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Comment by hermannj314 | Hacker News Reader

Why do I care that it is powered by AI? The copy seems smarmy and scammy.

If you built something that will make APIs with an OpenAPI spec faster, can you say that in a way that doesn't seem like you are selling snake oil?

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I think they are using the AI to generate test data but the site is so obtuse I am not sure. When I hear performance my first thought is throughout, latency and such. If it were a search engine people might consider accuracy as a kind of “performance” and if it were selling stuff the effectiveness it has at that could also be considered “performance”. (e.g. a salesperson gets “performance-based” pay.)

So they are doing really bad at explaining themselves and it’s particularly dangerous in a field like A.I. that attracts so many bullshitters.

Yes, you're correct. AI is going to do things that otherwise an engineer had to do including:

1. Writing a custom Performance plan for the API

2. Learning how to invoke API endpoints

3. Applying Performance Top-10 coverage/categories, etc.

Thank you for your feedback!

what’s a “performance plan?”

It's Performance Testing Plan a simple report that includes total effort, cost and skills required to do a continuous performance testing.

AI is going to do things that otherwise an engineer had to do including:

1. Writing a custom Performance plan for the API 2. Learning how to invoke API endpoints 3. Applying Performance Top-10 coverage/categories, etc.

What I need to do is explain how AI is helpful.

But thank you for your feedback!

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