The Day GitHub Copilot Fixed My Code… and Introduced Three New Bugs Last month, I was reviewing a pull request from one of our automation engineers. The code looked fantastic. Clean methods. Proper naming. Reusable functions. Good comments. Exactly the
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AI Is Creating Smarter Automation… and Lazier Testers
The Biggest Risk in Software Testing Today Isn’t AI. It’s Testers Who Have Stopped Thinking. A few months ago, I reviewed an automation framework written almost entirely with AI. The code looked beautiful. Clean structure. Perfect naming. Excellent comments. Almost
The AI-Powered QA Engineer: Why Thinking Matters More Than Testing
AI Can Generate Test Cases. It Cannot Replace a Tester’s Curiosity. A few weeks ago, one of my junior testers walked up to me with excitement. “I generated 300 test cases using AI in just five minutes!” I smiled and
API Testing is More Than Status Code 200
A Green Status Code Doesn’t Mean Your API Works. One day, a junior QA engineer came to me with a big smile. “All API test cases passed!” I asked him, “How do you know?” He replied confidently, “Every API returned
Testing Beyond Requirements
The Best Testers Don’t Just Test What Is Written. They Test What Can Go Wrong. When I interview QA engineers, I ask one simple question. “If all the requirements are implemented correctly, is testing complete?” Most people confidently answer, “Yes.”
Why Traditional Testing Fails in Databricks Projects
If You’re Testing Databricks Like a Web Application, You’re Already Missing Bugs. A few months ago, a junior QA engineer asked me, “How do I test a Databricks project? There is no UI.” I replied, “Good. Now you can start
API Bugs That UI Testing Never Catches
Your UI Passed. Your Customer Still Faced the Bug. A junior QA engineer once proudly said, “I completed UI testing. Everything looks perfect.” I asked him, “Did you test the APIs?” He replied, “No. If the UI works, the API
Why Green Automation Reports Don’t Always Mean Quality
“Automation tells you that your scripts passed. It doesn’t tell you whether your customers are happy.” Every morning, thousands of QA teams open their dashboards. 412 Tests Passed.0 Failed.Build Successful.100% Green. The Slack channel celebrates.The CI/CD pipeline moves forward.The release
How to Build a Scalable Automation Framework
Stop Writing Test Scripts. Start Building a System. After spending more than 15 years in software testing, I’ve realized one thing: automation frameworks don’t fail because of bad code. They fail because of bad thinking. Many teams spend months building
Test Like a User, Think Like a Hacker
“Users show you how software is used. Hackers show you how software is abused. Great testers understand both.” One lesson I’ve learned after 13 years in software testing is this: If you only test like a user, you’ll miss security