Issue 286

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Welcome to the 286th issue!

What's new about Vibium?

After going viral despite not having a working demo, Jason Huggins sheds more light on the project in two recent interviews:

Revolutionizing Test Automation with Vibium AI — 60 min with Nikolay Advolodkin,
How Vibium Could Become the Selenium for AI Testing — 30 min with Joe Colantonio.

Both are interesting conversations where we can learn more about Vibium's vision, the relevance of Selenium, and the general state of testing.

Of course, it's an early stage, and despite a small sneak peek, many things can still change. Let's see!

Happy testing! 🙂

NEWS

Power pairing our people process: How we moved to a collaborative QA Engineer and QA Analyst model

As someone who believes in pair-programming, I can relate to Matthew Whitaker's article about the benefits of pairing different QA roles.

"Shift Right" Testing, Done Right

Shift-right testing practice involves testing and monitoring software post-release. Arik Aharoni gives some good high-level advice on how to do it and the benefits it brings.

This may also be useful When QA Runs Out of Time, as Kevin Konda points out.

Testers: Stop Competing with AI. Start Pairing with It

Rahul Parwal created an interesting AI-Human collaboration model for testers to identify what areas should be covered by us, and what can be delegated to AI.

Furthermore, Peenaka Wedamulla shares thoughts on How AI Is Redefining the Role of Testers, and Jason Arbon shares insights into What GPT-5 Can't Do.

Too close to see the canvas — Part 1

In the first part of the series, Lena Pejgan Nyström shares a perspective on taking over a QA department, discovering inconsistencies in automation results, and using data and conversations to reveal hidden testing problems.

Moreover, Maria Kedemo shares some interesting thoughts about Learning Faster: Deadlifts, Software Testing and Feedback Loops.

What Is Quality? Lessons from Experience, Customers, and Context

Not an easy question to answer, but definitely an important one. Stuart Day shares a multi-layered definition based on a recent reflection.

AUTOMATION

Architecture Tests

Taras Kizlo continues the great series of articles that go into detail about each level of testing. This time, it's about an intriguing topic that not many people talk about — architecture tests.

Finally: Unit Testing for LLMs That Doesn't Require a PhD or $100K Budget

If you or your team is working on building LLM-based apps, Dr. Ernesto Lee demonstrates how to approach automated testing.

Implement POM design pattern in the Automation test framework

While the Page Object Model is a common test automation design pattern, it's not always done the same way. Here's one implementation example by Đinh Công Cảnh in Python.

Intelligent QA Orchestration with Large Language Models — A modern approach to Quality Assurance

Looking for ways to leverage AI in testing? Sam Treweek described an attempt to design a QA model that connects data, tools, and automation to enable smarter, autonomous testing.

The Testing Skyscraper: A Modern Alternative to the Testing Pyramid

Instead of following the test pyramid, Andrew Knight suggests a new approach — a test skyscraper. It emphasises a flexibility that fits the system's needs rather than focusing on the quantity of tests on each level.

TOOLS

AI + Chrome DevTools MCP: Trace, Analyse, Fix Performance

In another detailed article, Sławomir Radzymiński gives a comprehensive overview of Chrome DevTools MCP and compares it to Playwright MCP, explaining when to use each.

Best Web Test Automation Tool?

In search for the best test automation tool, Alan Richardson assessed the current state of popular solutions, compared the shortlisted candidates and gave his verdict. Can you guess which ones are the main contenders?

How to test the new ARIA Notify API with Cypress

ARIA Notify API is a new solution provided by browsers for making web content more accessible and Mark Noonan already shows how to test it using Cypress.

Moreover, Adekola Olawale gives practical advice on Fixing Flaky End-to-End Cypress Tests in CI Environments.

My Load Testing Journey: Why Artillery Won over JMeter and K6

Janahan Sivananthamoorthy describes their experience with Artillery for performance testing and explains why they chose it over the other solutions.

Similarly, Irfan Mujagić shares insights into The Smart Way to Begin Performance Testing.

VIDEOS

k6 Scenarios & Metrics You Must Know

Using k6 for performance testing? In this 25-minute overview, Joan Esquivel Montero shares several tips to make your solution even better.

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Vibium-certified... 😂

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Issue 286 October 6th 2025