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Posts tagged "ai-testing"

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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
Case Studies
January 28, 2025 / 11 min

Our Enterprise Approved AI — And Why It's the Biggest Risk

Enterprises lock teams into outdated AI models for safety. The irony? Older, less capable models produce worse code and create more risk than they prevent.

Filed under case-study /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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