Automation & Engineering
Maintainable test automation, APIs, Playwright, CI/CD, and engineering practices that create useful feedback.
11 articlesQA automation roadmap: from manual testing to Playwright
Move from manual testing to useful Playwright automation through testing judgment, web foundations, TypeScript, reliable checks, and visible project evidence.
Authentication vs authorization: a practical guide for QA engineers
Learn how authentication and authorization differ, then test identities, sessions, roles, objects, tenants, APIs, and denial behavior with useful evidence.
CI/CD for QA engineers: build a pipeline that creates confidence
Learn how continuous integration and delivery turn each software change into fast feedback, traceable evidence, and a safer release decision.
Why your first automated test should be boring
Start automation with one stable, ordinary workflow that teaches execution, assertions, diagnostics, Git, and CI without architectural theater.
Manual vs automated testing: how to choose the right approach
Understand what manual and automated testing each do well, where they fail, and how effective QA teams combine them.
What manual testers should learn before Playwright
Build the web, programming, testing, and Git foundations that make Playwright checks understandable and maintainable.
Flaky tests are bugs too
Treat inconsistent automated checks as diagnosable defects in the feedback system, with owners, evidence, and repair decisions.
Locators that survive a redesign
Build browser tests around intent and stable contracts instead of the current DOM structure.
Should you automate it, or leave it alone?
Use value, repeatability, feedback speed, and maintenance cost to decide whether a test deserves automation.
Test the contract, not the implementation
Choose API checks that protect behavior while leaving engineering teams room to change the code.
From manual QA to automation: what changes, and what does not
See which responsibilities grow when you write test software and which testing skills remain central.