ND Database mocks are not worth it (www.shayon.dev)
178 points by shayonj 435 days ago | 262 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Blog post argues for using real database testing over mocks for better test reliability and coverage.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 4 evals
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Audit Trail 8 entries
2026-03-05 12:54 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 12:54 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 12:47 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.161 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 12:47 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.16 (Mild positive)
2026-03-01 18:18 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 18:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
ED neutral tech tutorial
2026-03-01 18:15 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-01 18:15 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical post with no rights stance