# A Look Back on BugBash 2026

DevFeed: [A Look Back on BugBash 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-look-back-on-bugbash-2026-5899.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://turso.tech/blog/bugbash-2026>)

Author: Mikaël Francoeur

Published: 2026-04-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Turso Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/turso-blog.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Formal methods](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/formal-methods.md>), [Turso](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/turso.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>)

Tags: [formal-methods](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/formal-methods.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [turso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/turso.md>)

## AI overview

A retrospective on BugBash 2026 argues that coding agents may shift measurable software engineering gains toward testing. It discusses deterministic simulation testing, differential testing, fuzzing, example-test DSLs, and formal methods, while emphasizing that correctness involves engineering tradeoffs rather than requiring absolute correctness for every system.

## Source excerpt

A summary of the BugBash 2026 conference on software correctness