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# Issue #324
- URL: https://softwaretestingweekly.com/issues/324/
- Published: 2026-08-21T13:19:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-21T13:19:58.000Z
- Description: Is QA still a career in the age of AI? 🤔
- Author: Dawid Dylowicz

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| Welcome to the **324th** issue!This discussion caught my eye this week:[Is dedicated QA still a real career or am I chasing something that's disappearing?](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/1vl2vyy/is%5Fdedicated%5Fqa%5Fstill%5Fa%5Freal%5Fcareer%5Fhere%5For%5Fam%5Fi/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Mind you, QA was declared dead many times in the past, though somehow it's still here.But it's natural to worry and this thread gives a glimpse into what the testing community really thinks.Also related — [What is happening in your companies within the AI era?](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/1vlblvb/what%5Fis%5Fhappening%5Fin%5Fyour%5Fcompanies%5Fwithin%5Fthe%5Fai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Happy testing!*[Dawid Dylowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawid-dylowicz/?ref=softwaretestingweekly.com)*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| [AI Gets the Boring Part. I Take the Fun Part.](https://medium.com/@007iraida/ai-gets-the-boring-part-i-h%CC%B6a%CC%B6v%CC%B6e%CC%B6-%CC%B6f%CC%B6u%CC%B6n%CC%B6-take-the-fun-part-64fa1fd17e5b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Some repetitive testing tasks can be daunting. [Iraida Chirkova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/iraida-chirkova-96b2087a/?skipRedirect=true&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shares which of these parts she managed to delegate to AI, while keeping the exciting stuff for herself.Moreover, [Kristin Jackvony](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjackvony/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) has good advice on drawing that line in [How to Use AI With Your Brain](https://thinkingtester.com/how-to-use-ai-with-your-brain/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@007iraida/ai-gets-the-boring-part-i-h%CC%B6a%CC%B6v%CC%B6e%CC%B6-%CC%B6f%CC%B6u%CC%B6n%CC%B6-take-the-fun-part-64fa1fd17e5b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [How to Survive AI in Testing](https://testinggold.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-ai-in-testing?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Any existing automated ways of testing are the primary target for AI. But testing is more than that, and [Martin Ivison](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-ivison/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shows how our job splits into three parts and where we're still safer than AI.Moreover, [Dmytro Shyshkin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitryshyshkin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) asks: [Will AI Replace QA Automation Engineers?](https://practicetestautomation.com/will-ai-replace-qa-automation-engineers/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) — to which [Shoaib Ahmed Quraishi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoebahmedquraishi/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) has an answer: [Every QA Engineer Will Need to Think Like an AI Engineer Within 5 Years](https://medium.com/@clive.shoaib/every-qa-engineer-will-need-to-think-like-an-ai-engineer-within-5-years-f044c1f8b1cb?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[testinggold.substack.com](https://testinggold.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-ai-in-testing?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [The Director of QA Dilemma, Part 1: The Trap](https://jarbon.substack.com/p/the-director-of-qa-dilemma-part-1?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)[Jason Arbon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonarbon/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) started a great series of articles on how QA leaders should respond to AI doing a significant part of testing on its own. This continues in parts [2](https://jarbon.substack.com/p/the-director-of-qa-dilemma-part-2?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324), [3](https://jarbon.substack.com/p/the-director-of-qa-dilemma-part-3?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324), [4](https://jarbon.substack.com/p/the-director-of-qa-dilemma-part-4?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) and [5](https://jarbon.substack.com/p/the-director-of-qa-dilemma-part-5?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).Also, [Melissa Fisher](https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissafisheroffice/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) takes this to the process side in [Quality Management System has the same parts but how it is operating is changing](https://fishouthebox.medium.com/quality-management-system-has-the-same-parts-but-how-it-is-operating-is-changing-192e23f31e2b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[jarbon.substack.com](https://jarbon.substack.com/p/the-director-of-qa-dilemma-part-1?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) |
