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Selenium's Alert Handling Crashed Our Parallel Suite
How UnhandledAlertException broke 8-thread parallel execution and why Playwright's event-driven dialog model eliminates the problem entirely.
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Recent Posts
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Playwright's onceDialog Saved Me From a Handler Leak
Why onDialog silently swallowed a logout confirmation and how onceDialog prevents permanent dialog handlers from firing on dialogs they were never meant for.
· 10 min read
Your Copilot Isn't Dumb — You're Starving It of Context
Enterprise GitHub Copilot stuck on an older model? Three config files — copilot-instructions, prompt files, and path-specific rules — close the gap more than any upgrade.
· 11 min read
Our Enterprise Approved AI — And Why It's the Biggest Risk
Enterprises lock teams into outdated AI models for safety. The irony? Older, less capable models produce worse code and create more risk than they prevent.
· 10 min read
2 Minutes a Day Cost Me More Than You Think
I automated my enterprise VPN login with Python and saved 10+ hours a year. But the real win wasn't time — it was the brain energy I never got back.
· 11 min read
Task Scheduler Runs Our Automation Server — Here's How
Five real ways I use Windows Task Scheduler to keep an enterprise Playwright automation server healthy — from nightly test runs to disk space alerts.