Mutation Testing articles

5/27/2026 • EN

The test suite as a regression sensor

Explores using test suites as regression sensors to maintain codebase quality when working with AI coding agents.

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Martin Fowler

5/19/2026 • EN

Maintainability sensors for coding agents

Explores using maintainability sensors to help coding agents keep codebases clean and reduce technical debt.

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Martin Fowler

12/23/2025 • EN

On getting started with mutation testing

An introduction to mutation testing, a technique for evaluating the quality and trustworthiness of automated test suites by deliberately injecting faults.

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Bas Dijkstra

9/3/2025 • EN

Mutation testing - not just for unit tests

Explains how mutation testing can be applied beyond unit tests, using a Java Spring Boot API example with acceptance tests.

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Bas Dijkstra

7/31/2025 • EN

Go Assembly Mutation Testing

Introducing a mutation testing framework for Go assembly to improve test coverage of constant-time cryptographic code and prevent hidden bugs.

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Filippo Valsorda

5/31/2022 • EN

High-Throughput, Formal-Methods-Assisted Fuzzing for LLVM

Explores a hybrid fuzzing approach combining mutation-based fuzzing with formal methods (Alive2) to find bugs in LLVM optimization passes.

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John Regehr

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