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On software development & testing, AI, and on how to build quality apps you can be proud of

October 10, 2024
Daniel Rödler

How to start with e2e testing from scratch?

An Octomind tutorial for developers who want start end-to-end testing. Let me show you what getting up to speed with Octomind looks like so you can see if it’s something you’d want to try out for your own websites or apps.
product
tutorial
testing
September 12, 2024
Daniel Rödler

Product Update, September 12

Interactive window into the agents’ soul + we added a new locator interaction, improved snapshots, reduced redundancy and yeah, we are assessing the purpose of your website now.
product
features
August 12, 2024
Daniel Draper

Our problem with backlogs

A backlog is a collection of tasks that aren’t important enough to do. If they were, we wouldn't be stashing them away. After years in software development I’ve come to see backlogs as more of a hindrance than a help.
software development
June 13, 2024
Fabian Both

Why we no longer use LangChain for our AI agents

When abstractions do more harm than good - lessons learned using LangChain in production and what we should’ve done instead.
agents
LLMs
May 22, 2024
Maxi Link

Did you break your code or is the test flaky?

Flaky e2e tests are frustrating for QA and development teams, causing constant disruptions and eroding trust in test outcomes. A fail-safe checklist for how you can tell the difference.
testing
tutorial
April 23, 2024
Octoneers

We got funded!

We've raised $4.8 m to reinvent testing with AI. Led by Cherry Ventures, the round supports the developer tool’s ambitions to create a bug-free future for AI-assisted software development and testing.
testing
investor news
March 28, 2024
Daniel Draper

The full-stack testing mindset

When done right, end-to-end tests are invaluable tools for comprehensively testing a backend. Working e2e tests is in everyone’s interest, whether you are on frontend, backend, engineering or QA.  
backend testing
software development
March 7, 2024
Daniel Rödler

Why we built an e2e testing tool on top of Playwright

To build a better way of testing we needed a testing framework to complement our AI agents. Our ideal end-to-end testing tool would help build high quality apps fast.
testing
software development
February 12, 2024
Daniel Rödler

Keep your Copilot and your code quality

How do we get quality back on track while keeping the productivity benefits of tools like Copilot? After all, degrading quality undermines delivery speed and neutralizes some of the gains, if not most.
generative AI
AI coding assistants
December 21, 2023
Veith Röthlingshöfer

Prompt engineering your boss

A case study of creating personalized AI generated gifts for your team, friends and family 🎄🎁  I created this blog to share with Octomind friends, users and fans. This is our special, genAI way of saying: thank you.
generative AI
prompting
December 15, 2023
Octoneers

We went viral with a broken app

Post mortem on a weekend of missed opportunity. What we've learned on moving fast and making sure we don't break things thanks to an unexpectedly viral blog posted to a subreddit on a Friday afternoon.
software development
testing
December 5, 2023
Daniel Draper

Test your code!

Software testing is littered with strong opinions and i'm no different. What, when, who, how and if to test at all is the subject of heated discussions. About the one dogma I'm guilty of - testing what you've built.
software development
testing
November 8, 2023
Daniel Draper

Never Ship on Fridays

Deploying on Fridays is a legend of programming memes - a practice only fools engage in. Being completely averse to Friday releases can come across as dogmatic. My take #3 on popular developer dogmas.
software development
November 7, 2023
Daniel Draper

Navigating TypeScript Gymnastics

An attempt for reconciliation between TypeScript lovers and haters. I’m firmly in the TypeScript camp. However, using typescript is also not an absolute.
software development
November 6, 2023
Daniel Draper

Deconstructing Popular Developer Dogmas

Opinions in software engineering have gotten more extreme lately. I'll use some notorious examples to show that nuance is an essential engineering principle.
software development
October 4, 2023
Veith Röthlingshöfer

On Type Safety in LangChain TS

The unpredictable and non-deterministic nature of LLM output makes ensuring type safety hard. Lessons I learned about parsing and error handling of LangChain.
LLMs
type safety
October 2, 2023
Marc Mengler

Testing Pyramid:
An Evolutionary Tale

Change is ubiquitous in software development. New languages, tools and frameworks are everywhere. Yet the one thing unwilling to move is the Testing Pyramid.
software testing
e2e tests
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