Cypress Tips July 2026 ☀️

In July, I took a much-needed break away from the laptop. I biked along the Loire River in France: no laptop, no worries, just historical castles and an e-bike. Listening to a podcast about Plantagenet kings, drinking wine, eating cheese - this is the life.

But there is a huge red blinking alarm: the climate crisis. While I was there, France went through a heat wave. It was dangerous to be outside, and many activities (even castles) were closed or had shorter schedules.

After I left, the Bordeaux region went up in flames, just like regions of Spain and Italy. UK, France, and Spain all issued statements that the climate crisis is “threatening the way of life”. I would go even further and say: the climate crisis is threatening our lives.

Droughts, wildfires, failing crops - the climate crisis is here. It is caused by burning fossil fuels, and it will get much worse if we do not transition away from fossil fuels. Personal actions matter; I moved to an electric heat pump and induction oven - and could not be happier. I ride an e-bike and use public transportation. I plan to replace my gas water heater with a heat pump water heater and disconnect my house gas hookup for good.

But even more important is electing people into government who are not part of the fossil fuel death cult. USA is having primaries right now - I plan to vote for all DSA / Green party members. In general elections, I plan to vote for anyone but the GOP - a party firmly set on burning the planet to a crisp.

We are long overdue to stop treating a livable planet as “nice to have” and must treat this issue with urgency, because the crisis is happening now.

This week, I wrote a single blog post that talks about retries: Cypress has query commands that retry automatically. Cypress also has test retries. But sometimes you need something in between: retrying parts of the test, rather than re-running the entire long test on failure. Read “What Needs To Retry” for details.