> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://softwaretestingweekly.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Issue #318 - URL: https://softwaretestingweekly.com/issues/318/ - Published: 2026-07-03T19:52:08.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-03T19:54:27.000Z - Description: How Spotify scales DevEx with AI agents 🚀 - Author: Dawid Dylowicz | Comment | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Welcome to the **318th** issue!This week, I want to highlight a talk by [Niklas Gustavsson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/protocol7/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318), Chief Architect and VP of Engineering at Spotify:[Scaling Developer Experience to Teams and Agents at Spotify](https://engineering.atspotify.com/2026/6/code-with-claude-coding-is-no-longer-the-constraint?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).It's a wonderful sneak peek into how big companies build custom agentic AI solutions to accelerate software development.The challenge? Like probably most of us have already experienced — nearly double the volume of PRs to review.Enjoy and happy testing!*[Dawid Dylowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawid-dylowicz/?ref=softwaretestingweekly.com)* | | | | Sponsored [How High-Performing QA Teams Are Adapting To AI](https://www.browserstack.com/events/qa-leadership-summit-summer-2026?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=PR&utm%5Fplatform=&utm%5Fcontent=digitalevent&utm%5Fcampaign=QALS-summer-july-2026&utm%5Fcampaigncode=701OW00000rLyu1YAC&utm%5Fterm=software-testing-weekly-qals-1)The real challenge with AI isn't getting a demo to work. It's building quality workflows that teams can trust in production. At the QA Leadership Summit, engineering leaders and directors share how they're integrating AI into testing, measuring its impact, and creating reliable systems that scale. Virtual event, July 22\. 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Just Like Automation Did. And Codeless Tools Did. Any Day Now.](https://medium.com/@titovaalyona/ai-will-replace-testers-just-like-automation-did-and-codeless-tools-did-any-day-now-24dda49bfffc?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Will AI replace testers? [Alona Titova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alona-titova-539305b1/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) doesn't think so, having lived through Selenium and record-and-play automation. It seems the pattern repeats now with AI, too.Also, worth learning from the community: [Did AI actually improve your efficiency?](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/1uj2hti/did%5Fai%5Factually%5Fimprove%5Fyour%5Fefficiency/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[medium.com](https://medium.com/@titovaalyona/ai-will-replace-testers-just-like-automation-did-and-codeless-tools-did-any-day-now-24dda49bfffc?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Quality Isn't an Activity… It's a System!](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/06/29/quality-isnt-an-activity-its-a-system/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[Dan Ashby](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-ashby/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) makes a strong case that quality is an emergent property of how well your whole engineering system is coordinated, rather than something done at the end of the pipeline.Also, [Rajeshkumar Rajaseakaran Nair](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshkumar-rajaseakaran-nair/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) points out [Why Good Test Engineers Think Like System Architects](https://blog.stackademic.com/why-good-test-engineers-think-like-system-architects-775add72ec2a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[danashby.co.uk](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/06/29/quality-isnt-an-activity-its-a-system/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Stop The Tester's Inferiority Complex: QA and Dev Are Equals](https://medium.com/@vincent.ferreira/stop-the-testers-inferiority-complex-qa-and-dev-are-equals-932c7072c14a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Do you feel like testers are sometimes seen as less valuable than developers? [Vincent Ferreira](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-ferreira-7096ba82/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) breaks down why that view is outdated and shows how to make your QA work visible and respected.On that note, [Ferawati Hartanti Pratiwi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferawati-hartanti-pratiwi/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) writes about [Reframing Quality: Everyone Owns Success, QA Owns Failure — Everyone Owns Quality](https://mpermperpisang.medium.com/reframing-quality-everyone-owns-success-qa-owns-failure-everyone-owns-quality-4f60b26103a6?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@vincent.ferreira/stop-the-testers-inferiority-complex-qa-and-dev-are-equals-932c7072c14a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [The quality gate — trusting code you don't read](https://medium.com/@arlanda.am/the-quality-gate-trusting-code-you-dont-read-79c759c73146?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[Anastassia Voronina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastassia-voronina-1a9425124/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) makes a case for treating the quality gates, not the code, as your source of trust by providing an AI dev team with linters, test baselines and fresh-eyes reviews.What's more, [Chris Kenst](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckenst/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) shares some thoughts on [AI and the Declining Cost of Trying](https://www.kenst.com/ai-and-the-declining-cost-of-trying/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@arlanda.am/the-quality-gate-trusting-code-you-dont-read-79c759c73146?