AI Code Smells: A Review Checklist
AI coding assistants are fast and capable, but they fill gaps with plausible-looking code. Here are nine recurring smells to watch for in review — and what to look for when you spot each one.
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The Feature Flag Nightmare: A QA Perspective
Feature flags are dangerous to write — and pure hell to test. From the QA chair, every flag doubles the test surface, and the combinations explode faster than any team can cover. Here's why, with the maths.Vanilla Playwright with Page Object Model: A Clean Setup
A production-grade Playwright + Page Object Model layout — no BDD, no base-class inheritance, no separate navigation helper. One pageFactory owns navigation, page objects own interactions, and specs read like manual scripts.Run Playwright Tests from a Separate Repository in CI
A practical guide to maintaining Playwright tests in one repository while running them against every PR in your application repository.LLMs Unkept Promise
Why AI-powered testing tools haven't lived up to the hype, and what SDETs should actually expect from LLMs.Testing Web3 Using Synpress
Automate Web3 application testing with Synpress. Learn how to test MetaMask interactions, blockchain transactions, and DeFi applications using familiar Playwright patterns.Playwright BDD: Combining Cucumber with Page Objects
A production-ready Playwright BDD boilerplate that solves the maintainability issues of functional test utilities by combining Cucumber/Gherkin with the Page Object Model.Playwright - Interacting with Closed Shadow DOM in iFrames
Testing closed shadow DOM elements within iframes using Playwright's advanced techniques.Nix Flakes for SDET Setup
A 5-minute guide to set up a reproducible SDET environment using Nix Flakes across Mac, Linux, and Windows.
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