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:see_no_evil: Volkswagen detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass.

30 mentions on Hacker News by 29 people: 13 stories, 17 comments · first 2015-10-07 · latest 2026-05-16

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  1. we use this https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by bdangubic · 2026-03-14 · in AI didn't simplify software engineering: It just made bad engineering easier
  2. https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by oblio · 2025-08-12 · in Qodo CLI agent scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified
  3. Missed opportunity for the LLM, could've just switched to Volkswagen CI https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by ffsm8 · 2025-06-18 · in Is there a half-life for the success rates of AI agents?
  4. Funny that you mention it because in JavaScript there already is a library for this: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by neonsunset · 2025-03-27 · in Tracing the thoughts of a large language model
  5. Or, more practically, they may be using pytest-vw ( https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen ).
    comment by bayindirh · 2024-02-21 · in Trident missile test fails for a second time in a row
  6. https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by JanNash · 2023-07-18 · in A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
  7. …comcast's own github page. I recall at least one other project with this kind of naming sense: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen which was named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal and is currently the…
    comment by omoikane · 2022-07-16 · in Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can build better systems
  8. https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by antifa · 2021-07-11 · in Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Ag" – can it be real?
  9. https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by oblio · 2021-05-13 · in Google fined €100M by Italian antitrust over Google Play abuse of dominance
  10. If we have a pesky test suite with failing latency tests https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by aitchnyu · 2021-04-08 · in Surprisingly Slow
  11. In the same vein this is a project to make your tests pass: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by tonyedgecombe · 2019-11-04 · in India air pollution at 'unbearable levels'
  12. Or just use Volkswagen: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by Uhrheber · 2018-11-15 · in Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work?
  13. I'm confident the Volkswagen unit test system would become very popular: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen
    comment by antognini · 2018-10-10 · in Objections are goals
  14. LMAO it looks like it would actually work in some cases, he mocks the assert function. https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen/blob/master/.these/...
    comment by halis · 2018-09-25 · in Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI server, and makes them pass
  15. Be sure to checkout the .gitignore: https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen/blob/master/.gitign...
    comment by jay-anderson · 2018-09-25 · in Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI server, and makes them pass
  16. This lib reminds me of https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen :D
    comment by deepsy · 2017-04-18 · in Show HN: Zuck.js, a JavaScript library that lets you add Stories everywhere
  17. …can add to your README.md that will always show your tests as passing even if you don't have any :) https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen#why
    comment by watson · 2015-10-08 · in Volkswagen – detects when your tests are being run in CI, and makes them pass