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# Issue #331
- URL: https://softwaretestingweekly.com/issues/331/
- Published: 2026-10-20T19:35:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T19:36:32.000Z
- Description: How Good Are Your Playwright Skills? 🎭
- Author: Dawid Dylowicz

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| Welcome to the **331st** issue!Want to learn Playwright better?You may like this: [Playwright Playground](https://playwright-playground.com/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).Someone on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/QualityAssurance/comments/1x35bm4/i%5Fbuild%5Fa%5Fqa%5Fplayground%5Ffor%5Fplaywright%5Fand%5Fmore/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) built a free platform with 40+ Playwright exercises. There's even a lab for flaky tests.Happy testing! 🙂*[Dawid Dylowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawid-dylowicz/?ref=softwaretestingweekly.com)*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| [Green Is Not Done: Testing, Review and Reliability for Agent Output](https://fantasybz.medium.com/green-is-not-done-testing-review-and-reliability-for-agent-output-c4fc9f3d8581?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)When an AI agent writes both the code and the tests, you need to make sure the validation is done well. [Kochi Chuang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kochi-chuang/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shares ways to achieve that before merging.Moreover, [Jitesh Gosai](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitgo/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) asks a similar question: [When AI says it's done, how do we know?](https://qualityeng.substack.com/p/when-ai-says-its-done-how-do-we-know?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[fantasybz.medium.com](https://fantasybz.medium.com/green-is-not-done-testing-review-and-reliability-for-agent-output-c4fc9f3d8581?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [How to build a strategy for testing AI](https://www.thequalityduck.co.uk/how-to-build-a-strategy-for-testing-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)This is a helpful guide from [Stuart Thomas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-thomas-engineering-leadership/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) on how to test AI products, with advice on test strategy, using synthetic personas and leveraging the LLM-as-a-judge approach.Also, here's a helpful read on [Making Non-Deterministic AI Testable](https://medium.com/@pankhuri.chaturvedi/making-non-deterministic-ai-testable-e4360603ec2b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) by [Pankhuri Chaturvedi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankhuri-chaturvedi-6a9b6530/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[thequalityduck.co.uk](https://www.thequalityduck.co.uk/how-to-build-a-strategy-for-testing-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [How to Test a ChatBot](https://thinkingtester.com/how-to-test-a-chatbot/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)As more companies create AI assistants and chatbots, this article by [Kristin Jackvony](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjackvony/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) gives relevant advice on how to approach testing them.At the same time, [Lialia Sakhno](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lialia-sakhno/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) has some tips on building an [Evaluation suite, or "Congrats, your model is just too weak"](https://medium.com/@lintume/evaluation-suite-or-congrats-your-model-is-just-too-weak-915917d60b79?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[thinkingtester.com](https://thinkingtester.com/how-to-test-a-chatbot/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [Maintaining quality in the age of Agentic Engineering](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1wojx18/maintaining%5Fquality%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fage%5Fof%5Fagentic/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)AI agents can write a lot of code that looks fine at first. A developer on Reddit explains how quality still gets worse over months, even with TDD, and they ask others how to fix it.On that note, [Sergii Vashchenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergii-vashchenko-77123165/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shares experience from [Managing distributed QA teams across time zones: Lessons from 10+ projects](https://svitla.com/blog/managing-distributed-qa-teams-across-time-zones-lessons-from-10-projects/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1wojx18/maintaining%5Fquality%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fage%5Fof%5Fagentic/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [My 25-Year Career Was a Lie?](https://medium.com/@john.gluck/my-25-year-career-was-a-lie-b8f5088c02ee?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)For years, we turned testing into test cases, automation and dashboards. Now AI is good at all of it. [John Gluck](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjgluck/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) thinks about his 25-year career and asks where that leaves us.Similarly, [Josphine Job](https://www.linkedin.com/in/josphine-j-qalead/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) describes [What Is Happening to Software QA Jobs in 2026](https://medium.com/@tojosphine/fc204d6d6d46?sk=5efdb69f39822b0d1fad717d6bcc88c0&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@john.gluck/my-25-year-career-was-a-lie-b8f5088c02ee?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| [AI can generate tests, but can it guarantee their reliability?](https://medium.com/leboncoin-tech-blog/ai-can-generate-tests-but-can-it-guarantee-their-reliability-b96b0f6362d6?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Audrey Moulins](https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-moulins/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) describes her experience of building regression tests and gives a four-step method to generate tests you can trust.Additionally, [Michael Angelo Concepcion](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikoautomation/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) has a good reminder of the same problem: [My AI Passed Every Test. It Was Still Wrong.](https://mikoautomation.substack.com/p/my-ai-passed-every-test-it-was-still?