Archive - automation hacks

Upgrading ReportPortal with backup/restore of Postgres and binary data

In this blog, learn how to take Postgres db, binary data backup, make upgrades in docker-compose.yml file, and then restore the DB data and binary data…

Dec 9 •

November 2024

How to setup report portal dashboards using attributes for test observability

This blog will give a technical walkthrough on how to create rich and interactive report portal dashboards such that data can be grouped by different…

Nov 22 •

October 2024

September 2024

📛 Common terminology misses in software testing

Does it matter? Maybe ... maybe not. But ... It doesn't hurt to be clear

Sep 26 •

Should an SDET move over to SDE?

This question often crosses the mind of people working as an SDET one or more times during their careers. In this blog, I offer a personal story from my…

Sep 22 •

⚖️ Balancing product vs platform engineering as an SDET

Strategies and tips on how to approach platform engineering work while working in a product team as an SDET

Sep 12 •

August 2024

BYOL: bring your own learning ⚡️

A post on how self-learning on your own time can bring you compounding effects in your engineering career that your day job just might not!

Aug 13 •

July 2024

TribeQonf 2024 Debrief

Talks I saw and what I learned from them, tools and solutions explored at booths and the people I met

Jul 14 •

June 2024

Testing gRPC #5: Load test a gRPC service

Learn how to write a load test for a locally hosted gRPC Java service using locust4j and run it on a local locust python-based master service

Jun 2 •

March 2024

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