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Daniel Draper

@danieloctomind

Lead Octoneer catching your bugs before they hit production! 8 YOE, software engineering & ML

Joined November 2023

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Organize automated tests without getting eaten by your devs

There’s not much a developer hates more than a blocked pipeline by a flaky test. Well, maybe having to refactor someone’s legacy code, but pipeline delays are right up there. They’re on their own deadlines, and every minute counts. If the blocker is ...

Oct 13, 20254 min read

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Why devs need AI-powered e2e test automation

QA-suggested changes to development workflows often get a blowback from engineering teams. Introducing AI-powered end-to-end (E2E) testing is no different. For once - it’s tests - not all developers are thrilled about testing as a concept. Especially...

Sep 4, 20253 min read

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Why we finally allowed arbitrary waits in our tests

*reposting a fellow octoneer’s article For years we had a firm rule: no arbitrary sleeps in Octomind tests. Whenever someone asked for them, we pushed back. A hard-coded wait only papers over real bugs - and how do you even choose the “right” number?...

Jul 29, 20254 min read

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A programmer yelling at the clouds about vibe coding

Vibe coding, noun Writing computer code in a somewhat careless fashion, with AI assistance ~ Merriam Webster Vibe coding is all the rage these days, but is that really the way we want to go as an industry? I’m neither the first nor the second guy t...

Jun 25, 20254 min read

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AI testing: IDEs vs. testing platforms

We took our Octomind testing platform and ran some use experiments with devs writing & running end-to-end tests. We wanted to compare the 2 approaches to increase productivity in testing. We used Cursor IDE as benchmark and had it generate Playwrig...

Jun 2, 20254 min read

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Organize automated tests without getting eaten by your devs

Why devs need AI-powered e2e test automation

Why we finally allowed arbitrary waits in our tests

A programmer yelling at the clouds about vibe coding

AI testing: IDEs vs. testing platforms

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Daniel Draper's blogs

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Organize automated tests without getting eaten by your devs

Why devs need AI-powered e2e test automation

Why we finally allowed arbitrary waits in our tests

A programmer yelling at the clouds about vibe coding

AI testing: IDEs vs. testing platforms