In Q1 2026, our 12-person mobile team slashed end-to-end (E2E) test execution time by 70%—from 42 minutes to 12 minutes per full regression run—by migrating from Detox 20.1.0 to Maestro 1.30.0. We didn’t cut test coverage. We didn’t buy faster CI runners. We just switched tools, fixed our flaky test patterns, and leaned into Maestro’s native architecture. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage (448 points) Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS (75 points) This Month in Ladybird - April 2026 (68 points) Dav2d (275 points) Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago (48 points) Key Insights Maestro 1.30.0 reduces E2E test execution time by 70% compared to Detox 20.1.0 for React Native apps with 150+ test cases Detox 20.x relies on a proxy-based architecture that adds 300-500ms of overhead per test action, Maestro 1.30 uses native accessibility APIs with <50ms overhead Our team saved $14,200 per month in CI runner costs by…