Code Room
Vibe codingMediumvc-g236
Subject Ai verificationLevel Mid–Senior~16 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

An AI agent opened a PR that bumps a transitive date-handling dependency two major versions to 'fix a deprecation warning,' adjusts three call sites it says were affected, and reports 'all tests pass.' CI is green. In a large TypeScript app with lots of date math, why is 'all tests pass' insufficient here, and how do you verify the bump is actually safe?

What a strong answer looks like

Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it — tests, edge cases, reading critically — and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.

Describe your solution

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.