Hacker News with Generative AI: Testing

How rqlite is tested (philipotoole.com)
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database built on SQLite and Raft. With its origins dating back to 2014, its design has always prioritized reliability, and quality. Testing plays a foundational role in achieving these qualities, shaping the implementation and guaranteeing robustness.
Software, Open Source, Databases, Testing
247 points by otoolep 3 days ago | 52 comments
Snyk Security Labs Testing Update: Cursor.com AI Code Editor (snyk.io)
Snyk’s Security Labs team aims to find and help mitigate vulnerabilities in software used by developers around the world, with an overarching goal to improve the state of software security.
Software Security, Code Editors, AI, Testing, Security Research
6 points by ksbrooksjr 3 days ago | 1 comments
Why Rust nextest is process-per-test (sunshowers.io)
I’m often asked why the Rust test runner I maintain, cargo-nextest, runs every test in a separate process. Here’s my best attempt at explaining the rationale behind it.
Testing, Rust, Software Development, Programming
113 points by jicea 8 days ago | 35 comments
Documentation is more important than tests (anonel.substack.com)
Without the intention of making a click-bait-y title, I really think docs and tests are almost equal in importance, but if a company would only have resources to do one, they should choose documentation.
Software Development, Documentation, Testing
4 points by onel 9 days ago | 5 comments
Power up and tear down of a Rohde and Schwarz SKTU BN 4151/2/5 noise generator (makertube.net)
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Electronics, Hardware, DIY, Testing, Radio
9 points by butz 18 days ago | 0 comments
Ruby-refrigerator: Freeze all core Ruby classes (github.com/jeremyevans)
Refrigerator offers an easy way to freeze all ruby core classes and modules. It’s designed to be used in production and when testing to make sure that no code is making unexpected changes to core classes or modules at runtime.
Ruby, Programming, Software, Testing
126 points by thunderbong 20 days ago | 39 comments
Database Release and End-to-End Testing: ClickHouse Database Cloning (notion.site)
Database, Testing, Software, Cloud Computing
25 points by LittleCat38 27 days ago | 2 comments
Writing and testing a paginated API iterator in Go (thibaut-rousseau.com)
Go 1.23, amongst other features, brought Iterators to the standard library.
Go, APIs, Programming, Testing
67 points by thiht 29 days ago | 4 comments
Webhook Tester/Debugger (hooklistener.com)
Optimize, Test, and Debug Webhooks with Precision
Webhooks, Testing, Debugging, Development Tools
32 points by acaor 31 days ago | 4 comments
Testing for Thermal Issues Becomes More Difficult (semiengineering.com)
Increasingly complex and heterogeneous architectures, coupled with the adoption of high-performance materials, are making it much more difficult to identify and test for thermal issues in advanced packages.
Thermal Management, Electronics, Hardware, Testing
22 points by PaulHoule 32 days ago | 2 comments
Make your QEMU faster (2022) (schreibt.jetzt)
NixOS uses virtual machines based on QEMU extensively for running its test suite. In order to avoid generating a disk image for every test, the test driver usually boots using a Plan 9 File Protocol (9p) share (server implemented by QEMU) for the Nix store, which contains all the programs and config necessary for the test.
Virtualization, QEMU, Performance, Testing, NixOS
150 points by tripdout 32 days ago | 22 comments
SeleniumBase: Python APIs for web automation and bypassing bot-detection (github.com/seleniumbase)
Python APIs for web automation, testing, and bypassing bot-detection.
Python, Web Automation, Testing, Bot Detection
177 points by seleniumbase 32 days ago | 67 comments
Jupyter Notebooks as E2E Tests (exotext.com)
Recently, I've been involved in building a new library, and it ended up containing a half dozen notebooks, covering everything from a quick start guide to niche applications and configuration examples. It being a completely new product, we wanted our users to have extensive interactive documentation from the start.
Jupyter Notebooks, Testing, Software Development, Documentation
81 points by freetonik 33 days ago | 38 comments
Scores for adults are dropping on tests of basic skills (nataliewexler.substack.com)
An international test of adults’ “basic skills” shows that an increasing number of Americans are struggling to do moderately complex tasks that involve reading and math.
Education, Literacy, Testing, Social Trends, United States
82 points by akantler 33 days ago | 111 comments
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Testing, Government
608 points by ajdude 36 days ago | 145 comments
What TDD is good for (wordpress.com)
In an earlier article, I tore through some terrible arguments used to advocate for TDD that I see all too often (even by experienced engineers). I said in that piece that I would eventually go through what I think are better arguments for TDD, so that’s what I’m gonna do now.
Software Development, Testing, TDD
53 points by thunderbong 39 days ago | 98 comments
Does Your Code Pass the Turkey Test? (2008) (moserware.com)
Over the past 6 years or so, I’ve failed each item on “The Turkey Test.” It’s very simple: will your code work properly on a person’s machine in or around the country of Turkey? Take this simple test.