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[medium.com](https://medium.com/leboncoin-tech-blog/ai-can-generate-tests-but-can-it-guarantee-their-reliability-b96b0f6362d6?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [Make your coding agent prove its tests can fail](https://www.drjoshcsimmons.com/writing/make-your-coding-agent-prove-its-tests-can-fail?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Dr. Josh Simmons](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjoshcsimmons/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) describes how mutation testing can help you check the correctness of tests written by AI, with a small example.Furthermore, another way to check AI-written tests is [Red, Green, Remove: Outside-In Tests for Coding Agents](https://www.imaurer.com/writing/red-green-remove-outside-in-tests/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331), as [Ian Maurer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmaurer/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) suggests.[drjoshcsimmons.com](https://www.drjoshcsimmons.com/writing/make-your-coding-agent-prove-its-tests-can-fail?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Migration as a catalyst for test architecture redesign](https://noraweisser.com/2026/10/13/migration-as-a-catalyst-for-test-architecture-redesign/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Eleonora Belova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleonora-belova-7069baa5/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shares the approach they took to migrate about 200 [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) tests from C# to TypeScript, redesigning the test framework on the way. The suite now runs 30% faster with fewer flaky failures.Speaking of that, [David Ingraham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dingraham01/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) reminds us that [Your Test Suite Is a Product. Start Treating It Like One](https://medium.com/@dingraham01/your-test-suite-is-a-product-start-treating-it-like-one-ddab7d3180dc?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331), while [Ravi Rawal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-rawal-13/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) explains why [Test Automation Is Software Engineering](https://ravirawal13.medium.com/test-automation-is-software-engineering-f7a2ecac9b8d?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[noraweisser.com](https://noraweisser.com/2026/10/13/migration-as-a-catalyst-for-test-architecture-redesign/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) |
| [Reliable Visual Regression Testing for Humans and Coding Agents](https://openteams.com/engineering-blog/visual-regression-testing-jupyterlab/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Michał Krassowski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-krassowski/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shows how JupyterLab made its screenshot tests work the same on a laptop and on CI, including a bot that lets any contributor update reference images with a single comment on their pull request.In relation to that, [Yanshi Tyagi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanshityagi/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) has an interesting story about how [I Taught Claude to Test Our App by Letting It Watch Me Use It](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/i-taught-claude-to-test-our-app-by-letting-it-watch-me-use-it-3774ce542b95?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[openteams.com](https://openteams.com/engineering-blog/visual-regression-testing-jupyterlab/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| [Testing Microservices at Scale: Payloads and Contracts](https://juliapottinger.com/testing-microservices-at-scale/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)If you're working with the microservices architecture, [Julia Pottinger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-pottinger/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) advises on how contract tests stop one service's change from breaking another before any side is deployed.What's more, [Thejaswini Arun](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejaswini-arun-3b47a2210/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) asks a good question for API testing: [You Have No Spec and a Live Production API. How Do You Know What "Correct" Is?](https://medium.com/@contact.thejaswiniarun/you-have-no-spec-and-a-live-production-api-how-do-you-know-what-correct-is-4c830c77980c?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[juliapottinger.com](https://juliapottinger.com/testing-microservices-at-scale/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| [7 Chrome DevTools Tricks Every Tester Should Know](https://medium.com/@snehabanait/7-chrome-devtools-tricks-every-tester-should-know-fa8bed9819b1?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)That's a helpful article from [Sneha Rode](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sneha-rode?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) on using Chrome DevTools for testing. For example, did you know that the Network tab can tell you whether a bug is in the frontend or the backend?Moreover, if you test accessibility, [Sebastian Clavijo Suero](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianclavijosuero/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) describes the [WICK-AG-Lens Chrome Extension to Target Accessibility Issues](https://dev.to/sebastianclavijo/stop-guessing-where-your-accessibility-issues-are-unleash-the-wick-ag-lens-chrome-extension-to-1n8m?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@snehabanait/7-chrome-devtools-tricks-every-tester-should-know-fa8bed9819b1?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [A Lightweight CI Gate for AI-Generated Playwright Tests](https://medium.com/@vineetverma%5F96127/a-lightweight-ci-gate-for-ai-generated-playwright-tests-7a4c166967e4?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)Worried about flaky AI-generated tests in your suite? [Vineet Verma](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineetvermaqa/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) describes a CI gate that rejects weak selectors before the tests get merged. This is followed by another article on [How to Validate AI-Generated Playwright Tests Before You Merge Them](https://medium.com/@vineetverma%5F96127/how-to-validate-ai-generated-playwright-tests-before-you-merge-them-e25dbe1f8521?