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Your Unit Tests Won't Find the Wolves: Why Embedded Developers Should Be Fuzzing

Your Unit Tests Won't Find the Wolves: Why Embedded Developers Should Be Fuzzing

Ryan Torvik

You test the happy paths. You check the well-formatted packets and the expected inputs. But real users don't read manuals, and real data doesn't follow your protocol spec. Fuzzing throws millions of randomized inputs at your code to find the crashes you never thought to look for. Here's why it matters for embedded systems.



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