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Too close to see the canvas](https://testing.pejgan.se/too-close-to-see-the-canvas-part-3/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Continuing the series started last year, [Lena Pejgan Nyström](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-pejgan-nystrom/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) shares a useful perspective on what it takes to step back and see the bigger picture when the team has stopped questioning why things are broken. You can also read parts [4](https://testing.pejgan.se/too-close-to-see-the-canvas-part-4/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318), [5](https://testing.pejgan.se/too-close-to-see-the-canvas-part-5/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) and [6](https://testing.pejgan.se/too-close-to-see-the-canvas-part-6/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).I also found this discussion interesting: [What are the most frustrating and time-consuming parts of your QA job?](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/1ue6u13/what%5Fare%5Fthe%5Fmost%5Ffrustrating%5Fand%5Ftimeconsuming/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[testing.pejgan.se](https://testing.pejgan.se/too-close-to-see-the-canvas-part-3/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | | | Automation | | [Code Smells when you get AI to write your Frontend Tests](https://howtotestfrontend.com/resources/frontend-ai-generated-test-code-smells?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Want to use AI for automation? This is a good warning on how it keeps introducing things like testing happy paths only, mocking entire modules or ignoring existing fixtures.Moreover, [Nael Marwan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/naelmarwan/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) advises to [Stop Guessing Whether Your Test Is Flaky. Run It Five Times.](https://nael-marwan.medium.com/stop-guessing-whether-your-test-is-flaky-run-it-five-times-af6d26bc8e53?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[howtotestfrontend.com](https://howtotestfrontend.com/resources/frontend-ai-generated-test-code-smells?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Quality Assurance Agent: Reimagining Software Quality with AI-Driven Autonomous Testing](https://www.linkedin.com/blog/engineering/ai/qa-agent-reimagining-software-quality-with-ai-driven-autonomous-testing/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)How would you test a mobile app that has 30+ languages and thousands of UI permutations? [Asa Kusuma](https://www.linkedin.com/in/asakusuma/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) and [Chad Hietala](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadhietala/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) from LinkedIn explain how they use a QA agent with vision-language models to find bugs without relying on selectors.Also, [Sourojit Das](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sourojitdas/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) put together a handy guide to [Building Your First AI Agent as an SDET](https://ai.plainenglish.io/the-beginners-guide-to-agentic-ai-building-your-first-ai-agent-as-an-sdet-1e5b476127bb?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318), while [Medhavee Upadhyaya](https://www.linkedin.com/in/medhavee-upadhyaya/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) shares a story of how [I Ran My AI Testing Tool on Its Own Code. It Found Bugs I Missed.](https://medium.com/@medhaveeupadhyaya/i-ran-my-ai-testing-tool-on-its-own-code-it-found-bugs-i-missed-d8a11356ed71?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/blog/engineering/ai/qa-agent-reimagining-software-quality-with-ai-driven-autonomous-testing/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Why It's Too Late to Learn Automation (and What to Do Next)](https://mentorpiece.education/why-its-too-late-to-learn-automation/?fsp%5Fsid=109&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Is automation testing a dead end? [Lilia Urmazova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilia-urmazova/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) thinks the role is changing due to AI and believes that testers need to move up to architecture, system design and business analysis to stay relevant.For that, [Rajesh Yemul](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-yemul-050381/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) started a comprehensive [The Complete Agentic AI for Quality Engineering Series](https://medium.com/@rajesh.yemul%5F42550/the-complete-agentic-ai-for-quality-engineering-series-3fd02642e5b7?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) with more than 15 parts and going.[mentorpiece.education](https://mentorpiece.education/why-its-too-late-to-learn-automation/?fsp%5Fsid=109&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Why You Need Wrapper Elements in Test Automation](https://medium.com/@tunhunh%5F23437/why-you-need-wrapper-elements-in-test-automation-a5f2c9d2c4c8?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[Tuấn Huỳnh](https://medium.com/@tunhunh%5F23437?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) makes a good case for wrapping raw locators in typed classes that give type safety, self-documenting page objects and one place to update when something changes.This is followed by Tuấn's article on [Self-Healing Locators with RAG and Vector Databases](https://medium.com/@tunhunh%5F23437/self-healing-locators-with-rag-and-vector-databases-f973a83bdab8?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@tunhunh%5F23437/why-you-need-wrapper-elements-in-test-automation-a5f2c9d2c4c8?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Your Tests Pass. Your Migration Still Breaks. Here's Why.](https://medium.com/the-rise-of-device-independent-architecture/your-tests-pass-your-migration-still-breaks-heres-why-b5fb8665898f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)When it comes to migrations, unit and integration tests alone may not give you the full confidence. [Enrico Piovesan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/enricopiovesan/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) explains why and suggests doing parity testing to catch the bugs that other tests were never designed to find.