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📚 The Book Pattern: Progressive Disclosure for AI Agents

You are standing in a bookshop holding a technical book you might buy. You have about thirty seconds before you decide. So you do three things. You read the back cover to see what the book promises. Y

AI-Native Workflow: The Operating Manual for Your Agent

Imagine your first day on a new team. The codebase is well organized, the docs are written, the linter is configured. Nobody, however, tells you how this team actually works. Which channel for what, w

REST API Testing: What Every QA Engineer Must Know

Imagine this: you test a POST endpoint that creates a new user. It returns 201 Created. You mark the test as passed and move on. Two weeks later, production breaks - the response was missing a require

I Started a YouTube Channel - Here's Why

After writing 30+ articles about Playwright and TypeScript, I always had the feeling that something was missing. The articles give you the patterns and the code - but the deeper explanations, the arch

From Prompt to Passing Test: A Complete Agentic QA Session

Sound familiar? In the first article, we set up a project scaffold designed for AI. But a good structure only gets you so far if the AI is just a code suggester. Useful, but not transformative. You st

Explore First: Why the Agent Looks Before It Writes

Sound familiar? In the first article, we set up a project scaffold designed for AI. But a good structure only gets you so far if the AI is just a code suggester. Useful, but not transformative. You st

Skills: Domain Expertise on Demand

Sound familiar? In the first article, we set up a project scaffold designed for AI. But a good structure only gets you so far if the AI is just a code suggester. Useful, but not transformative. You st

CLAUDE.md: Teaching the AI Your Rules

Sound familiar? In the first article, we set up a project scaffold designed for AI. But a good structure only gets you so far if the AI is just a code suggester. Useful, but not transformative. You st

What Is Agentic QA and Why It Changes Everything

Sound familiar? In the first article, we set up a project scaffold designed for AI. But a good structure only gets you so far if the AI is just a code suggester. Useful, but not transformative. You st

The Scaffold: Playwright Project Structure Built for AI

Have you ever started a new Playwright project and spent the first two days just figuring out where things go? Where do selectors live? How do page objects get into tests? Where does test data belong?

Start Here: The Complete Roadmap to QA Automation & Engineering

Welcome! If you are looking for a structured path to mastering Test Automation, TypeScript for Automation QA, or Quality Engineering strategies, you have arrived at the right place. Due to recent plat

The AI Shift: Why Specialized Models are the Next Wave for Tech Teams

A Guide for Developers, QA, and Team Leaders on Moving Beyond General-Purpose AI In the world of software development, new trends hit like waves. And the current AI wave is a tsunami. Just like with cloud computing, mobile-first, or Agile, this trend...

Developing a Powerful Test Automation Strategy - Frameworks, CI/CD & E2E Tests

We've built our feature on a solid foundation (Phase 1), with a clear blueprint (Phase 2), and with quality implemented in during construction (Phase 3). Now, it's time for the final, rigorous inspection before we open the doors to the public. Welcom...

Mastering In-Sprint Quality for Faster Releases - CI, Code Reviews & Collaboration

We have our cultural foundation Essential Steps for Creating a Robust Software Quality Foundation - Culture, Roles & Mindset and our architectural blueprints Proactive Strategies for Pre-Development Success - Requirements, Stories & Planning. Now, it...

Proactive Strategies for Pre-Development Success - Requirements, Stories & Planning

In our previous article Essential Steps for Creating a Robust Software Quality Foundation - Culture, Roles & Mindset, we laid the cultural foundation for quality. We established that quality is a shared mindset, not just a department. But a strong fo...

Upgrade Playwright Tests: TypeScript Mixin Design Pattern Guide

In the world of test automation, especially with a tool as powerful as Playwright, we often face a classic architectural challenge - the BasePage object. It starts small, but soon it grows into a monolithic "God object" containing methods for every s...

Essential Steps for Creating a Robust Software Quality Foundation - Culture, Roles & Mindset

In our previous article (The Complete Quality Engineering Roadmap), we laid out a five-phase roadmap for building quality into software. We argued that you can't test your way to a great product, simply because quality has to be built from the ground...

The Complete Quality Engineering Roadmap

Let’s be honest. The biggest problem in our industry isn’t a lack of tools or talent. It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what quality actually is, how you achieve it, and what it really costs when you ignore it. Teams talk about "shifting left" a...

How to Separate AI Coding Hype from Reality for Real-World QA and Development

A while ago I posted on LinkedIn that I think we’ve officially passed from the EUPHORIA phase to the ANXIETY phase of AI CODING - link. Preface One side hustle of mine is Investing. Initially, I was fascinated by it’s THEORY and PSYCHOLOGY. One of th...

My First Live Session - Developing Playwright Framework for REST API Testing

Session Notes Below, you can find my notes and presentation, I used to prepare for my first Live Session. Hope you can find them helpful, since the lecture was held in Bulgarian. Greetings Hey friends! It's awesome to be here at SoftUni. Thanks for j...