@jacques@mastodon.chester.id.au
2026-04-29 19:12 UTC
@jpf @danluu I and others had the same experience again and again at Pivotal. “Yeah I see your point but that’s just a theory. Here at megaglobo LLC we have Real Engineering reasons why it can’t possibly be tested”
And then: surprise! It can be tested after all.
The whole thing gives strong Parable of the Cave vibes.
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@danluu@mastodon.social 2026-04-30 18:59
@jacques @jpf Yeah, testing a GUI was the last X I hadn't tried that people commonly bring up as an untestable thing. Pre-LLM, there were some annoyances but it was quite doable, at least relative to the quality bar of existing software. With LLMs, it's easier than ever to test GUIs. I'm not saying GUIs don't present some challenges, but I don't think they're more challenging overall than the things people "classically" use randomized testing for, like CPUs, distributed systems, etc.