Hey Reader, Last week was pretty intense for me, how was yours? I learned tons of new stuff to share with you, enjoy! Cypress .filter function is cooler than I thoughtLast week I discovered something cool about Cypress - you can pass a function to the 1 cy.get('input').filter((index, el) => { 2 const elementValue = Cypress.$(el).val(); 3 return String(elementValue).includes('User input value') 4 }) My upcoming 99 Cypress tips course will be full of gems like these, can’t wait to share it with you! Chrome Dev Tools New FeatureHave you ever tried to use a scroll command in your automation and spent dozens of minutes trying to figure out why your scrolling doesn’t work? I know I have. Well good news: Chrome dev tools now has a new scroll badge feature and I think it’s absolutely fantastic! Secrets to my presentationI had a pretty intense conference week, and after pretty much all my presentations, everyone wanted to know about my setup 😅 I shared my presentation right inside my video and people seemed to love it. I used a combination of OBS and sli.dev with some special tricks thrown in 🤫 Watch the full explanation → Claude AI’s New FeaturesI was pretty impressed by recent Claude AI announcement. Apparently, it can now interact with your computer like a human. As a tester, I’m seeing huge potential for automating those “not worth automating” tasks. Imagine having an AI assistant handle post-deployment checks or manage your work communications! But people in my comments are bit more sceptical. What do you think? EventsAfter a rather crazy week I’ll have a bit of rest, but I will be speaking soon at Agile Testing Days! I’ll be part of a panel discussion and will have a talk. Come say hello to me, I’d love to make some new friends! Meme of the week...when pipelines don’t work 😅 Want to stay connected? Check out my new personal links page to find me across all platforms! |
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Filip Hric 13th May 2025 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (TECHNICAL) Hey Reader!There’s an ongoing debate in the QA world on whether it makes sense to get technical or not. I remember having a fairly heated debate on this last November at Agile Testing Days in Potsdam. My talk titled "Test like a developer, develop like a tester" argued that we should put the effort as testers to become experts in the software we test. And yes, that includes having a fair bit of developer knowledge. Jason Arbon called...
Filip Hric 23rd April 2025 AN APP CAN BE A HOME-COOKED MEAL He Reader,Today I’d love to share with you one of the best blogposts I’ve ever read. It warmed my heart and inspired me greatly. The blogpost is called "An app can be a home-cooked meal". Give it a read. It taps into something that’s really close to my heart - using your talents to make a world a better place - starting with your family. While you can be a world-renowned chef, it will always feel different when you cook a meal for...
Filip Hric 24th March 2025 Playwright in Production Hello Reader,I’ll be doing a live webinar with my friend Jonathan tomorrow. We’ll be talking about different use-cases of Playwright in production. Interestingly we’ll focus on use cases that are outside of testing, like web-scraping, monitoring and automation workflows. Make sure to register and join us! Register here Blogposts, discussions, events In Case You Missed It – Code (r)evolution Livestream Last week, Jonathan and I unpacked...