How I Passed ISTQB Foundation Level: What Worked, What Didn’t
After nearly 10 years of QA experience across different industries, I finally decided to take the ISTQB Foundation Level exam. This wasn’t something completely new to me. I had been…
Posted inAutomation Testing Best Practices
Test Data Management: The Problem No One Talks About
When a test fails, as QA engineers, we instinctively start debugging the test itself by checking the locators, adjusting the waits, looking for timing issues, or maybe adding waits or…
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The Hidden Cost of Flaky Tests Nobody Puts in the Sprint Report
Every QA team has that moment. Someone runs the automated tests, and suddenly some of them fail. They fail once, then pass on the next run. Or the third. Or…
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When a Test Passes but the Feature Is Broken: A QA Reality Check
The build is green, all automated tests have passed, and the pipeline finished without any warnings. At this point, the feature is marked as ready to move forward. From the…
QA Spotlight: Taia Dimitrova – How a QA Engineer Built a Telegram Bot with AI and Engineering Thinking
Taia Dimitrova has been an experienced QA Engineer in software testing and quality assurance since 2016.Adept at: - Designing and implementing test plans- Ensuring product and project quality - Proven…
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Top Automation Anti-Patterns to Avoid (With Real Examples)
Automation frameworks are becoming more powerful, scalable, and AI-assisted. But, even today, the same types of failures continue to appear across teams: flaky tests, slow pipelines, unstable locators, and brittle…