| [When Can LLMs Replace Humans in A/B Tests?](https://engineering.atspotify.com/2026/8/when-can-llms-replace-humans-in-a-b-tests?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)[Mårten Schultzberg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/m%C3%A5rtenschultzberg/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) from Spotify breaks down their lessons learned on LLM-based A/B tests. Turns out that while it can work, it requires strict conditions and calibration.At the same time, [Keith Klain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithklain/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) wrote a good piece on [The Verification Asymmetry Problem](https://qualityremarks.com/the-verification-asymmetry-problem/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[engineering.atspotify.com](https://engineering.atspotify.com/2026/8/when-can-llms-replace-humans-in-a-b-tests?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| [Agentic Testing: What QA Teams Should Try First](https://juliapottinger.com/agentic-testing-what-qa-teams-should-try-first/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)[Julia Pottinger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-pottinger/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shares how testers can work with coding agents and breaks down which tasks are safe to hand over. This is followed up by an article on [Working With AI Coding Agents as a QA Engineer](https://juliapottinger.com/working-with-coding-agents-as-qa-engineer/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).What's more, [Johnny Janzen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyjanzen/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shares the process of building [Agentic Continuous Delivery](https://medium.com/thinkific/agentic-continuous-delivery-49c0f6d7dded?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[juliapottinger.com](https://juliapottinger.com/agentic-testing-what-qa-teams-should-try-first/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [Running Tests the Way a Human Would](https://medium.com/@rashiprabha.atapattu/running-tests-the-way-a-human-would-92c42003bfff?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Can you make AI test mobile apps? [Rashiprabha Atapattu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashiprabhaatapattu/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) asked that question and built a skill that checks for a live emulator, reads each pass/fail mark, and takes a screenshot on failure, followed by the final part on [Where AI Still Needs Human Judgment](https://medium.com/@rashiprabha.atapattu/where-ai-still-needs-human-judgment-e8b06fc16083?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@rashiprabha.atapattu/running-tests-the-way-a-human-would-92c42003bfff?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [TDD inside the agent loop - theater or actual value?](https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/tdd-in-the-agent-loop.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)[Birgitta Böckeler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/birgittaboeckeler/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) put TDD to the test with AI coding agents and, interestingly, found no strong sign that it improves design, test quality or mutation scores over skipping it.Moreover, [Sławomir Radzymiński](https://www.linkedin.com/in/slawekradzyminski/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) takes a closer look at that measure in [Mutation Testing for Agent-Written Code](https://www.awesome-testing.com/2026/08/mutation-testing-for-agent-written-code?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[martinfowler.com](https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/tdd-in-the-agent-loop.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [Test coverage does not tell you whether a change is safe enough](https://qualityeng.substack.com/p/test-coverage-doesnt-tell-you-its-safe?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)How useful is test coverage as a metric, really? [Jitesh Gosai](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitgo/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) says that real confidence comes from monitoring, rollout control and how fast you can undo a change.On that note, [Josphine Job](https://www.linkedin.com/in/josphine-j-qalead/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) suggests a different check in [Invariant Testing Solves the Oracle Problem in AI Testing](https://medium.com/@tojosphine/invariant-testing-solves-the-oracle-problem-in-ai-testing-8794dfca7278?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[qualityeng.substack.com](https://qualityeng.substack.com/p/test-coverage-doesnt-tell-you-its-safe?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| [Test-Driven Review: Reading the Tests First](https://dev-tester.com/test-driven-review-reading-the-tests-first/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)AI can produce code that passes tests yet still solves the wrong problem. [Dennis Martinez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennmart/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shares three things to look for in AI-written tests before you trust the code.Additionally, [Anton Gulin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/antongulin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) has a longer checklist for that in [How to Review AI-Generated Tests: Seven Checks Before You Keep Them](https://www.anton.qa/blog/posts/review-ai-generated-tests-seven-checks?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[dev-tester.com](https://dev-tester.com/test-driven-review-reading-the-tests-first/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| Sponsored [Who's Watching the Agents?](https://applitools.com/resources/webinars/whos-watching-agents-ai-qa/?utm%5Fsource=software-testing-weekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=260910-wbn-whos-watching-agents&utm%5Fcontent=middle)Catch **"Who's Watching the Agents? Context, Guardrails, and Front-Line Reality"** live on **September 10**.QE experts Beth Marshall, Ivan Davidov, and Paul Grizzaffi discuss why building MCP context scaffolds and setting up deterministic guardrails are critical for agentic reliability.**[Save your spot!](https://applitools.com/resources/webinars/whos-watching-agents-ai-qa/?utm%5Fsource=software-testing-weekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=260910-wbn-whos-watching-agents&utm%5Fcontent=middle)**[applitools.com](https://applitools.com/resources/webinars/whos-watching-agents-ai-qa/?utm%5Fsource=software-testing-weekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=260910-wbn-whos-watching-agents&utm%5Fcontent=middle)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| [Agentic Visual Testing Workflows in GitHub](https://www.martinpoole.cv/blog/agentic-visual-testing-in-github?