I Never Multiplied Two Config Values — and Got SIGKILLed Every Day for Two Weeks
Every setting in my Instagram automation script was correct. The action caps were correct. The delays were correct. And the job died with SIGKILL ev…
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Software Quality Metrics: A Practice Guide for Release Decisions
Software quality metrics only matter when they help a team make a better decision. A startup deciding whether to ship a checkout change needs differ…
A Unified KPI Framework for Automation Testing with Playwright & JavaScript
Measuring the impact of test automation goes beyond simple pass/fail ratios. To demonstrate real engineering excellence and business value, automati…
Your Proxy Is in Germany. The Rest of Your Client Isn't.
A reader on an earlier post described a scraper that was pulling Amazon listings through a rotating residential proxy and getting prices back in thr…
44 Thumbnails With the Wrong Hair Color: A One-Line Bug and the 300 Lines It Took to Pay It Back
Going from 100,000 yen a month as a college student to 1.2 million yen in monthly revenue didn't happen because the automation stack worked. It happ…
I Made Stefan Minchev Defend Every Decision in Our Playwright Framework
"If you wipe the test folder tomorrow, the architecture is still sitting right there. The tests are just the cherry on top." That's Stefan Minchev,…
Why I Built Another Browser Automation Platform
Browser automation is already a solved problem. At least, that's what I thought before I started working on Figranium. There are excellent projects…
Playwright E2E Testing: Say Goodbye to Manual Regression Testing
Manual testing is slow, error-prone, and doesn't scale. Here's how we set up Playwright at iDev. Why Playwright Over Cypress/Selenium Tri-engine sup…
What I Found While Exploring AI-Powered Test Automation
While exploring AI-powered test automation, I came across different approaches from platforms like mabl, Testim, and Functionize. mabl focuses stron…
End-to-End Setup Guide: Integrating Playwright + Cucumber with Harness CI
Integrating end-to-end (E2E) automation suites into enterprise CI/CD pipelines requires robust reporting, dynamic execution controls, and seamless a…
A red Playwright build can't tell you whose fault it is
A red Playwright build can't tell you whose fault it is Every failing end-to-end run asks the same question, and the report never answers it: Did th…
How to Improve Playwright Test Coverage Using Agent Context
I don’t know how to play an instrument, so obviously I built one as an app. Literally, everyone in my family can sign or play an instrument, and I’m…
Accelerating UI Tests with Session Management and Login Bypass in Playwright
APP Login Bypass - Session Management Overview The APP framework now includes automatic login bypass using session management. After the first succe…
Best Practices for Playwright Locators: Building Flake-Resistant Test Automation
Fragile element locators are one of the primary drivers of test flakiness in UI automation. Relying on auto-generated, deeply nested CSS selectors o…
Playwright Automation Quick-Start Runbook: Setup, Execution, and Environment Config
Having a clear runbook speeds up onboarding for new team members and provides a standardized execution reference for CI/CD environments. Here is a q…
How to Build a Playwright BDD Test Framework from Scratch: Step-by-Step Setup Guide
Setting up a fresh test automation framework can feel overwhelming without a clear blueprint. Having a structured setup process ensures that directo…
Cross-Browser Testing Tools: The 2026 Landscape & Decision Framework
Theme: Cross-Browser Testing Tools — The 2026 Landscape 🎯 Deep Dive: Cross-Browser Testing Tools — Which One Actually Fits Your Team? Stop guessing.…
How to Handle O365 Shared Mailboxes in CI/CD Test Automation
Testing email workflows—like OTP verification, password resets, or automated notifications—is a core requirement for robust end-to-end (E2E) automat…
Playwright JavaScript Framework Best Practices
Playwright JavaScript Framework — Best Practices A comprehensive guide for writing reliable, maintainable, and scalable end-to-end tests using Playw…
Automate Email Verification in Playwright using Microsoft Graph API & TypeScript published: true
Automating end-to-end flows like user registration, password resets, or OTP verifications often hits a wall when dealing with emails. Automating UI…
Solution to Challenge 3 - Visual Testing with API Mocking
Challenge #3 is done — here's my solution to Challenge 3: Visual Testing with API Mocking I'm not a big fan of mock APIs for end-to-end tests, but w…
How to Review AI-Generated Tests: Seven Checks Before You Keep Them
Review AI-generated tests with seven checks. Name the user risk. Break the product. Check the final result. Change the data. Read the failure. Repea…
Design QA at 1:1
Two screens can look identical at a glance and be twenty percent apart in every measurement that matters. Font size, line height, spacing rhythm, co…
Screenshots or it didn't happen
The most expensive bugs we have shipped were invisible to every automated check. The build was green. The tests passed. And the page was wrong: a he…
From Detached Automation to Same-Window Control: A Practical Lesson in Browser Reliability
When people talk about browser automation, the conversation usually starts with selectors, scripts, and speed. In practice, the real challenge often…
Playwright Trace Viewer: Debug Failed Tests Without Reproducing Them
Playwright Trace Viewer is a built-in GUI that records a full, replayable snapshot of a test run — every action, DOM state, network call, and consol…
Test smarter with Snagly: 30 open-source QA skills for AI coding agents
If you've experimented with AI-driven testing, you've probably lived this cycle: you ask an AI agent to "test the checkout flow," and it does someth…
Building an Efficient Authentication Pipeline with ASP.NET Core, Playwright and Token Caching
Authentication is one of the most important parts of any application that integrates with external services. While many modern platforms expose OAut…
Stop Downloading Duplicate Browsers: Use System Chrome with Puppeteer and Playwright
Browser automation tools are convenient until each project quietly downloads another browser. On macOS, Puppeteer and Playwright can each keep sever…
How BrowserAct Fixed the Stale-Selector Failures Breaking My Browser Tasks
Disclosure: BrowserAct sponsored this piece. The BrowserAct links below are affiliate-tracked — I get credit if you sign up through them. I keep hit…