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@vineetverma%5F96127/a-lightweight-ci-gate-for-ai-generated-playwright-tests-7a4c166967e4?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| [AI Agents for Appium: How I Built Guardrails That Actually Work](https://sonu-gupta.medium.com/ai-agents-for-appium-how-i-built-guardrails-that-actually-work-1a8c6ffb7081?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Sonu Gupta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonugupta029/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shares how they built two AI agents for an [Appium](https://appium.io/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) project, one to debug failing tests and one to write page objects.[sonu-gupta.medium.com](https://sonu-gupta.medium.com/ai-agents-for-appium-how-i-built-guardrails-that-actually-work-1a8c6ffb7081?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| [Running Playwright in GitHub Actions: named checks, sharding, one merged report, and a flakiness policy](https://medium.com/@tayguara/running-playwright-in-github-actions-sharding-merged-reports-and-a-flakiness-policy-812b6cef330f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Tayguara Dias Reis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayguarareis/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) outlines a [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) pipeline in GitHub Actions and points out that sharding doesn't necessarily save time when the browser install takes longer than the tests.On top of that, [Irfan Mujagić](https://www.linkedin.com/in/irfan-mujagi%C4%87-618435206/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) provides tips on [Testing Webhooks with Playwright](https://www.thegreenreport.blog/articles/delivered-twice-charged-twice-testing-webhooks-with-playwright/delivered-twice-charged-twice-testing-webhooks-with-playwright.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@tayguara/running-playwright-in-github-actions-sharding-merged-reports-and-a-flakiness-policy-812b6cef330f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [WebdriverIO v10: Verification Loops for Coding Agents, on Every Platform](https://webdriver.io/blog/2026/10/05/webdriverio-v10-release?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)Using [WebdriverIO](https://webdriver.io/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)? [Christian Bromann](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-bromann/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) lists out the changes in the latest version, where a coding agent can now check its own work in a browser, on a phone or in a desktop app and save the steps as a regular test.At the same time, if you use Cypress, [Jennifer Shehane](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-shehane/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shows how to [Find elements the way your users do with cy.getByRole()](https://www.cypress.io/blog/find-elements-the-way-your-users-do-with-cy-getbyrole?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331).[webdriver.io](https://webdriver.io/blog/2026/10/05/webdriverio-v10-release?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| [Help to move from test execution to decision-making — A Review of "Leadership is Language"](https://testandanalysis.home.blog/2026/10/06/help-to-move-from-test-execution-to-decision-making-a-review-of-leadership-is-language-by-l-david-marquet/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Mike Harris](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-harris-citp-fbcs/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) shares lessons from the [Leadership is Language](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42774083-leadership-is-language?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) book, including how to pause work to make better decisions and how to ask questions that don't make people defensive.[testandanalysis.home.blog](https://testandanalysis.home.blog/2026/10/06/help-to-move-from-test-execution-to-decision-making-a-review-of-leadership-is-language-by-l-david-marquet/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| [Finally, A Better Way to Test with Playwright WebMCP: Playwright 1.64](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UFF6yERKM&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[Playwright 1.64](https://playwright.dev/docs/release-notes?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331#version-164) is out bringing some new features and [Alex Khvastovich](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkhvastovich/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) doesn't waste a minute to tell us more about it in this short video.Similarly, [Fidaa Berrjeb](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidaabrj/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) wrote about the same release: [Playwright 1.64: The Update That Finally Shuffles the Deck](https://medium.com/@fida.brrjeb/playwright-1-64-the-update-that-finally-shuffles-the-deck-aa55a62b5c7c?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UFF6yERKM&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Locust and Azure Load Testing: Create and Debug Load Tests with AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnGBDrT9VI8&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)Looking for an open-source solution for performance testing? [Joe Colantonio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joecolantonio/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) invited [Abhinav Premsekhar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinav-premsekhar/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) and [Lars Holmberg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/redshirt/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) to talk about [Locust](https://locust.io/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) and its capabilities which turned into an interesting, 36-minute conversation.[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnGBDrT9VI8&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| [Heard of JDD yet?...](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1wzq4i2/divideandconquer/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-331) 😂                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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