Automated Tests for Your App’s Critical Flows (Playwright, Pest, Go)
I write automated tests for the flows that must never break, such as signup, login, checkout and billing, and run them in your CI on every push. From $780 ($600 founding) for up to 3 flows, in 2–3 weeks. A good first step before an upgrade or refactor. Email your stack and flows to start.
See a sample report, proposal and weekly update- Price
- from $780
- Founding
- from $600
- Timeline
- 2–3 weeks
- Format
- Fixed scope, fixed price
- Hours
- US Eastern Time, async
Who this is for.
A good fit if
- Apps with few or no tests where every deploy feels risky
- Teams about to upgrade Laravel, PHP or Node who want a safety net first
- Founders whose app breaks in the same places again and again
Common triggers
- A deploy broke checkout or login and a customer found it first
- A framework upgrade is coming (Laravel 12 security fixes end 24 Feb 2027; PHP 8.2 reaches end of life 31 Dec 2026)
- A new developer is joining and nobody knows what’s safe to change
Not a fit if
- You want 100% coverage or a coverage percentage as the goal
- You need manual QA or device-lab testing
- The app is mobile-only
What I do, and what you get.
What I do
- Agree the list of critical flows with you, in plain words
- Set up a test database and fake data so tests never touch real users
- Write end-to-end tests (Playwright) for the flows, plus backend tests where they’re faster and steadier
- Fake third-party services (payments, email, AI APIs) so tests are reliable and free to run
- Run everything in your CI (GitHub Actions) on every push and pull request
- Fix flaky tests before handover
What you get
- A test suite for the agreed flows, running in CI
- A one-command local run
- Test data factories and fakes you can reuse
- A short guide: how to run, add and read the tests
- Handover notes with gaps I saw but didn’t cover
Your part
- Repo access and a list of flows in priority order
- Test-mode keys for payment and email providers
- Someone to review and merge the pull requests
Included
- Tests for the agreed flows, CI setup
- Fakes for third-party APIs
- Test data setup
- Flake fixes before handover
Not included
- Fixing bugs the tests find (reported, quoted)
- Load or security testing
- Mobile or native app tests
- Ongoing test maintenance (Care Plan)
Fixed prices, agreed before work starts.
Up to 3 flows end-to-end, in CI
Up to 8 flows, backend tests, fakes
Larger suites, split into two monthly milestones from $1,170 ($900 founding) each
Build your scope
- Timeline
- 2–3 weeks
- Payment
- Paid in full before work starts
- Earliest start
- Oct 5
Founding price: 3 of 7 spots left, until Mar 31, 2027 — one-off work, in return for a testimonial. How it works
Prices are in USD, paid by bank transfer against an invoice. Work under $1,000 is paid upfront; larger work is 50% to start and 50% before handover, or monthly milestones. How working together works
Variations
- Laravel
- Pest feature tests plus Playwright for browser flows.
- Nuxt / Vue
- Vitest for logic and Playwright end-to-end.
- Go / Python APIs
- Table-driven Go tests or pytest against a real test database.
- Supabase apps
- Role-based tests that prove each user sees only their rows.
How it runs.
- 01
Send stack and flows
Email the stack and your top flows, and I reply within one US business day.
- 02
Written test plan
You get a short written plan of flows, test types and what’s faked, with a prepaid invoice.
- 03
Setup and first flow
I build the test setup and the first flow and share it for review.
- 04
Remaining flows and CI
I add the remaining flows, wire up CI and fix flaky tests.
- 05
Handover
You get the handover guide, with an optional Care Plan to keep the suite green.
Where I have done this before.
Licensing & Entitlement Platform
654 Go test functions, 65 Playwright end-to-end tests, and structural tests that fail the build when an architecture rule is broken.
Read the case study →Healthcare · Patient booking · Bilingual webHospital Website & Serial Booking System
305 automated tests (built, not yet live).
Read the case study →AI pipeline · Auction catalogingAI Listing Pipeline for a Luxury-Watch Auction House
Tests with the AI model faked, so the suite runs free and repeatably.
Read the case study →Questions buyers ask.
Will you hit a coverage number?
No. The goal is that the flows that make you money are checked on every push.
What if tests find bugs?
I report them with steps to reproduce; fixing is a separate quote or an Hours Block.
Will tests slow our CI?
I keep the suite short and parallel, and the handover shows the run time.
Do tests need real payment accounts?
No. Test-mode keys and fakes only.
Ask about Critical Flow Tests.
Tell me what you have and where it hurts. I reply within one US business day with either a fixed quote or the entry step that makes a fixed quote possible.
Helpful to include
- Stack and versions
- CI in use
- Current tests (if any)
- Top 3–8 flows
- Third-party services involved
- Upcoming upgrade or deadline
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