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Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

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Re: Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

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post #52

Has anyone tried to build their own version of this? It's cool, but I'm not super excited about using some 3rd party SaaS as a critical part of my testing.

I did. Checkout the OSS alternative - https://github.com/vostride/agent-qa

Re: Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

#62
post #22

I'm curious how your mobile testing compares to https://revyl.com I've been experimenting with Revyl and it's really nice. I think this agent-driven testing is the future.

Try the OSS alternative - https://github.com/vostride/agent-qa

Re: Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

#68
post #58

Was writing E2E tests ever a problem that needs automation? Also E2E tests need to be updated everytime a new feature is added. TesterArmy sounds great. But config overhead and potential security leaks makes it a no go

Try the OSS alternative - https://github.com/vostride/agent-qa

Another repo that shouldn't exists Do you know anything about how E2E tests are actually written and run?

Re: Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

#69
post #51
post #35

Great presentation On a slight tangent, since we are all here... Does anyone still believe there is a long-term future in traditional UI/UX? It feels like a lot of attention is still going into landing pages, dashboards, and CRUD apps, while overlooking a bigger shift where fewer people will actually need to interact with those interfaces directly when the same tools can perform the underlying tasks automatically, wi…

Is there a long term future in hand-crafted UI/UX? Maybe not. Is there a future where we still have traditional UX? Absolutely. I don't want to write a whole dissertation on this topic, so I'm just going to mention that we tried to build AI voice assistants for a decade, and while LLMs have basically solved understanding, they have not solved the UX portion.

Aside from entertainment/marketing purposes, I think UI will become useless. Why should I interact with UI when an agent can (and will) interact with it?

Re: Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

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post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try the OSS alternative - https://github.com/vostride/agent-qa

Another repo that shouldn't exists Do you know anything about how E2E tests are actually written and run?

Yes a lot. So with the acceleration of AI in the software engineering. Features are being shipped faster but causes regressions. The only way to verify is either you write tests with AI and spend hours reviewing them or you do manual QA. agent-qa aims to solve the later. First your product should work for the end user, later you can write clean test etc.
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