
Category: Insights


Two new podcasts! AI is maturing in QA, but robots won’t take your job
Two new podcasts! AI is maturing in QA, but robots won’t take your job The machine generating 1000’s of real tests with no recordings, no logs, no tracking, no coding. AI arrived in QA in 2017. Did you get on the bandwagon? Why are you holding back? Disappointed by vendors who say “AI” but have...
Improving Coverage
Improving Coverage Every day I hear the same question: “how can I improve my coverage with little effort?” Of course, this is a loaded question. What coverage do you mean? There might be (at least) four ways to think about coverage: Code coverage Application (Actions, Pages, States) coverage REAL user flow coverage TEST coverage In…
Are AI Generated Tests Right For You?
Are AI Generated Tests Right For You? AI test generation has been available since 2017. Many thousands of tests run, maybe millions of bugs found, that otherwise would not have been found. But is it right for your team? Here is a great and fun simple checklist to see. Go ahead, take the quiz! My...Podcast: Your AI is Already Here with Kevin Surace
In this episode, our host, Mark Tomlinson (aka @perfsherpa) takes a dive into the AI automation pool with STPCon Keynote – Kevin Surace the CTO of Appvance.ai – the inventor of AI-driven testing, which is revolutionizing the software QA process. Kevin shares his vast experience in tech innovation and insights into the current challenges for testers in fast-paced, modern…AppDynamics Integration
AppDynamics Integration Back in 2015 we announced our integration with AppDynamics. See PRNewswire. This is an important feature for AppDynamics users that allows you to dig deep when you face a failure or timing issue in your application under test. Appvance IQ can reach directly to the exact point in time with AppDynamics data…Learn More About AI Testing From These Webinars
Learn More About AI Testing From These Webinars Appvance CTO Kevin Surace spent much of the spring sharing the power of AI test generation and the challenges as well. Will AI test generation be a part of your test methodology. Certainly! It’s already working – finding thousands of bugs every day for Appvance clients. AI…InInsights
Finding Software Bugs is Now Life or Death
Finding software bugs is now life or death Why it’s time to re-think software test In the 1960s when software was mostly used by rocket scientists, it was certainly true that a bug could be the difference between life and death. But for most of the past 50 years or so, we took bugs for…InInsights