When I first began my career as a tester, manual testing was the primary mode of operation. Every feature, every bug, every user scenario required hands-on testing. As the product grew, so did the number of tests. What started as a manageable load quickly became overwhelming. Regression cycles stretched into days, not hours. Bugs slipped through the …
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As a QA engineer, one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned is that defects are not just problems—they’re opportunities. Every bug reported in a release represents a gap in coverage, a scenario that wasn’t previously considered. Early in my career, once a defect was fixed, it was often left at that—verified manually and …
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When I first started as a QA engineer, I was trained to focus on happy paths—the ideal workflows where everything goes right. Login succeeds, forms submit correctly, payments process without errors. It felt satisfying to see all tests pass, green builds on the CI/CD dashboard, and stakeholders breathing easy. But reality soon taught me that happy …
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When you search for data science jobs today, you see big salaries, global brands and thousands of openings. It looks exciting. But it can also feel confusing and noisy. Which data science roles fit your profile?What are the real data science requirements for companies?And how do you move from learner to a real offer, not …
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As a QA engineer, I’ve learned that the difference between a good test suite and a great one isn’t just how many test cases you have, but how well those tests reflect real-world usage. Early in my career, most of our automated tests focused on ideal workflows—happy paths where everything went perfectly. Users don’t operate in a vacuum, though. They make mistakes, encounter unexpected conditions, …
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Search for a data science course online and you’ll see big promises everywhere. “100% placement.” “7-figure salary.” “No math needed.” It looks exciting, but also very confusing. Which course actually helps you switch careers or grow in your current job? And which ones just look good in ads? This guide keeps things simple and honest, so you can …
As a QA engineer, one of the most nerve-wracking aspects of test automation used to be handling credentials. In the early days of our CI/CD pipelines, testers often used personal or shared accounts to execute automated tests. At first glance, it seemed convenient: everyone had access, and tests ran as expected. But over time, the risks became …
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Generative AI is no longer just a trend—it’s becoming a career accelerator for beginners, testers, developers and analysts. With companies hiring for generative AI jobs, professionals are now looking for the most trusted, beginner-friendly generative AI certification programs to start their journey. But before choosing a course, you must understand what is Gen AI, …
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If you’ve been using Selenium for years and now feel the pressure to modernize your automation skills, Playwright MCP is exactly the upgrade you’ve been waiting for. 2026 is the year testers move from “writing scripts” to orchestrating AI-powered automation workflows. And the technology making that possible is MCP — Model Context Protocol — …
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As a QA engineer, I’ve faced countless situations where our UI tests failed—not because our application was broken, but because a third-party service we relied on was unstable. Debit card validation failing, balance amounts not updating, or identity verification APIs timing out—these external dependencies often turned our test suites into a minefield of false failures. For a …
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