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, videos, live demos)

✔️ Full-stack web development (built the platform for my 99 Cypress Tips course)

✔️ AI integration into testing & dev workflows

Blogposts, discussions, events

Writing a Blog? Don’t Make This Mistake

Starting a blog or a podcast? My #1 advice: Don’t create a backlog before you start. It sounds counterintuitive, but here’s why…

Playwright Users: How Do You Run Your Tests?

I recently asked how people run Playwright tests locally. Many were surprised that the terminal still dominates—is it because devs forget about the VS Code extension?

My conference calendar

It is WILD to take a look back at all the conferences I have visited over the years. I have added them all (I think) to my homepage, and also added all those that I plan to attend this year. I’d be happy to meet there if you plan on attending any of them 🙂

Test automation tip

If you ever needed to wait for multiple requests after your initial page load, then you might be interested to know that you can wait for all of matched requests using ".all".

 1  it('opens board detail', () => {
 2    cy.intercept('GET', '/api/**').as('requests')
 3  
 4    cy.visit('/board/1')
 5  
 6    cy.get('@requests.all')
 7      .should('have.length.at.least', 4)
 8  
 9    cy.log('ready!')
10  })

Meme of the week

Keep learning and growing,

Filip Hric

Teaching testers about development, and developers about testing

filip@filiphric.sk, Senec, Slovakia 90301
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