Sandeep Panda

@sandeep

co-founder, Hashnode

BangaloreJoined January 2015

About

I am the Co-Founder of Hashnode. I write (about) code and keep interest in Venture Funding and startups. Feel free to contact me at sandeep@hashnode.com.

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Mentorship, Programming advice, Knowledge exchange.

Sandeep Panda's blogs

Town Hall - The official Hashnode blogtownhall.hashnode.com28 posts

Sandeep Pandasandeep.dev/blog19 posts

Bug0's Blogbug0.com/blog6 posts

Hashnode Engineeringengineering.hashnode.com3 posts

Hashnode Toolbox - In-depth Reviews, Comparisons and Dev Resourceseconomic-juice-peck-41.hashnode.dev3 posts

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SPSandeep Pandabug0.com10h ago · 13 min read

Playwright CLI vs. Playwright MCP: which one should drive your AI browser tests?

tldr: Microsoft ships two ways to hand an AI agent a browser: Playwright MCP and the newer Playwright CLI. Both shipped fresh releases on June 10, 2026, and they answer the same question with opposite

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SPSandeep Pandabug0.com1d ago · 10 min read

What's new in Playwright 1.61: passkeys, web storage, and flake-proof video

tldr: Playwright 1.61 retires three hacks you have been running for years: faking passkeys, reading localStorage through evaluate(), and losing the video on the run that actually failed. Here is what

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SPSandeep Pandatownhall.hashnode.comMay 18 · 2 min read

Breaking Apps Hackathon Winners

The Breaking Apps Hackathon ran for four weeks, sponsored by Bug0. The brief was simple: write Passmark tests for any web app, then publish a Hashnode article about what you found. The entries made th

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SPSandeep Pandabug0.comApr 23 · 8 min read

Introducing Bug0 Browsers: cloud Chromium as a Browser-as-a-Service for AI agents

tldr: Bug0 Browsers is a new Browser-as-a-Service for 2026. Cloud Chromium with per-minute billing, live preview on every session, and standard CDP. Built for Playwright, Puppeteer, and AI agents. Th

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SPSandeep Pandabug0.comApr 17 · 24 min read

How to shard your Playwright tests: from 60 minutes to 8

tldr: Sharding splits your Playwright test suite across multiple CI machines so they run in parallel. A 60-minute suite becomes 8 minutes with the right setup. This guide gives you copy-paste CI confi

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Playwright CLI vs. Playwright MCP: which one should drive your AI browser tests?

What's new in Playwright 1.61: passkeys, web storage, and flake-proof video

Breaking Apps Hackathon Winners

Introducing Bug0 Browsers: cloud Chromium as a Browser-as-a-Service for AI agents

How to shard your Playwright tests: from 60 minutes to 8

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Sandeep Panda

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Available for

Sandeep Panda's blogs

Recently published

Playwright CLI vs. Playwright MCP: which one should drive your AI browser tests?

What's new in Playwright 1.61: passkeys, web storage, and flake-proof video

Breaking Apps Hackathon Winners

Introducing Bug0 Browsers: cloud Chromium as a Browser-as-a-Service for AI agents

How to shard your Playwright tests: from 60 minutes to 8