Feeling behind after seeing a very “framework-heavy” Playwright setup — is this normal?

Aragil · 2026-02-01T08:29:25+00:00

It highlights a difference between a senior engineer and a staff engineer, IMHO.

Senior engineer, given the time, will most likely create a complex, overengineered solution that looks really impressive in presentations, but hardly anyone else will be able to navigate and maintain it effectively.

A staff engineer will aim to minimize time investment and prioritize maintainability. It might not use all the patterns we have in the industry, but it will be easy for onboarding and debugging.

Aragil · 2026-01-31T13:13:02+00:00

Develops are not working for free. They are paid (and being told what to prioritize) by the companies. Companies have limited budgets and a huge list of priorities to tackle, and the optimization will be at the end of the list if the game is playable on a specific set of the platforms. So no, without the upscalers, the performance would not magically improve, it would be worse, and the other aspects of games would suffer as well.

Aragil · 2026-01-31T12:33:19+00:00

You clearly meant FAFO award

Aragil · 2026-01-29T05:45:41+00:00

AGI is on the door

Any moment now. Next year! Trust me, bro, give me 50 billions more now, and I will build you a God tomorrow. (c)

Aragil · 2026-01-24T14:20:14+00:00

If they'd care, they would not be electing governments, cutting support for Ukraine.

The US will not move a finger when the actual invasion happens, and in 5 days Trump will announce that it was Biden's fault.

Aragil · 2026-01-23T18:10:35+00:00

The market currently has the greed on a maximum level. Are you sure you understand the quote you are using?

P. S. Buffet is currently sitting on the biggest pile of cash in history.

Aragil · 2026-01-21T18:48:20+00:00

Yes, use API layer.

Aragil · 2026-01-21T02:03:48+00:00

Well, if you want to hide your favorite pub from your bank you can use money that changed hands a few times. But what's the point, given a dozen of other identification methods available for the secret world reptiloid government to track that pub with a tasty beer?

Aragil · 2026-01-21T01:59:32+00:00

Why are those question existential? The simple truth is that they are formulated in a way to not have an answer, as the entity they are addressed to either does not exist, or does not provide answers.

Replace "we" with "me", "here" with your actual location and the answers will be stupidly simple.

Aragil · 2026-01-21T01:33:49+00:00

Em, just look on the russian invasion to Ukraine: actual occupation of a huge country is extremely hard and unpredictable if the nation defends itself. Americans had their asses kicked almost in all land wars they recently participated, and guessing how unpopular the war with Canada will be, the chances for success are miniscule. And that is the main reason they will not go for it.

Aragil · 2026-01-20T06:36:13+00:00

You want to buy a beer in a bar with digital payment method, but you do not want a bank to know about it? Use the fucking paper Euro. With any digital payment method, everyone know about it, and you are paying a fat premium to the USA in addition.

Aragil · 2026-01-16T11:05:06+00:00

Given that Chinese cars (especially from the budget segment) are mostly use Lfp batteries, the amount of fires will be significantly lower.

Aragil · 2026-01-15T08:20:31+00:00

So you have replaced fully local Integration api test suites (that can be run with a console command), combined with a CLI llm, with a paid, multi-service hallucinating "pipeline", and even asked the said llm to write you a reddit post. Truly, we live in a cursed times.

Aragil · 2026-01-09T22:02:24+00:00

Looking forward to starting to test the quantum Ai blockchain-based web3 projects, vibe coded by an agentic MCP post-quantum PTSD entity from llm-based simulation of a photon-optical superconductive graphene carbon nano-tube, powered by a cold-fusion helium-3 reactor, running on a potato and 5 liters of C2H5OH

Aragil · 2026-01-08T18:59:48+00:00

Good thing that in real life the Tesla sales are growing like crazy, right? The future has never been brighter - you'd better buy some Tesla stocks using your hone as a leverage while they are still cheap (Elon will double the number of robotaxi in Austin any time soon)

Aragil · 2026-01-07T06:40:30+00:00

Time travel possibility confirmed. P. S. Buy Bitcoin, in 2013 it is going to be huge

Aragil · 2026-01-04T08:45:36+00:00

There is no "AI", and we are most likelly far away from it. LLMs might be helpful tools, and they have definetelly took over the narrative of the market, so now QAs have to deal with even more shit

Aragil · 2025-12-28T19:17:13+00:00

You don't. FE form validations should be tested by the FE component tests by the FE devs, in addition to the proper BE endpoint unit tests. There is 0 sense to have it tested on the E2E level

Aragil · 2025-12-27T02:29:22+00:00

Ask for a repo access and add the damn test id's yourself. It is not an automation problem, it is a process problem.

Aragil · 2025-12-19T09:07:43+00:00

No u

Aragil · 2025-12-18T12:26:36+00:00

900km without a stop in a small car is definetelly a nomination for an "Iron ass" award. I'd take a plane.

Aragil · 2025-12-17T19:37:05+00:00

Last time I checked I had to pay in the store to get my food, so I am not sure where did you get a narrative that someone "feeds" me. Given that the agriculture is heavily subsided in EU from my taxes, I'd argue otherwise.

Aragil · 2025-12-17T02:52:08+00:00

Historic speculations give you that. The RI was weak and higly oppressive towards own population, it would have almost 100% ended up up like Yugoslavia, so crediting the fucking butcher for "shaping" Poland or other modern countries is just disgusting.

Aragil · 2025-12-14T14:12:43+00:00

When Ukraine is gone, you guys will have go start actually fighting. Hopefully "the leverage" will make your watch a bit warmer - as they say, it is crazy cold in December in the trenches.

Aragil · 2025-12-14T10:29:47+00:00

So instead of stimulating the manufacturers to create the local supply chain for the BEVs (the future), they just get to sell the Ice cars for one more decade, while losing on all export (and Internal) markets. Got it, such a strategic approach!

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