Lab Blog

Write-ups on tools evaluated, experiments run, and lessons learned in the QA Lab — automation framework choices, AI tooling discoveries, and DevOps integration patterns.

Planned: Q3 2026

Planned Topics

The blog will cover practical, experience-based content written directly from hands-on work in the QA Lab. Topics are driven by experiments and tool evaluations conducted in the lab environment.

Automation Frameworks

Articles in progress

  • Playwright vs Selenium: a practical comparison
  • Designing a Page Object Model that scales
  • BDD with Playwright: setup and pitfalls
  • Data-driven testing patterns in C# vs Python
Playwright Selenium BDD

AI in QA

Articles in progress

  • Generating test cases with Claude: a QA engineer’s guide
  • GitHub Copilot for SDET: real productivity gains?
  • Testim vs Mabl: self-healing automation evaluated
  • Applitools Eyes: visual regression in practice
Claude Copilot Testim/Mabl

DevOps & CI/CD

Articles in progress

  • Building quality gates in Azure DevOps pipelines
  • Integrating Snyk into CI: lessons from the lab
  • Docker for test environment isolation: a how-to
  • DORA metrics: measuring your own lab delivery
Azure DevOps Snyk Docker

Tool Evaluations

Articles in progress

  • JMeter vs k6: performance testing tool shootout
  • ReadyAPI vs Postman for API automation
  • SonarQube code quality gates: setup to insight
  • Build vs Buy: when to roll your own QA tooling
JMeter ReadyAPI SonarQube

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