ACaqua cloudinaqua-cloud.hashnode.dev·15h ago · 5 min readContract Testing: A Practical Guide for APIs & MicroservicesHow Contract Testing Works with Pact Pact is the standard tool for contract testing. It follows a structured workflow connecting consumers and providers through a shared contract repository. Step 1: C00
VTVladimir Ternovoyinqaboutique.hashnode.dev·3d ago · 6 min readWhy toast-only Playwright tests are not enoughAI-generated end-to-end tests often look useful at first glance. They click through a flow. They wait for something visible. They pass. But sometimes the entire assertion is basically this: await expe00
VTVladimir Ternovoyinqaboutique.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 4 min readI built a read-only GitHub Action to flag risky PRs before mergeMost CI checks answer questions like: Does the code compile? Do the tests pass? Does linting pass? Is formatting correct? Those checks are useful, but they often miss a different question: Did 00
LJLiudas Jankauskasinliudas.hashnode.dev·Jun 16 · 2 min readAutomation Before Automation (ABA): The Missing Phase in Modern Software TestingWe've all been there. You just finished (or changed) an API endpoint. You open Postman or cURL, send a few requests, play around with the data, and then what? Most teams jump straight from this quick 00
HMHarini Mukeshinqapilot-insights.hashnode.dev·Jun 15 · 6 min readSwift Testing vs. XCTest: Why Passing Tests Don’t Always Mean Happy UsersA few days ago, I was watching Apple's WWDC26 session on "Migrate your tests to Swift Testing". As someone who spends a lot of time around mobile testing conversations, my first immediate thought was 00
T-Testream - Automated Test Reporting & BDD for Jiraintestream.hashnode.dev·Jun 13 · 7 min readStop Treating Automated Tests Like Manual Jira Test CasesThere is a quiet tax many engineering teams pay after their automated test suite starts to matter. The tests live in code. They run in CI. They already know the branch, commit, environment, failure me00
SKSunil Kumarinsunil-kumaar.hashnode.dev·Jun 8 · 5 min readAgentic QA in 2026: Self-Healing Pipelines That Cut Execution Time by 60%Introduction Your test suite is lying to you. Not maliciously — but every time a UI element shifts position, an API response changes shape, or a new feature lands without corresponding test updates, y01V
AUAugustine Uzokweinauzokwe.hashnode.dev·Jun 2 · 10 min read6 lessons on testing AI featuresI spent the last few years running QA, across teams. The same structured process worked, but only because the features going through it were deterministic. I wanted to find out whether it would still 00
OAOscar Abrahaminoscarvidal.hashnode.dev·Jun 2 · 10 min readWhat Formula 1 Engineering Culture Teaches Software QA: A Lead SDET's Field NotesI got into Formula 1 for the engineering. The cars are absurd — 1.6L hybrid power units producing over 1,000 horsepower, harvesting energy from braking, ingesting telemetry at 1,000 Hz, redesigned eve00
LSLaiCai Screen Mirroringinlaicaiapp.hashnode.dev·May 29 · 3 min readA Real-Device QA Workflow for Mobile Game TeamsMobile game QA is difficult to cover with one emulator, one flagship phone, or one test account. Real players use different Android versions, screen sizes, refresh rates, thermal conditions, network q00
