Research & guides
Analysis written for working engineers
Every published piece declares its evidence basis. Nothing here is scraped or auto-generated.
- ANALYSIS6 min read · 2026-08-26
Playwright versus Cypress for modern QA teams
A decision framework grounded in architecture, team skills and maintenance economics — not framework fandom.
- ROUNDUP5 min read · 2026-08-26
AI tools for flaky-test investigation: what actually helps today
Where machine intelligence genuinely reduces triage pain — and where it just relabels noise.
- GUIDE6 min read · 2026-08-26
Contract testing with Pact: where it fits in a modern QA stack
A practical placement guide: which problems Pact solves, which it doesn't, and how to roll it out without organizational rejection.
- GUIDE7 min read · 2026-08-26
LLM evaluation for production teams: a practical starting map
From ad-hoc prompt poking to evidence-based releases: the minimum viable eval stack for AI features.
- ANALYSIS7 min read · 2026-08-26
Visual regression testing approaches compared
Pixel diffs, DOM-aware capture and AI judgment — choosing by false-positive tolerance, not feature lists.
On the roadmap
Planned research (not yet written)
Listed transparently so you can see where the platform is heading — these pages stay unindexed until they contain real analysis.
- Planned
Best AI tools for Playwright test automation (research in progress)
Planned comparative analysis of AI assistants that generate, heal and maintain Playwright suites.
- Planned
Best CI quality gates for GitHub Actions (research in progress)
Planned hands-on comparison of gate strategies: required checks, merge queues and policy engines.
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Best open-source test-reporting tools (research in progress)
Planned evaluation of Allure, ReportPortal OSS and emerging alternatives across polyglot stacks.
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Accessibility testing tools for product teams (research in progress)
Planned guide pairing automated axe-based scanning with realistic manual audit workflows.
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Load testing tools compared (research in progress)
Planned analysis of scriptable load generation options and their CI gating ergonomics.