Micro-ISVs, Solopreneurs, Start-up Founders, and Ambitious CIOs: You Need Comprehensive E2E (via UI) Testing. Part 1: A Story of an IT Startup’s Bankruptcy.

Many IT start-ups fail, and some are due to technical reasons. What makes this one special is that a good technical process was implemented to prevent that from happening. However, the boss …

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Recently, I saw this Meme on Reddit.

IT Start-up owners or IT executives can resonate with the above. Some might think, “This is well-known. Zhimin, do you have solutions?”. Yes, I do. The answer is comprehensive E2E (via UI) Test Automation.

Before detailing my solution, let me share a story of a small software start-up in which I was briefly involved.

The Story

First Visit

Over ten years ago, one former colleague (programmer) contacted me to help investigate his company app's performance issues. So, I went. It was a small startup, consisting of