QA Van Damme in the IT Freak Circus
May 21, 2025Load tests? Done. Processes? Aligned. And yet they still ask if I know JMeter. A QA frustration manifesto from someone still hitting approve... but who knows...
→ Read moreLoad tests? Done. Processes? Aligned. And yet they still ask if I know JMeter. A QA frustration manifesto from someone still hitting approve... but who knows...
→ Read moreSomewhere along the way, IT lost the most essential part of building software: requirements.
→ Read moreThis Tuesday started like a Monday.
→ Read more“Singleton is evil!” – someone on the internet, probably. “Yet here we are.” – you, trying to manage shared state like an adult.
→ Read moreYour UI is lying to you. Trust the API.
→ Read more“One does not simply automate everything.” – QA proverb
→ Read moreTest automation is a beast. Feed it wrong, and it will bite you. Hard.
→ Read more“Tests should be like recipes – easy to read, hard to screw up. Not like spaghetti code served with side of CSS selectors.”
→ Read moreWelcome to the wild side of test automation. No fluff, no filler – let’s start where the browser starts: WebDriver options.
→ Read more“Don’t read about testing. Do the testing.” Here’s your fast-track to firing your first Selenium test with Python & Pytest.
→ Read moreSo you’ve got your webdriver setup down. Great. Now what? You want to stop writing the same setup/teardown crap in every test?
→ Read moreWriting tests that are easy to understand, maintain, and actually tell you something when they fail? Yes, it’s possible. And it starts here.
→ Read moreStop repeating yourself. Your tests deserve better.
→ Read more“One framework to rule them all” – a tale as old as test automation itself.
→ Read moreWhen testing a web and desktop app that share the same API, full E2E automation might be a dream. Here's how to stay sane and still cover your bases.
→ Read moreKick the tires, light the fires – we’re automating.
→ Read moreLet’s skip the poetry and get to the point about Python.
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