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Creating rules that stick
699 min

Creating rules that stick

Why does your AI agent keep ignoring your rules? Here's what I've learned about writing better instructions and checking whether they're actually followed.

October 16th, 2026→
10 Tips for Writing Playwright Tests with Cursor
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10 Tips for Writing Playwright Tests with Cursor

Practical tips gathered from months of writing Playwright tests with Cursor. Learn how to use project rules, workflows, screenshots, and MCP for better test automation.

October 13rd, 2025→
2FA testing with Playwright and Mailosaur
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2FA testing with Playwright and Mailosaur

Learn how to automate email magic links, SMS verification codes, and authenticator app logins in Playwright using Mailosaur for comprehensive authentication testing.

October 3rd, 2025→
Laid off as a tester. What now?
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Laid off as a tester. What now?

Navigating the changing QA job market: tips for staying relevant, expanding your skillset, and preparing for potential layoffs in software testing

November 16th, 2024→
Testing as an entry gate to IT
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Testing as an entry gate to IT

Some people don’t like the phrase “testing can be a great entry gate into the world of IT”. I kinda disagree, I think testing can be a great entry into the world of IT. This post discusses some reasons why I think that.

January 12th, 2024→
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How to wait for page to load in Cypress

What if your page takes time to load and your first command fails because of this? In this blogpost I explain how to make sure that your page is fully loaded

March 15th, 2023→
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How to structure a big project in Cypress

Opinion on how a project with +2000 tests should be structured in order to achieve good maintainability, speed and lower the risk of introducing regressions.

February 1st, 2023→
4210 min

8 common mistakes in Cypress (and how to avoid them)

In this blogpost I’m sharing a couple of testing antipatterns that can make your test flaky, hard to read or slow.

July 14th, 2022→
415 min

Testing frontend performance with Cypress

How to measure loading of elements appearing on page using browser performance API and creating a custom command out of it.

May 9th, 2022→
357 min

Cypress basics: Variables

How to store variables in Cypress tests and use variables and aliases inside the test and between tests.

December 7th, 2021→
343 min

Cypress basics: xpath vs. CSS selectors

Using xpath with Cypress is possible through a plugin. In this post I show you how to install this plugin and show you some examples how to use xpath and compare it to Cypress commands.

November 22nd, 2021→
283 min

.contains() - an overlooked gem in Cypress

Although the name of this command sounds like an assertion, it is actually a selecting command. Let’s look into what makes this command great.

April 5th, 2021→
277 min

Improve your custom command logs in Cypress

Short explanation on how to take your custom commands to another level with custom logging, snapshots and many more.

March 16th, 2021→
214 min

Cypress basics: check if element exists

In this article we are exploring ways to assert visibility of an element on a page. There are couple of gotchas that may be confusing at times.

February 1st, 2021→
202 min

Dealing with multiple redirects in Cypress

There are cases where you might deal app quickly redirecting through multiple pages. Chances are that Cypress will not register the page in the middle of redirect chain. In this post I will show you ways you can deal with this.

January 25th, 2021→
145 min

Test grepping in Cypress using Module API

Sometimes you want to run just a subset of your tests. With Module API, you can achieve just that. Showcasing how you can grep your tests by folder.

November 9th, 2020→
134 min

Using destructuring in Cypress

Short explanation on how to do destructuring in JavaScript and how you can use it to simplify your Cypress tests.

November 2nd, 2020→
073 min

Lesser known Cypress.io tricks

I often come across undocumented or not so widely used features that you might find helpful. Here’s a list of couple of those.

September 21st, 2020→
062 min

My favourite VS Code extensions for writing tests in Cypress

VS Code provides a variety of cool exenstions. Here are some of those that have proven to be useful for my workflow when writin tests in Cypress.

September 11th, 2020→