📰 Dev.to · Tudor Brad

A migration that wiped 40,000 customer records, a checkout that double-charged on mobile Safari, and the uncomfortable pattern behind both.

We inherit broken test suites from new clients every month. Here is what went wrong, and the anti-patterns you can stop writing today.

A client wanted 80% automation in six months. We got to 45% and it was the right call. Here's the messy version of what an automation transformation actually lo

Everyone agrees testing should start earlier. Nobody wants to invite QA to the design review. Here's how we handled that.

We've inherited hundreds of test suites from new clients. The same mistakes show up every time.

Your Cypress tests click buttons but never check what the API returns. Here's how to fix that.

We run both across dozens of client projects. Here's when we pick each one and where both fall short.

Regression tests in staging passed. Production broke anyway. Here's why 'test it in staging' isn't a QA strategy.