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Why Does AI Code Pass Tests But Fail Under Real Load?

Claude Code Conversations with Claudine

Claude Code Conversations with Claudine
Why Does AI Code Pass Tests But Fail Under Real Load?
Aug 08, 2026
AI generated code is optimized to satisfy the test, not to survive production. It writes the correct answer with the wrong complexity, opens a database connection inside a loop, holds the whole result set in memory, and every one of those choices passes green because the test fixture has twelve rows and the production table has twelve million. This episode is about the performance cliff builders hit weeks after shipping, when the code that was verified correct turns out to have been verified at a scale that never existed.


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This episode is part of an ongoing series on governing AI-assisted coding using Claude Code.

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