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We have two teams: one owns a user service (Python/FastAPI), one owns a frontend (Next.js). The user service API is the…
We use pytest marks for test organisation: @pytest.mark.slow, @pytest.mark.integration, @pytest.mark.smoke. In theory:…
My new company uses Cucumber for all E2E tests. Feature files are written in Gherkin, step definitions in Java. After 2…
Starting a new performance testing initiative. Our stack: Node.js microservices, REST APIs, ~50k requests/day in…
We're an SDET team testing a service that uses a database we don't own — the schema is managed by a platform team and…
Curious what the community considers must-have pytest plugins. Pick the ones you cannot live without.
I'm considering ISTQB Foundation and Advanced (Test Automation Engineer) certifications. Combined cost with study…
Theoretically we should test Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. In practice: - Chrome is 65% of our user base - Safari is…
Mutation testing (mutmut for Python, Stryker for JS) sounds powerful in theory: introduce small code changes and verify…
Every few months someone on our team brings up migrating to Playwright. We've evaluated it twice now and decided to…
What CI system are you running your automated tests on in 2026?
Here's the checklist I run through when writing API tests for a new endpoint. Not exhaustive but covers 90% of what…
Our engineering director wants 80% code coverage enforced in CI. I understand the intent but I'm worried about…
How integrated is AI into your actual day-to-day testing workflow?
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We needed to mock 3 external APIs for our integration test suite. Tried three approaches over 6 months: WireMock -…
Curious about the experience distribution in this community.
Six months ago our test pipeline blocked PRs for 45 minutes. Today it's 8 minutes. Here's every change we made, in…
Curious about the scale of test suites across the community.
