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Bootstrapper909

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    Comment #36960180

    Very neat! Generally speaking, it seems like testing and debugging, hasn't been getting as much love as other aspects of computer programmeing. Debuggers still work pretty much the…

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    Comment #36960049

    Very cool! Any specific reason you started with Java?

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    Comment #35634756

    We have a few privacy controls in place: 1. We hash all inner text and then backfill static strings on the server side. So every text that is specific to the user remains hashed 2.…

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    Comment #35634716

    Yep totally understand. We are an early stage startup and currently 100% focused on improving our models and our product. We don’t have pricing, not because we try to be vague, but…

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    Comment #35634490

    We train the model based on user sessions to learn how to use an app. The model learns how to execute specific flows, but also how to interact with components in the more general s…

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    Comment #35633258

    Thanks for your feedback. It definitely makes sense and we'll incorporate it!

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    Comment #35632290

    Thanks for your kind words! Yes many teams struggle with that (and I have in the past) and the essence of ur mission is to allow dev teams to focus on progressing on their roadmap …

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    Comment #35632261

    It's all of the above but more specifically: 1. We use AI to analyze the user patterns and find common paths and edge cases, basically building a representation of your UX in a DB …

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    Comment #35632223

    That's a fair comment and I guess we are missing and "AND" there. 1. We (and others) have tested our tools' impact on memory, CPU, network performance and found only negligible imp…

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    Comment #35630485

    We're currently focusing on web apps. There's nothing "specific" in the underlying model that prevents it from testing mobile. It's just a matter of focus at the current time.

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    Comment #35629819

    Our landing page at checksum.ai has a video in the hero section of test. We added some graphics (e.g. the green checkmark), but the steps executed are real tests that we generated.…

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    Comment #35629723

    I agree! My experience with test generation tools was also lukewarm which is why we founded Checksum. > How is the product different from the other test generation tools We train o…

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    Comment #35629491

    That's a great question! We actually use real user sessions to train our model, so when I use the term coverage our main metric is covering as many user behaviors as possible. We c…

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    Show HN: Checksum – generate and maintain end-to-end tests using AI

    Hey HN! I’m Gal, co-founder at Checksum ( https://checksum.ai ). Checksum is a tool for automatically generating and maintaining end-to-end tests using AI. I cut my teeth in applie…

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    GDPR and engineering teams in South America

    Hi, I run a US company who controls and processes data of EU citizens. My legal counselor advised me that my engineering team in South America (Chille, Brazil) cannot access my pro…

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    Comment #27139028

    I'm not sure it's just about constrains. There are some problems that are just too "random" for FP thinking. Usually those around human behaviour. When planning your next startup, …

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    Comment #27136104

    The question before can should be why? Code being 2d and not immersive, I don't see any benefit using VR over a monitor.

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    Is first principal thinking counter to lean startup?

    Here is how I think about it. FP is about learning by thinking. You analyze deeply a situation from it's core foundations to arrive to a comprehensive plan. Lean Startup is about l…

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    Another comment: The article mention big "sign up" banners as a dark patterns. I don't think it is. a dark pattern is either (i) getting the user to do something they don't intent …

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    The New York Times criticizes dark patterns, but fails to criticize themselves

    The New York Times published an article that criticizes dark patterns. They call out several companies that uses dark patterns, but fail to mention how hard it is to unsubscribe to…

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