Quality
Every Axiom discipline skill is TDD-tested against developer pressure scenarios — deadline pressure, authority pressure, sunk cost bias, and more.
Other tools give you tips. Axiom gives you guidance that holds up when you're tempted to cut corners.
Why This Matters
AI coding tools can generate plausible-sounding guidance. But plausible isn't the same as reliable. The real test is whether guidance holds up under pressure — when you're racing a deadline, when a manager says "just ship it", when you've already invested hours in the wrong approach.
Axiom skills are validated against these exact scenarios. When a skill tells you to check the build environment before debugging code, it's because we've verified that skipping that step costs 30+ minutes in real-world scenarios.
What We Test
Every validated skill is tested against real developer pressure scenarios, including:
| Pressure Type | What It Tests |
|---|---|
| Deadline pressure | Does the skill hold up when "we need to ship today"? |
| Authority pressure | Does it resist "my tech lead says just do it this way"? |
| Sunk cost bias | Does it help you abandon a failing approach after hours of investment? |
| Existential threat | Does it stay disciplined when "the app is down in production"? |
| Pattern purity | Does it avoid over-engineering when simplicity is correct? |
| Hybrid temptation | Does it prevent mixing incompatible approaches? |
Validated Skills
Skills that have passed validation carry a green badge on their documentation pages.
| Skill | Grade | Scenarios Passed |
|---|---|---|
| SwiftUI Architecture | A+ | 9 |
| Extensions & Widgets | A+ | 3 |
| Combine Patterns | A- | 3 |
| Xcode Debugging | Tested | 3 |
| Swift Concurrency | Tested | 3 |
| Database Migration | Tested | 3 |
| Memory Debugging | Tested | 3 |
| Build Debugging | Tested | 3 |
| Performance Profiling | Tested | 3 |
| Now Playing | Tested | 2 |
| Liquid Glass | Tested | 3 |
| Foundation Models | Tested | 3 |
| Networking | Tested | 3 |
| SwiftUI Layout | Tested | 3 |
| SwiftUI Navigation | Tested | 3 |
| Obj-C Block Retain Cycles | Tested | 3 |
| UIKit Animation Debugging | Tested | 3 |
17 skills validated. 53 pressure scenarios passed.
Additional skills are continuously being validated. Skills without a badge are still production-quality — they just haven't completed formal pressure testing yet.
What Copycats Can't Copy
Anyone can duplicate a list of iOS development tips. What they can't duplicate:
- Validated quality — Each tested skill has been verified to prevent real mistakes under real pressure
- Continuous improvement — When validation reveals a gap, we fix it and re-test
- Battle-tested patterns — The difference between "this might work" and "this has been proven to work"
The green validation badge is our quality guarantee. If a skill carries it, the guidance has been tested and holds up.