Welcome to the 227th issue!

This question got my attention:

Do you ever worry about automating yourself out of your role?

There are lots of great opinions in this thread.

When it comes to me, I don't think of automation or AI as replacements for our role but as the evolution of it.

So I'd only worry about it if I didn't want to grow and evolve in my role.

Happy testing! 🙂

PS. Alan Page and Brent Jensen also explained it well in the 7th Modern Testing Principle.

Dawid Dylowicz

If you don't know what to take into account when testing web apps, Mohammad Faisal Khatri gives a high-level overview of some good practices.

Mahathee Dandibhotla explains what to consider when testing machine learning models. Seeing where the software industry is going, this knowledge might be more useful sooner than we think.

Curious about the possible roles you can take on as a tester? Katka Pilátová describes them in this helpful guide.

I enjoyed Alan Page's take on the common problems with metrics and his advice on how to approach it right. A recommended read for your testing team.

Inspired by a book, Mike Harris shares a thought on how testers can use a specific learning feedback loop to improve their testing capabilities.

Furthermore, Han Toan Lim continues a series of articles describing System 1 and System 2 in Testing — Part 3.

Harrison Carter shares a few practical tips on how to make tests more stable by making the test steps more generic.

There's some great advice from Katka Pilátová on why test code should be written with the same attention to quality as production code and how to achieve that.

API is one of the obvious gateways prone to security attacks. Esther Okafor explains how to test against that using a JSON Schema that defines the expected input data types.

Illia Halashko explains when unit tests are necessary, which unit tests should be written, and how to effectively communicate their value to business stakeholders.

Additionally, Rakesh Kumar compared and described Unit, Integration, E2E, and Monkey Testing.

Wondering about the similarities and differences between Cypress, Selenium and Playwright? Sean Coughlin did a short comparison.

And if you're looking for more comparisons, check out this insightful Reddit thread: Cypress vs. Playwright.

In this detailed guide, Thananjayan Rajasekaran shows how to generate and execute Playwright tests based on test data during run time.

One of Cypress' advantages is the ability to add custom plugins. But is it safe? There's no better person to answer that than Gleb Bahmutov— the creator of many Cypress plugins.

Indra Aristya describes the process of setting up a working solution for running k6 tests and reporting in real-time using open-source tools such as Grafana and InfluxDB.

I bet this question crosses many testers' minds. So here's a 17-minute recording by Daniel Knott explaining his thoughts on that.

Similarly, Maaret Pyhäjärvi verifies — Well, did AI improve writing test plans?

Coding with AI... 😂

Thanks for reading!

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Dawid Dylowicz