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Automated visual tests often fail without explaining why. [Martin Poole](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-poole-6b9b762b/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shares a practical approach using GitHub Actions, Playwright and a vision model to add useful context to every report.Also, [Gil Zilberfeld](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilzilberfeld/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) asks what AI does to repeatability in [AI vs CI: Nobody Told the Pipeline](https://testingil.com/2026/08/ai-vs-ci-repeatability.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[martinpoole.cv](https://www.martinpoole.cv/blog/agentic-visual-testing-in-github?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Computing is changing, so is Postman – Introducing Postman.ai](https://blog.postman.com/introducing-postman-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Interesting announcement from the CEO of Postman, preparing for a world run by AI agents. Not affiliated in any way, just highlighting the direction that some vendors are taking, using AI as leverage to expand beyond their proven capabilities.[blog.postman.com](https://blog.postman.com/introducing-postman-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| [Cypress Security Incident: Status and Response](https://www.cypress.io/blog/cypress-security-incident-status-and-response?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Cypress Cloud suffered a security incident through third-party tool [Metabase](https://www.metabase.com/blog/security-update-6-aug-2026?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324), exposing some account data, tokens and test data. Here's the official response and recommended actions that you should check now.Also, [Emily Wisniewski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emwisniewski/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) describes a new feature: [Cypress tap: give your AI agent the context the Cypress app shows you](https://www.cypress.io/blog/cypress-tap-cli?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[cypress.io](https://www.cypress.io/blog/cypress-security-incident-status-and-response?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [How to Make Playwright Tests Less Flaky: Practical Rules That Actually Work](https://medium.com/@svetlana.tretjakova/how-to-make-playwright-tests-less-flaky-practical-rules-that-actually-work-82e30be81acc?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)[Svetlana Tretjakova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlana-tretjakova-93147b136/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) lists simple rules to make Playwright tests less flaky, from waiting for actual conditions to avoiding shared test data and using traces to debug failures.Svetlana also shares a debugging trick in [How I Use Custom Playwright Fixtures to Log Failed API Requests Automatically](https://medium.com/@svetlana.tretjakova/how-i-use-custom-playwright-fixtures-to-log-failed-api-requests-automatically-5b4f4025fa88?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@svetlana.tretjakova/how-to-make-playwright-tests-less-flaky-practical-rules-that-actually-work-82e30be81acc?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [Network Interception with Playwright TypeScript](https://medium.com/@iamfaisalkhatri/0dd32195848b?sk=86b4331636d71bd5f15e5c24678940d1&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)If you want to mock, block or slow down API calls in your Playwright tests, [Mohammad Faisal Khatri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisalkhatri/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) shares a practical guide to network interception, covering request mocking, HAR replay and the Trace Viewer.Speaking of that, [Viranga Bandara](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viranga-bandara/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) covers the Cypress side in [Mastering cy.intercept(): Mocking APIs and Testing Edge Cases with Cypress](https://virangabandara97.medium.com/mastering-cy-intercept-mocking-apis-and-testing-edge-cases-with-cypress-43670485ad76?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@iamfaisalkhatri/0dd32195848b?sk=86b4331636d71bd5f15e5c24678940d1&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| [Testing AI: Engineering Confidence in Non-Deterministic Systems](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buNVpWo9Nv8&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)Wondering how to test AI? This hour-long discussion between [Joe Colantonio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joecolantonio/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) and [Jason Arbon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonarbon/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) gives plenty of insights into how to approach it.Especially important since [AI Is Shipping Code Faster Than QA Can Keep Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJxqY-8vDdM&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324), as [Alex Khvastovich](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkhvastovich/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) explains.[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buNVpWo9Nv8&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| [And testers face both...](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1vrn981/fullstackmeansafraidofeverythingequally/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-324) 😂                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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