[medium.com](https://medium.com/the-rise-of-device-independent-architecture/your-tests-pass-your-migration-still-breaks-heres-why-b5fb8665898f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | | | Sponsored [Enterprise-grade, free open-source test management](https://www.testplanit.com/trial?utm%5Fsource=software%5Ftesting%5Fweekly&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=text%5Fad%5F2026q3)[TestPlanIt](https://www.testplanit.com/trial?utm%5Fsource=software%5Ftesting%5Fweekly&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=text%5Fad%5F2026q3) is enterprise-grade test management, free to self-host with unlimited users and no per-seat tax. 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It's an AI agent that lets you test iOS and Android apps with tap, swipe, profile and debug on simulators directly from the CLI.[github.com](https://github.com/software-mansion/argent?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Playwright and Vibium: The last 6 months](https://beththetester.com/2026/06/26/playwright-and-vibium-the-last-6-months/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Wondering what changed in [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) and [Vibium](https://vibium.com/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) over the last 6 months? [Beth Marshall](https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-marshall/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) went back to an old code repo and tracked 20+ releases of each tool to demonstrate how they moved toward agent-driven browser automation.And speaking of tool comparisons and updates, [Vince Graics](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vince-graics-901450109/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) shares that [WebDriverIO Went Tracing](https://webdriver.io/blog/2026/06/18/webdriverio-tracing/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[beththetester.com](https://beththetester.com/2026/06/26/playwright-and-vibium-the-last-6-months/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [Scaling Playwright‑BDD to 3,000+ Tests Without Losing Your Mind](https://laxminarayanaboga.github.io/articles/scaling-playwright-bdd.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)Running BDD at scale requires good planning. [Laxminarayana Boga](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laxminarayana-boga-770b1456/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) walks through how to structure fixtures, page objects and tags to keep a 3,000-test test suite manageable, followed by [Highly Scalable Test Data Management in Playwright](https://laxminarayanaboga.github.io/articles/scalable-test-data-management.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[laxminarayanaboga.github.io](https://laxminarayanaboga.github.io/articles/scaling-playwright-bdd.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [The Layered Selenium Architecture That Scaled to 1000+ Tests](https://virangabandara97.medium.com/the-layered-selenium-architecture-that-scaled-to-1000-tests-40a01bcda45f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)[Viranga Bandara](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viranga-bandara/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) shares how adding a functions layer above standard Page Objects was the key change that let a big test suite grow efficiently.He also followed up with an article on [5 Selenium Anti-Patterns Found in Production Frameworks — And How to Fix Them](https://virangabandara97.medium.com/5-selenium-anti-patterns-found-in-production-frameworks-and-how-to-fix-them-5f1b0ae4506e?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[virangabandara97.medium.com](https://virangabandara97.medium.com/the-layered-selenium-architecture-that-scaled-to-1000-tests-40a01bcda45f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | [What to Check When Your Playwright Test Passes Locally But Fails in CI](https://medium.com/@testdino/what-to-check-when-your-playwright-test-passes-locally-but-fails-in-ci-and-your-screenshot-is-f4e8f6453f4e?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)A helpful article on what [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) screenshot in CI means and why adding waitForTimeout hides the problem rather than fixing it.Moreover, [Razvan Vancea](https://www.linkedin.com/in/razvanvancea/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) advises trying to [Fail Fast in Playwright with maxFailures](https://razvanvancea.ro/blog/2026/06/24/fail-fast-in-playwright-with-maxfailures/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@testdino/what-to-check-when-your-playwright-test-passes-locally-but-fails-in-ci-and-your-screenshot-is-f4e8f6453f4e?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | | | Videos | | [The Death of Test Engineering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyHF0idL64&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318)An interesting, provocative 16-min talk by [Keith Klain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithklain/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) on how the longstanding promises of improving quality and reducing cost with tools and automation didn't quite play out as planned.[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyHF0idL64&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) | | | | And… | | [HTTP codes...](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1ugdxs3/thatsonewaytorememberit/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-318) 😂 | | | | Thanks for reading!If you enjoy this newsletter and find it helpful in becoming a better tester, please consider sharing it with others.*[Dawid Dylowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawid-dylowicz/?ref=softwaretestingweekly.com)* |