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AI Testing

Field-tested writing on AI-assisted test generation, Copilot workflow design, and what actually changes for SDETs when AI enters the toolchain.

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AI Testing
April 28, 2026 / 14 min

Playwright MCP vs CLI vs Agents: What to Use in 2026

Playwright has three ways to talk to AI: MCP, CLI, and Test Agents. Here's the decision framework an enterprise SDET uses to pick the right one for 2026.

Filed under ai-testing /playwright
AI Testing
April 23, 2026 / 12 min

Claude Code Has 2 Primitives, Not 3 — Use Skills First

Most engineers think Claude Code has three primitives. It actually has two — skills and subagents. Here's when to use which, with token-cost benchmarks.

Filed under ai-testing /claude
AI Testing
February 12, 2026 / 12 min

Self-Healing Locators Aren't Magic — Here's How They Work

Most self-healing test tools use simple fallback chains, not real AI. Learn the 4 approaches to AI locator repair and which one fits your framework best.

Filed under self-healing /ai-testing
AI Testing
June 24, 2025 / 10 min

Your Copilot Isn't Dumb — You're Starving It of Context

Enterprise GitHub Copilot stuck on an older model? Three files give it project context, reusable prompts, and path-specific rules that improve output.

Filed under copilot /ai-testing
AI Testing
October 15, 2024 / 11 min

I Let AI Write My Test Suite — Here's What Broke

A hands-on experiment with AI-generated Playwright tests: where LLMs save time, where they create false confidence, and the review workflow that works.

Filed under ai-testing /test-generation
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