⏩ Optimizing GitHub Actions Workflows for Speed and Efficiency
Slow CI/CD pipelines directly impact developer productivity and deployment frequency. When pull request checks take 15+ minutes to complete, developers...
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Control Your Windows VPN Connections from VS Code
Ever get annoyed having to click through Windows settings just to toggle your VPN connection? Yeah, me too. That’s why...
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Removing Sensitive Data from Git History with BFG and VS Code
TL; DR: I created a VS Code extension that makes it easier to remove credentials from Git History.
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Using Azure Test Plans with Playwright
In 2020, I blogged about associating automated tests with Azure Test Cases. The post had 18 questions, which indicates there...
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Measuring Website Performance with Playwright Test and Navigation Timing API
I was recently tasked with measuring the impact of a Redis cache on an e-commerce site. This was pretty simple...
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6 Nifty GitHub Actions Features 🚀
I’ve been having a lot of fun with GitHub Actions lately and wanted to document some of the features I...
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Handling Azure AD/Entra ID Authentication with Playwright
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how to test web apps that use Azure AD/Entra ID....
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25 reasons to choose Playwright as your next web testing framework
I wanted a place to capture a list of highlights that make Playwright awesome. Here it is, in no particular...
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Create resilient 🎭 Playwright e2e tests with locators
Modern web apps introduce some testing challenges — dynamic controls can cause flakiness and unexpected behaviors. This is where the...
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Publishing 🎭 Playwright test results to GitHub Pages
Now that Playwright has a fancy new HTML reporter, I wanted to host test results to show the latest state...
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💪 Azure Bicep CI/CD 🚀
Hey, you. You’re not manually deploying your Azure Bicep Infrastructure as Code, are you?!? Let’s prevent that next production outage,...
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Using Terraforms Azure provider (azurerm) with GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud
I wanted to document this after spending a frustrating amount of time troubleshooting getting this setup. I was getting this...
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