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- Is QA a Good Career in 2026? An Honest Look
Is QA a good career in 2026? Job outlook, pay, how AI is changing testing work, the skills that matter now, and realistic paths for new and experienced testers.
QA careers · Software testing · AI testing · quality
- The QA Engineer Role in the AI Era: 2025 Year in Review
Cloudflare's outage, React2Shell, Shai-Hulud 2.0, the Agentic AI Foundation and OWASP's agentic Top 10 close out 2025. What the year means for QA engineers.
QA careers · Agentic testing · AI testing · Testing news · quality
- Comprehensive Logging and Reporting in Cypress (Part 3)
Learn how to implement advanced logging and reporting in Cypress to track test execution, debug issues faster, and create professional test reports
testing · javascript · cypress · automation · reporting
- Building Maintainable Cypress Tests with Page Object Model (Part 2)
Learn how to refactor Cypress tests using the Page Object Model pattern for better maintainability and scalability
testing · javascript · cypress · automation
- Getting Started with Cypress: A Step-by-Step Guide to Setup and First Test (Part 1)
A comprehensive guide to setting up Cypress and creating your first automated test for YouTube search
testing · javascript · cypress · automation · Tech review
- Testing vs. Checking: Why Your Software Needs Both
Checking asks whether software does the named thing. Testing asks what else can happen, and why a product needs both in practice.
Software checking · Software testing
- How to Stop ChatGPT From Using Your Website Content
How to Stop ChatGPT From Using Your Website Content. Notes by Irfan Ahmad.
web
- Book Review : The Psychology of Money
Book Review : The Psychology of Money. Notes by Irfan Ahmad.
Book review
- Book Review : Linchpin - Are You Indispensable?
Book Review : Linchpin - Are You Indispensable?. Notes by Irfan Ahmad.
Book review
- Capturing Network Logs (HAR Files) with Selenium
Capturing Network Logs (HAR Files) with Selenium. Notes by Irfan Ahmad.
Test automation
- Using Selenium with Chrome dev tools
Using Selenium with Chrome dev tools. Notes by Irfan Ahmad.
Test automation
- Memento Mori: Why Contemplating Death Will Make You More Alive
How the ancient practice of remembering your mortality can transform how you live
Life lessons
- Migrating from Selenium 3 to Selenium 4 in Java
A guide to adopting Selenium 4 features and migration strategies
Test automation · Tech review
- Digital Minimalism: Reclaiming Your Soul from Your Screens
How to build a healthier relationship with technology by using less of it
Life lessons
- Deep Work in a Shallow World: The Superpower We're Losing
How the ability to focus deeply is becoming a rare and valuable skill
Life lessons
- Year in review 2019
Year in review 2019 - learnings, experiments and the road ahead
Year review · Life lessons
- Appium Conference India 2019 Experience
2 Days full of moments with fun and learnings on mobile testing
Test automation · Tech conference
- Time Wealth: The Currency We're Not Measuring
Why our obsession with money blinds us to the true nature of wealth
Life lessons
- Beyond the Voice: Finding Your Observer Self (Part 3)
Discovering the consciousness behind your thoughts
Life lessons
- Changing the Conversation Inside Your Head: Part 2
Practical techniques to transform your internal dialogue
Life lessons
- The Silent Conversation That's Controlling Your Life
The voice in your head is having a bigger impact than you realize
Life lessons
- What's your reason to get up in the morning?
On Finding your ikigai and why its important
Life lessons
- Selenium Conference India 2018 Experience
2 Days full of moments with fun and many lessons learned
Test automation · Tech conference
- CryptoCurrently - My React Native App on Android/iOS
On building and publishing a cross platform native app for both android and iOS
Tech events
- PhantomJS is dead ,It's time to embrace headless Chrome
Get Set Go with Headless Chrome testing in 5 mins or less
Tech events
- Testing as a Container - Using docker with selenium
Conference Talk on Selenium Conference India 2016
Test automation · Tech conference
- Think inside Container - Building Reliable infrastructure for Selenium Tests
Conference Talk on Selenium Conference UK 2016
Test automation · Tech conference