated, avoiding coupling across tests * avoiding magic strings * and as mentioned in this thread, any &quot;flakiness&quot; is probably a signal…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2312.01680/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SE