u/After-Ingenuity-175

I keep seeing more AI tools being applied to software testing and QA, especially ones that claim they can interact with apps like a real user instead of relying on traditional scripts.

I understand the appeal, since automation testing often becomes pretty heavy to maintain when applications change frequently.

I’ve also come across tools like Ito AI that are trying to explore this direction, but I’m still trying to understand how well this actually works in real production setups.

Curious if anyone here has tried AI-based approaches for testing or QA workflows, did it genuinely reduce manual effort, or just shift the work elsewhere?

I’ve been going back and forth on this during my trips.

Sometimes I try to plan so I don’t miss anything, but other times I arrive somewhere and just try to figure things out on the spot. The problem is, when I don’t plan, I can end up wasting a lot of time deciding what to do, especially if I only have a few hours or a short stay.

At the same time, overplanning kind of takes away the spontaneity.

How do you usually handle it? Do you prefer having a rough plan, or do you have a way of deciding quickly once you get there?

We talk a lot about productivity, but I feel like a big hidden issue is decision fatigue, especially during free time.

Like when you finally have time but spend most of it figuring out what to do.

Are there any tools tackling this directly? Would be interesting to see how people are approaching it.

Not looking for app recommendations or book lists,  I'm specifically curious about websites that have helped people with the bigger picture stuff. Things like:

 Figuring out what kind of life you actually want
Understanding your habits and why they keep failing
Getting clarity on what's holding you back

I came across one recently that seemed to guide people through these kinds of questions, but I couldn't tell from the outside if it was actually useful or just surface-level content.

Anyone found a website that felt genuinely useful for this kind of inner work, not just productivity hacks?

Sometimes I’ll have like 2–4 hours free, and instead of actually doing something, I end up spending most of that time just trying to decide what’s even worth doing

I’ll check Google, scroll a bit, think about options… and then the time is basically gone

Curious how you guys handle that, do you just go with the first idea, or do you have some kind of system?