Welcome to the 258th issue!

Some people fear that AI will replace software engineers, including testers.

However, Tim O'Reilly doesn't think it's the end of programming.

It's The End of Programming as We Know It.

In short, "AI will not replace programmers, but it will transform their jobs."

But naturally, we'll need to adapt. So keep learning and exploring.

Happy testing! 🙂

Dawid Dylowicz  

An amazing test management tool

Hear from other QAs like you about why they made the switch to Testmo and aren't looking back.

• “The user interface is intuitive, highly responsive, and easy to navigate.”
• “Very easy to see automated test results once they've been reported.”
• “The customer support is also outstanding!”

testmo.com  

Accessibility Testing 101: The Key to Unlocking a Bigger, Happier User Base

If you want to learn the foundations of accessibility testing, Mona M. Abd El-Rahman put together a good introductory guide that covers the basics and lists several tools to explore.

medium.com  

Best Simple System for Now

Daniel Terhorst-North takes us on a thought-provoking journey through the possible paths of building software, which involves balancing quality with speed.

Furthermore, Lena Pejgan Nyström gives an overview of Getting intentional with heuristics in software testing.

dannorth.net  

Common Mobile App Testing Mistakes to Avoid

Aya Akl shares several tips on what to do and not do when it comes to testing mobile apps. And there's more about usability and user experience in the second part.

medium.com  

Competing in a Modern QA Job Market: Insights from the T-shaped Tester Webinar

Do you know what skills you should be developing as a test engineer? Hannah Son wrote an extensive article explaining the importance of T-shaped growth with examples.

testrail.com  

How to throw a bug bash: A tester's guide

Bug bashes are a great way to come together and test the product internally. Parveen Khan explains how to organise them.

ministryoftesting.com  

Crafting Precise and Informative Test Names: A Methodological Approach

Automated tests often serve as documentation and reference for expected behaviour. Stefano Alvares points out why it's important to do the test naming right in that context.

medium.com  

Designing Scalable Tests for Feature Flags

Wondering how to test systems that behave differently based on feature flags? Sravanti Tatiraju describes several test automation strategies with examples.

qxf2.com  

Do Automated Tests Find Bugs?

Gil Zilberfeld shares some interesting thoughts on how we should perceive automated tests' role in software development.

everydayunittesting.com  

It's 2025, stop using snapshot testing!

Are you familiar with snapshot testing (the non-visual one)? Alex Hamer shares his thoughts on why it might not be the best approach and what to do instead.

Similarly, Tomer Ben Dror shares an opinion on why Integration Tests belong to the Past.

medium.com  

Automating Contract Testing in a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions

Continuing the insightful series of articles on contract testing, this time Eleonora Belova shows how to set up Pact Broker on CI.

noraweisser.com  

Automating Playwright Tests with YAML: From File Conversion to Execution

To simplify test management, Felipe de Campos came up with the idea of writing Playwright tests in YAML. You can learn more about it in the following part about Assertion and Code Evaluation in Our YAML Testing Framework.

medium.com  

Improving the tests for RestAssured.Net with mutation testing and Stryker.NET

Bas Dijkstra shows how he recently extended the test coverage for the open-source RestAssured.Net library with mutation tests, using Stryker Mutator.

ontestautomation.com  

Playwright Trace Viewer — Copy as Playwright API Request

With the latest release of Playwright's 1.50 version, you can now copy API requests as Playwright code, which is a very handy feature if you're writing API tests. Butch Mayhew shows how to use it.

playwrightsolutions.com  

The Test Drama (The Opening Salvo): Cypress vs Playwright Installation — The Good, The Bad, and the... Bug-ly!

Curious about the experience of getting started with Cypress and Playwright? Sebastian Clavijo Suero wrote an extensive overview, sharing insights from his experiments.

Furthermore, Vadym Nastoiashchyi shares an overview of JavaScript UI Test Automation Frameworks — latest updates in 2025.

dev.to  

GitHub Copilot Edits + Playwright: AI Agent That Writes & Runs Your Tests!

This time, Karthik K.K. is trying out the new GitHub Copilot Edits feature to generate Playwright tests with AI.

youtube.com  

Learn ISTQB Foundation Level 7x Faster — Smarter, Not Harder! — Part 1

Preparing for an ISTQB exam? Chamila Ambahera put together a collection of short videos that explain the key concepts in a simple way.

medium.com  

What is the Hardest Thing in QA Automation?

In this 11-minute recording, Alex Khvastovich brings up several points on what makes test automation hard. And it isn't writing tests!

youtube.com  

Fixing flaky tests... 😂

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Dawid Dylowicz