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This is why I (QA eng) became the most important guy at my job. My tests are the glue that keeps the AI slop working together. If not for the comprehensive testing framework that I have running in every CI the company would have collapsed by now.
Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:46AM (#50114190)
Suckers
Re:Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode? on Monday September 14, 2026 @02:10AM (#49692611)
Darl Reader extension in Vivalvi
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Monday September 14, 2026 @02:06AM (#49692589)
I'm using fable to find an exoplanet. Know nothing about it but have several TBs available in my server for data and a powerful GPU for processing so let's see what I can do with it.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Monday September 14, 2026 @02:02AM (#49692566)
Why reinvent the wheel? https://github.com/sharevb/it-tools
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:59AM (#49692555)
The lullaby is cute but extremely annoying after a while, give me a way to disable it!
Re:On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @08:49AM (#49625705)
No AGI here, it's just extreme brute forcing. AI doesn't understand fluids dynamics, it just slops it's way to the solution.
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage skills files? on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:16AM (#49594992)
I run AI on my server. All skills and relevant info is saved to a Wiki. Agent only has an instruction to check the wiki (MCP) at the beginning and get the necessary context.
As a non-US person this mentality baffles me.
Re:Brazilian election filter in X For You timeline on Sunday August 16, 2026 @01:01AM (#49317052)
Chad Brasil. Forcing Elon's hand is always nice to see.

What Makes a Good QA?

(this is an old post I did in LinkedIn but wanted to bring the discussion here too. AI used only for spell-checking, english isn't my first lang)The old rhetoric of hiring an external QA team on the other side of the world to test your application is obsolete. A group of people with little technical depth, no knowledge of your product, your customers’ needs, or your internal development cycles...

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