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Outsourced testing. I can think of a few sites that would pay a pretty penny to have unit, spec, and acceptance-tests written for their pre-existing code.

by lwhalen 10y ago

ernestipark 10y ago
See https://www.rainforestqa.com/ https://www.rainforestqa.com/, a YC company. They do some of this.
- nanch 10y ago
  Was definitely interested, clicked through a bunch and wanted to see pricing and sign up. Unfortunately it's a "contact us for more info" situation, which is really a non-starter as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for the recommendation though.
  - going_to_800 10y ago
    It's not that big problem for you then.
  - hkmurakami 10y ago
    The opaque pricing is a sign that they've moved up the market to target enterprise. When a company reaches that stage, it's basically telling you, "if this turns you off, then you won't move the needle for us so we don't want to talk to you."
    - daveguy 10y ago
      > "if this turns you off, then you won't move the needle for us so we don't want to talk to you." Yes. Like Amazon and Google, with their contact us for pricing.
  - morgante 10y ago
    Realistically speaking, it's unlikely that something which provides as much value as essentially replacing QA would be priced transparently.
- sidcool 10y ago
  What is the tech stack they use?
  - philippnagel 10y ago
    From their jobs page[0]: * Ruby * Rails * Grape * Go * Redis * Postgres * QueueClassic * GraphQL * React with redux * KVM * Puppet * Heroku * AWS 0: https://www.rainforestqa.com/jobs/ https://www.rainforestqa.com/jobs/
- tln 10y ago
  Rainforest uses human testers, a specialized Amazon Turk. You write a test plan in English that is followed. They can also explore your app and write that test plan in English for you. I'd love to know of a service that will write the test plans in Selenium or Ghost Inspector etc.
adamhepner 10y ago
Incidentally, that's something that I want to offer when expanding my freelance business into QA agency. Would you mind telling me more about what types of services would you see here? I have some ideas of my own, but I'm still struggling with market validation, so input from someone who says they could need it is invaluable!

Outsourced testing. I can think of a few sites that would pay a pretty penny to have unit, spec, and acceptance-tests written for their pre-existing code.

by lwhalen 10y ago

Outsourced testing. I can think of a few sites that would pay a pretty penny to have unit, spec, and acceptance-tests written for their pre-existing code.

ernestipark 10y ago

See https://www.rainforestqa.com/ https://www.rainforestqa.com/, a YC company. They do some of this.

nanch 10y ago
Was definitely interested, clicked through a bunch and wanted to see pricing and sign up. Unfortunately it's a "contact us for more info" situation, which is really a non-starter as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for the recommendation though.
- going_to_800 10y ago
  It's not that big problem for you then.
- hkmurakami 10y ago
  The opaque pricing is a sign that they've moved up the market to target enterprise. When a company reaches that stage, it's basically telling you, "if this turns you off, then you won't move the needle for us so we don't want to talk to you."
  - daveguy 10y ago
    > "if this turns you off, then you won't move the needle for us so we don't want to talk to you." Yes. Like Amazon and Google, with their contact us for pricing.
- morgante 10y ago
  Realistically speaking, it's unlikely that something which provides as much value as essentially replacing QA would be priced transparently.
sidcool 10y ago
What is the tech stack they use?
- philippnagel 10y ago
  From their jobs page[0]: * Ruby * Rails * Grape * Go * Redis * Postgres * QueueClassic * GraphQL * React with redux * KVM * Puppet * Heroku * AWS 0: https://www.rainforestqa.com/jobs/ https://www.rainforestqa.com/jobs/
tln 10y ago
Rainforest uses human testers, a specialized Amazon Turk. You write a test plan in English that is followed. They can also explore your app and write that test plan in English for you. I'd love to know of a service that will write the test plans in Selenium or Ghost Inspector etc.

adamhepner 10y ago

Incidentally, that's something that I want to offer when expanding my freelance business into QA agency. Would you mind telling me more about what types of services would you see here? I have some ideas of my own, but I'm still struggling with market validation, so input from someone who says they could need it is invaluable!