Filip Hric 18th March 2025 Code (r)evolution is here Hello Reader,We’re living through a massive shift in how code is written. AI is no longer just a sidekick—it’s building entire features in minutes. Supabase is becoming the go-to AI-friendly database, and vibe coding is turning into a movement (controversial or not). That’s why Jonathan and I are going live this Wednesday to break it all down. We’ll talk about what’s happening, where AI is leading us, and what this means for developers and...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 11th March 2024 Looking for a New Challenge Hello Reader,Big changes ahead! One of my major contracts is wrapping up this month, which means I’m now open to new opportunities in consulting, engineering, or DevRel. If your team is looking for someone to improve test reliability, create better documentation, or integrate AI into development workflows, let’s talk. I specialize in: ✔️ Rescuing unstable test suites & making QA developer-friendly ✔️ Creating educational content (docs,...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 18th February 2025 FLAKY TESTS Hello Reader,I’ve been working on a project to reduce test flakes. A project that has over 1200 end-to-end tests in a fairly complex system. As I’ve been slowly trying to reach zero, a pattern emerged. It seems like there are common themes when it comes to test flakiness. I shared some of them in my presentation at CypressConf, but lately it seems that flakiness in end-to-end tests is mostly a timing issue. A situation where test and application fall...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 12th February 2025 LLMs ARE NOT MAGIC Hello Reader,Ever wondered why ChatGPT sometimes gives odd or completely wrong answers? My personal guess is that we tend to treat them like magic. Or treat them like a person. But they are none of that. Andrej Karpathy goes deep in this 3 and half hour video on what LLMs are, how are they trained, programmed to fix their own biases and more. If you ever used ChatGPT or any other LLM, I think it’s a great watch to set your mental model straight...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 3rd February 2025 99 Cypress.io Tips: The Ultimate Course is Here! Hello Reader,I’m thrilled to share some exciting news with you today: my brand-new course, 99 Cypress.io Tips, is finally live! 🎉 Over the years, I’ve worked with Cypress.io extensively—learning the ins and outs, tackling tricky issues, and discovering countless ways to make testing easier, faster, and more reliable. Now, I’ve bundled all of that experience into a single course to help you take your Cypress skills...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 29th January 2025 Interaction with LLMs in Test Automation Hello Reader,Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are making waves in test automation. But how are we actually using them? I recently ran a poll to find out, and the results were interesting. 68% of respondents interact via Chat UIs like ChatGPT or Claude. 23% prefer IDE integrations like GitHub CoPilot. 7% rely on direct API access for greater control. Each approach has its unique benefits and challenges, and the...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 21th January 2025 AUTONOMOUS TESTING Hello Reader,The idea of autonomous testing has been popping out in my network a lot lately. Is it the future of QA, or just another buzzword? I recently started a poll on this, and the results were split: while some are excited about its potential, others remain skeptical. Let’s unpack the discussion. "Autonomous" aims to be the next revolution of testing after test automation. Before, test automation would take away the repetitive parts of...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Filip Hric 14th January 2025 Abstractions in Test Automation: Friend or Foe? Hello Reader,I’ve been recently doing some thinking about abstractions in tests. The promise is that they simplify test code, but reality seems to suggest the opposite. Here’s the dilemma: The bigger the codebase is, the more it feels like it makes sense to not repeat yourself. While abstractions prevent repetition, they often come with unintended consequences—changing one abstraction can ripple through an entire...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Filip Hric 30th December 2024 2024 RECAP Hey Reader,it’s time to wrap up the year of olympics, Crowdstrike, Apple Vision and Solar eclipse. Looking back at this year, it’s seems crazy how much happened and how fast everything went by. For me personally, I’ve had my first personal experience with a layoff along with more than 150k people worldwide. I had 28 public appearances, visited 8 countries, published 35 videos and reached close to 2.5 million impressions through my social media and...
3 months ago • 1 min read