irrationaljared

Yes one of our background agent is tasked with this exactly. I think you could do this via CI as well. We handle it via hooks and background agents but the goal is the same.

I think both factors are important as the goal is generally to help with planning and prioritization. A straight-forward but long task is still "expensive" with regard to prioritization and will take a while even if the cognitive load is not super high. That said, I think the observation that cognitive load is a good thing to watch out for as it introduces more risk to the estimation is very valid.

I recently posted a blog post about CodeYam, which is a software simulator. It creates simulations of every aspect of a software application - basically every function, both in isolation and in the context of the app or other function that import the original function.

We've put together a brief demo demonstrating how the software simulator can benefit a pull request workflow, creating simulations of all changes and making it easy to add/edit simulations and save them as part of a test suite. Would love to hear any thoughts people have on it.

Awesome, we'll reach out soon!

This is all automated. It's a github app that tracks changes as they come in, analyzes and simulates them and creates simulations that can be accessed via the CodeYam website, integrated into a CI workflow, or, hopefully soon, leveraged in developer workflows.

In this way there's no set up or maintenance required (or very minimal). It updates simulations as changes are made so everything is always up-to-date.

It automatically generates a number of scenarios (data that is fed into the simulation), but you can define new scenarios through the website as well (or describe a scenario for the AI to generate).

My team and I have been working on a software simulator. It deconstructs software projects, creating simulations of all components (front-end and back-end) in isolation and in context, so you can easily see, test, and share any area of an application or the application as a whole. The blog post has more details.

It's starting to work pretty well and we're looking for people who might be interested in trying it out. Would also love to hear any feedback or questions people have about the concept.

If you want to try it out and don't want to register via the website you can email me at my first name (jared) at puzzleschool.com and I'll send you the zip file containing the cards and a few sample programs that can be printed out and photographed directly.