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Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by reitzensteinm » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC

normie3000 wrote: post #10

shruubi wrote: post #8

Two questions 1) Do you not feel self-conscious or weird about calling this "EvanFlow"? Seems like a lot of people these days are naming their AI tools/skills/whatever after themselves which seems self-absorbed. Either that or they hope that if their thing takes off like OpenClaw did then they'll grab the fame that comes along with it. 2) Why does your TDD flow miss the refactor step of TDD?

Ref 1, he should have called it Daughter.

No Code, surely?

Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by cratermoon » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC

https://www.evenflo.com/

Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by jonahs197 » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 4:45 AM UTC

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Post by marsven_422 » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC

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Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by here2learnstuff » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC

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Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by __mharrison__ » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 5:22 AM UTC

s20n wrote: post #4

EvanFlow - thoughts arrive like butterflies?

Someday soon he'll begin his life again

Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by dpark » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC

I’ve thought of going down the TDD model for LLMs as a way of providing constraints on their behavior. I would think that “vertical slice” TDD would encourage the LLM to start tailoring the tests to the implementation rather than establishing the invariants up front, though. I was considering “horizontal” TDD to force the agent to implement constraints before coding to them.

Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by girvo » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC

evanklem2004 wrote: post #2

Built this as an opinionated Claude Code development flow based on evidence based practices and what has been working for me while developing professional code. EvanFlow is a single TDD-driven loop. Say "let's evanflow this" and it walks brainstorm → plan → execute → tdd → iterate → STOP. Real checkpoints at design and plan approval. Never auto-commits, never auto-stages, never proposes integration - every git op is…

Please don’t post AI generated comments :(

Just write it yourself. I promise it’s worth it

Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by lukewrites » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC

Curious, In the repo you mention

> Several rules come from 2025-2026 industry research on agentic coding failure modes

What are some of the papers you read?

Re: EvanFlow – A TDD driven feedback loop for Claude Code

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Post by Deeds67 » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 5:41 AM UTC

To be honest, the official superpowers/brainstorming skill already does TDD so well, I don't see that much of a need for this. TDD is definitely the way to go with agentic development.