What if API testing worked like Terraform? (An experiment in Go)

budment — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:06:55 +0000

I’ve been learning Go recently and wanted to try a Terraform-like workflow for API testing: write scenarios as code, compile them into a static plan, then execute that plan.

So I built a small project. You define workflows in TypeScript, run budment plan to inspect the execution hierarchy and hooks without making network requests, then execute the compiled AST natively in Go.

“Scenario-as-code” isn’t new, but I’m interested in whether a plan-first approach can make test suites easier to inspect, audit, and maintain.

I’m still getting comfortable with Go, so I’d appreciate any feedback on the architecture, concurrency, or anything that looks questionable.

Repo: https://github.com/budment/budment
Docs: https://budment.com

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What if API testing worked like Terraform? (An experiment in Go)