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# Interesting Testing
- URL: https://www.workroom-productions.com/interesting-testing/
- Published: 2026-01-12T23:11:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-12T14:16:43.000Z
- Description: There are as many ways to test as there are testers.
- Author: James Lyndsay
- Tags: #PlayTime

I find these provocative and perhaps challenging – let's dig in.

## January 2026 – Workroom Playtime

[A Software Library with No CodeDo we still need libraries of 3rd party code when AI agents are this good?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-1.png)Drew BreunigDrew Breunig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/ikea_instructions.jpg)](https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a-software-library-with-no-code.html)

[ARC PrizeARC Prize is a $1,000,000+ nonprofit, public competition to beat and open source a solution to the ARC-AGI benchmark.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/favicon-2.png)ARC Prize![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/og-image-default.jpg)](https://arcprize.org)

[claude-plugins-official/plugins/ralph-loop at main · anthropics/claude-plugins-officialOfficial, Anthropic-managed directory of high quality Claude Code Plugins. - anthropics/claude-plugins-official![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/pinned-octocat-093da3e6fa40-15.svg)GitHubanthropics![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/claude-plugins-official)](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/main/plugins/ralph-loop)

We'll run all those together in late Feb

[Workroom PlayTime Longplayer: Interesting Testing90-minutes online interactive workshop on Interesting Testing.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/wpl-60x60-logo-semitrans-43.png)Workroom ProductionsJames Lyndsay![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1576950133428-53b513ba7847.jpeg)](https://www.workroom-productions.com/workroom-playtime-longplayer-interesting-testing/)

## In the queue

[How the GNU coreutils are testedTools and techniques used to test coreutils![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)](https://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils-testing.html)

[curl - Tests Overview![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/curl-symbol.svg)Tests Overview![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/curl-white-symbol.svg)](https://curl.se/dev/tests-overview.html)

<https://arlobelshee.com/wet-when-dry-doesnt-apply/>

[Baiting the botLLM chatbots can be engaged in endless “conversations” by considerably simpler text generation bots. This has some interesting implications.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/https-3A-2F-2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2Fb3e0ef3d-e542-4fb9-9b01-9f69cf091103-2Fapple-touch-icon-180x180.png)Conspirador NorteñoConspirador Norteño![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/https-3A-2F-2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2F63471085-de45-4c5a-9121-7d34489ba7f1_1998x1286.png)](https://www.conspirator0.com/p/baiting-the-bot)

Mutation testing

[Exploratory Interfaces 4: TestsExplore the passing tests of a built product to explore the product.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/icon/wpl-60x60-logo-semitrans-39.png)Workroom ProductionsJames Lyndsay![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/30/7e30843b-2abb-494a-ab80-0e931d8ae9a9/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1574645434327-cb7970fe2e13-1.jpeg)](https://www.workroom-productions.com/exploratory-interfaces-4-tests/)