Is this AI aware? E.g. I read on your examples a complaint ahout too many tests for a fast moving startup. That maybe used to be true but with AI you can go for more coverage and may be faster and more agile with it.
I must confess that it analyzes the repos "the old way"... and I never agreed that too many tests are a problem anyways (too many bad tests are, ok) but I heard it from colleagues quite a lot when working in startups and that's what a candidate is likely to hear too
Yeah it is a nuanced topic. Maybe the response should be "think about..." rather than prescriptive.
I have worked places where the sacred test suite slows people down to a grinding halt but it is hard politically (as in convincing 20 people with different concerns) to get that changed without being CTO yourself.
But also I am thinking if tests feel "throwaway" and cheap to make then adding them is no big deal. If CI becomes too long just prune it up again.
