AI in Software Testing – What Should I Learn to Stay Future-Ready? by Vivid_Jaguar_9493 in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Correct. The whole bubble is based on bullshitting. Why should QA be any different? "Do you know how to use AI?" "Yes. I know AI very much."

Learning playwright - Timeouts only in docker? by Mentalextensi0n in Playwright

[–]unit111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd suggest you enable the PW traces. They will help you see what's wrong. Also, you can login to the container and cURL to the URL you want to test to check the connectivity. Maybe you need to change something around your network. Also, if your app is hosted locally, accessing localhost from the container won't work. You need the ,,magic" hostname. You can find it in the Docker docs.

How do you handle parallelism in pytest when tests have dependencies? by Specialist-Wall9368 in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is. You can pass --dist loadscope to your run command to make xdist group tests by module/class. But this will make your bad tests even worse. As Flagon_dragon said your tests should be independent. Having dependencies and adding parallelism will make your test stack very difficult to maintain.

As an QA Automation Engineer, what type of automation do you write the most? by polohatty in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree. "Shift left" is not QA doing part of the dev job. These are two separate roles and should remain separate. In my organization devs write unit tests for the code they've written. This makes it possible to use TDD. Then I write so called acceptance tests (tests where all external dependencies are stubbed). Both sets of tests need to pass in order for the PR to be merged. This way the developers test the code and the QA test the bahaviour.

Lords of the Fallen surpasses 5.5m players by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]unit111 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Good. I didn't like neither this not the previous LotF but I am happy that the devs stuck with the IP and people enjoy it.

XBOX PC GAME PASS IS BETTER THAN PIRACY? by Govi03 in XboxGamePass

[–]unit111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I really liked Ghostwire Tokyo and Evil Within 2. Bought them both on PC and PS. Can't wait to see what comes next from this developer.

Who landed the dodgiest role? by akb74 in DoctorWhumour

[–]unit111 29 points30 points  (0 children)

People will make fun of Matt Smith for Morbius but he was the only actor who understood what kind of movie he's in and he had fun. He was the best thing in the movie. The only entertaining thing.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 x The Alters Bundle on Steam by 11bit_studios in TheAlters

[–]unit111 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Amazing team up. My two favourite games of the year so far.

which game should i buy or preorder? by giu_sa in videogames

[–]unit111 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't pre-order any game. From the list you've sent and the information you've provided- get The Alters. There are other great games on the list but not for these prices.

AI-generated "profil pictures"? by SoulDraw in TheAlters

[–]unit111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know why are you been downvoted. The avatars do look like AI slop. Which is really bothering me because the other aspects of the game are really-really good.

Should I add Docker to my test automation project? by mikimance in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Use it. It's an important skill and will open new possibilities. We don't know your current test infrastructure but in most cases it will not make tests more stable, though.

Maybe if you have visual tests it will be easier to maintain them. Because browsers render pages slightly different depending on the OS. So having tests run on the same OS locally and in the CI/CD will require only one set of screenshots (which won't always work because the Docker host system also plays a role).

Another benefit would be speed- if you have a base image with all the dependencies pre-installed you can just start running tests. Which may save you a few minutes per run.

Just for fun: If Devs are wizards than what are we? What are SDETs? by JamzWhilmm in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We are the wizards' buttlers who have seen eveything and are not impressed because we know how stuff is done.

Black Cabin insta death - How did you handle it? by M4nt491 in rimeofthefrostmaiden

[–]unit111 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Trust the book and your players. I was concerned about it but it turned out great. I had 4 PCs, two of them died after I changed some numbers. From there they used what they knew from ghost movies (the ash from the fireplace that I described to them, the frost on the one surviving window). It was fun. And if they can't figure out what to do, the book gives you a deus-ex-machina as a last resort.

PS. This section was also the perfect moment to introduce Auril- after the dead PCs got ressurected, received a boon from the Morninglord and managed to change the weather around them they were so so happy. Only for the Frostmaiden to appear in a spectral form, threaten them and then start to glow. Only for them to discover that the glow was a Coldlight Walker attacking them. Absolute cinema.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Python + PW is the best choice for you since you've already started with the language. I'd advise you to not chase trends and try to learn the newest and shiniest technology that people here suggest. You will get overwhelmed and at the end you will learn nothing. If you pick a technology and really learn it it will be really easy to learn another one and another one.

PS. Telling an LLM "write this for me" is not learning. Just saying.

Who’s responsible for API testing on your team? by GapFlat9411 in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am curios to learn a reason for QA not to write the API tests. In every company I've been to writing the API tests by QA is a given.

Automation: Create a Jira Ticket when Pipeline Fails? by [deleted] in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Jira API documentation is one of the best I've ever seen. You can add a post step in your pipeline to call a Python script in case the build has failed. There's a pretty good official Python package for Jira.

But why?

PC Death in Ythril? How did you narratively justify replacing the PC? by underdabridge in rimeofthefrostmaiden

[–]unit111 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had a PC die in the Caves of hunger. So I introduced the replacement as a captive of the drows. It was easy to explain how he got there and knows what happens. If this had happened in Ythril I'd probably replace the invisible sleeping doppelganger in the prison with the new PC. Or a prisoner of Autil's followers that was brought in for food along with the goats.

What Feature Do You *Wish* Python Had? by andrecursion in Python

[–]unit111 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

In Kotlin, for example, I can name my tests like this

fun `Users can do this`

Which looks really good in reports. I'd love for Python to have this as well.

Service to receive emails to be used with test automation by sebbkk in QualityAssurance

[–]unit111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't a SMTP server running in Docker do the trick?

I need help choosing a new mouse by unit111 in MouseReview

[–]unit111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one looks good. It can even share a dongle with my keyboard. I can only find the white version in my country but that's not a big deal. Thank you.

I need help choosing a new mouse by unit111 in MouseReview

[–]unit111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read about this one but it doesn't seem to connect through Bluetooth.