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Field notes on API testing, flaky tests, automation frameworks, OWASP checks, and quality systems that survive production.
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- 01The Recruiter Pack: Why I Give Away My QA PlaybooksI created a downloadable ZIP with my resume, test strategies, architecture samples, and operational evidence. Here's why giving away your best work for free is the best career move you can make.CareerRecruitingQAPortfolioApr 5, 2026
- 02Test Strategy for Startups: What to Test When You Can't Test EverythingYou have 2 engineers and 100 features. You can't test everything. Here's the risk-based test strategy I use to maximize coverage with minimal investment.TestingQAStartupspytestMar 5, 2026
- 03Eliminating Flaky Tests: A Systematic ApproachHow I took a test suite from 10% flaky rate to under 1% — retry logic, test isolation, deterministic data, and the patterns that make tests reliable.TestingQAFlaky TestspytestFeb 28, 2026
- 04OWASP Top 10 Automated Testing: A Practical ImplementationHow I built a security scanner that checks for SQL injection, XSS, broken auth, and 7 other OWASP categories automatically in CI/CD pipelines.SecurityOWASPPythonAutomationFeb 22, 2026
- 05Your Test Coverage Number Is Lying to You80% test coverage means nothing if you're testing the wrong 80%. Here's how I think about coverage — not as a number to chase, but as a map of where you're blind.TestingQACode CoverageStrategyJan 28, 2026
- 06Building a Production-Ready API Testing FrameworkLearn how I built an API testing framework that reduced flaky tests from 10% to <1% using intelligent retry logic, Pydantic validation, and session pooling.PythonAPI TestingpytestPydanticJan 15, 2024
- 07Page Object Model: Beyond the BasicsMost teams implement POM wrong. Here's how to build a truly maintainable Selenium framework that scales to hundreds of tests.SeleniumPythonDesign PatternsPOMJan 10, 2024
- 08Performance Testing: From Zero to ProductionHow I built a performance testing suite that identified 3 critical bottlenecks before production and improved API response times by 40%.LocustJMeterPerformance TestingPythonDec 28, 2023
- 09Mobile Test Automation with Appium: The Complete GuideBuilt a cross-platform mobile testing framework that reduced regression time from 2 days to 2 hours and found 23 device-specific bugs before release.AppiumPythoniOSAndroidDec 20, 2023
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