Issue #213 : Software Testing Notes
You’re not ready for Quality Engineering
Hello there! 👋
Welcome to the 213th edition of Software Testing Notes, a weekly newsletter featuring must-read content on Software Testing. I hope this week has been good for you so far.
This week, we will explore:
Hands-On Fintech AI Prompt Injection Testing in LLMs
AI-Powered API Testing at Scale
Test smart: how to approach AI and stay sane?
Nobody Is QA Testing Their LLM Apps (That’s Going to Be a Problem)
Simple JavaScript Automation Unit Testing Using Jest
and more…
✨ Featured
What are the best QA minds thinking about right now?
Breakpoint 2026 is where you find out. This year’s speakers are sitting with the questions most teams haven’t said out loud yet — about what AI really changes for the QA engineer, whether test automation has ever delivered what it promised, and where human judgment still belongs in all of this.
Keith Klain, Avinash Ahuja, Brittany Stewart, and Ashley Hunsberger each have an answer. And they don’t all agree. Join them from wherever you are, 12–15 May.
📚 Testing
You’re not ready for Quality Engineering by Callum Akehurst-Ryan
A candid look at how testing often drifts away from what engineers actually need, hurting trust and teamwork. Callum Akehurst-Ryan rightly calls out habits that feel normal but might be holding the whole field back.
Drowned in Slack, Calls and Bugs: A QA Survival Guide by Olga Silanova
A relatable take by Olga Silanova on handling QA chaos in startups, from constant noise to unclear expectations and too many meetings.
🔍 Software Testing
⚙️ Automation
AI-Powered API Testing at Scale by Nikhil Gupta
Learn how to use AI to generate API tests from feature files, specs, or code. Nikhil Gupta ties all together with a scalable pipeline and strict data discipline.
Why Your CI Test Suite Keeps Getting Slower by Dennis Martinez
Dennis Martinez takes a thoughtful look at how CI test suites don’t suddenly break, they quietly decay, with small inefficiencies compounding until they stall your entire workflow.
Nobody Is QA Testing Their LLM Apps (That's Going to Be a Problem) by Andrew (Minh) Schwabe
Andrew (Minh) Schwabe puts a sharp argument that testing AI systems isn’t about correctness but managing uncertainty, where silent hallucinations replace obvious failures. I found the shift to statistical guarantees compelling, especially how it reframes QA from checking outputs to continuously measuring quality drift.
The playwright-explore-website Copilot skill by Roger Rajaratnam
Roger Rajaratnam shares a neat exploration of a Copilot skill that turns messy browser poking into structured Playwright test ideas, with the browser treated as the ultimate source of truth.
Simple JavaScript Automation Unit Testing Using Jest by Eyob Samuel
Eyob Samuel has written a hands-on walkthrough of using Jest to build and test a simple Node function.
From Manual UI Exploration to Runtime Validation: Rethinking Mobile Test Automation by Mehmet Serhat Özdursun
Mehmet shares a practical take on why mobile automation struggles with element discovery, arguing that AI guesses over messy UI trees aren’t enough and what to do about it.
Test smart: how to approach AI and stay sane? by Julia Kocbek
If treated carefully, AI is a great helper for QA. Julia Kocbek takes a thoughtful take on where AI fits in software work, especially in QA.
Appium Inspector: A Practical Guide to Features and Panels by Mayvin Ramasawmy
Mayvin Ramasawmy provides a clear walkthrough of Appium Inspector that moves past setup into how it actually helps you explore and interact with mobile apps during testing.
🔍 Test Automation
💨 Performance
We Built a JMX Generator for Our Own Test Architecture — Here’s the Honest Story by Oleksandr Kravchenko
An interesting look at how Oleksandr Kravchenko automated the JMX script creation for JMeter.
🔍 Performance Testing
🔒 Security
🔐 Hands-On Fintech AI Prompt Injection Testing in LLMs by Banu Tütüncü
Banu Tütüncü shows how simple inputs can subtly steer AI behavior rather than outright break it. If you are testing LLMs, this is a must read.
🔍 Security Testing
🛠️ Resources & Tools
maestro-ai-agent — Experimental but production-minded Python Maestro orchestration runtime for mobile apps using Maestro.
playwright-explore-website — Skills for Website exploration for testing using Playwright MCP
📝 List of Software Testers
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🎁 Bonus Content
📌 OTHER INTERESTING STUFF
⭐ LAST WEEK’S MOST READ
Optimizing the wrong part of the testing process by Chris Kenst
My thoughts on 'self-healing' in test automation by Bas Dijkstra
Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it by Shawn Vernier
😂 And Finally,
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Happy Testing!
Pritesh(@priteshusdadiya)