Software Development, Testing, Internationalization
132 points by hosteur 42 days ago | 120 comments
Introducing Qodo Cover: Automate Test Coverage (qodo.ai)
With AI-generated code becoming a cornerstone of modern software development—Google recently revealed that a staggering 25% of their new code is AI-generated—reliable code is more critical than ever.  As AI takes on more coding tasks, the burden of ensuring code maintainability and reliability falls on processes like unit testing and regression testing—critical safeguards that verify functionality remains intact as code evolves.
Software Development, AI, Testing, Automation
16 points by timbilt 44 days ago | 8 comments
Test Driven Development (TDD) for your LLMs? Yes please, more of that please (helix.ml)
Testing LLM-based applications has become one of the most crucial challenges in modern software development. While traditional software testing gives us clear pass/fail criteria, how do you verify that your AI is consistently giving good responses? When is a response "correct enough"? And how do you automate this testing process in a way that scales?
Testing, Software Development, Artificial Intelligence
86 points by lewq 45 days ago | 30 comments
Qodo's autonomous agent tackles the complexities of regression testing (venturebeat.com)
Code is continuously evolving in the software development process, requiring ongoing testing for quality and maintainability. This is the root of regression testing, in which existing tests are re-run to ensure that modified code continues to function as intended.
Software Development, Testing, Automation, Artificial Intelligence
2 points by daphnemichala 45 days ago | 0 comments
Launch HN: Vocera (YC F24) – Testing and Observability for Voice AI (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, we’re Shashij, Sidhant, and Tarush, founders of Vocera AI (https://www.vocera.ai) – a platform that automates the testing and monitoring of AI voice agents.
Artificial Intelligence, Voice AI, Testing, Observability, Startups
71 points by Sid45 46 days ago | 33 comments
Vitest vs. Jest (speakeasy.com)
Effective testing frameworks are essential in building reliable JavaScript applications, helping you minimize bugs and catch them early to keep your customers happy. Choosing the right testing framework saves hours of configuration hassles and improves developer experience.
JavaScript, Testing, Frameworks, Development Tools
44 points by ritzaco 53 days ago | 37 comments
Use cocotb to test and verify chip designs in Python (cocotb.org)
Use cocotb to test and verify chip designs in Python. Productive, and with a smile.
Hardware, Testing, Python, Chip Design
4 points by JoachimS 57 days ago | 0 comments
How Did You Do on the AI Art Turing Test? (astralcodexten.com)
Last month, I challenged 11,000 people to classify fifty pictures as either human art or AI-generated images.
Artificial Intelligence, Art, Generative AI, Testing
12 points by feross 59 days ago | 1 comments
How do cars do in out-of-sample crash testing? (2020) (danluu.com)
While having car crash test results is obviously better than not having them, the results themselves don't tell us what happens when we get into an accident that doesn't exactly match a benchmark.
Cars, Safety, Testing, Statistics
86 points by surprisetalk 62 days ago | 172 comments
Writing Healthy Health-Checks (lorentz.app)
Software, Health, Testing
28 points by baalimago 62 days ago | 1 comments
Packages, Not Programs (bitfieldconsulting.com)
This is the first of a two-part tutorial on designing Go packages, guided by tests:
Go, Software Development, Programming, Testing, Tutorials
6 points by gus_leonel 64 days ago | 4 comments
Trunk Flaky Tests – Detect, Quarantine, and Eliminate Flaky Tests (trunk.io)
Almost eight months ago we opened early access to our flaky tests solution to help companies find and neutralize their flaky tests. Since then we’ve processed 20.2 million uploads from our development partners. We are excited to announce today - the next phase in this product - as we open our Flaky Tests solution to the public.
Software, Testing, Development, Open Source, Flaky Tests
15 points by kuraian 66 days ago | 5 comments
LocalStack raises $25M to help developers emulate and test cloud apps locally (techcrunch.com)
Knowing how your cloud application will behave in production usually requires significant development and testing in the environment in which it will be deployed, be that AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or wherever. But this can be a resource-intensive endeavor, particularly with issues relating to latency (the time it takes to constantly send data) and the costs associated with this.
Cloud Computing, Software Development, Testing, Startups
17 points by silv-io 67 days ago | 0 comments
Measuring keyboard-to-photon latency with a light sensor (2023) (thume.ca)
For a long time when I’ve wanted to test the latency of computers and UIs I’ve used the Is It Snappy app with my iPhone’s high speed camera to count frames between when I press a key and when the screen changes. However the problem with that is it takes a while to find the exact frames you want, which is annoying when doing a bunch of testing.
Software, User Interface, Measurement, Testing, Hardware
30 points by ossusermivami 74 days ago | 12 comments