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Guides, tutorials, and news about Monito and developer tooling.
How to test discount code checkout: the promo rules, not the happy path
A discount code isn't a text box, it's a rules engine — stacking, minimum-order thresholds, expiry timezones, per-customer limits, and the 100%-off edge. Here's how to test discount code checkout end to end in plain English, no scripts.
GitHub Actions AI testing: make a red check block the merge, not just annoy you
Most GitHub Actions AI testing setups produce a green check nobody trusts. Here's the honest wiring — an agent that runs your real flows on every PR, an OIDC workflow with no stored key, a required status check that actually gates the merge, and the fork-PR footgun to avoid.
A Checksum alternative for teams who don't want a generated test suite
Checksum generates and heals a real Playwright suite in your repo. If you'd rather describe a flow and run it than own and review generated test code, here's an honest Checksum alternative — with their capabilities drawn from their own docs, not invented numbers.
When to hire a QA engineer (and when an agent is enough)
A decision framework for when to hire a QA engineer versus when an AI agent covers the job. The honest signals — by team size, PMF, and risk — for hiring now, waiting, or never hiring at all.
An Autonoma alternative for teams who don't want to wire testing into their repo
Autonoma is a strong open-source testing platform that reads your codebase and runs tests on every PR. If you'd rather point an agent at a URL than wire one into your repo, here's an honest Autonoma alternative — with their real pricing, not invented numbers.
Deterministic AI test automation: what you can actually make reproducible
Deterministic AI test automation gets sold two ways, and one of them is a lie. A browser agent that reasons each run isn't byte-deterministic — here's how you make its Test Runs trustworthy anyway, and where non-determinism is genuinely irreducible.
Is 100% test coverage worth it? No, and the reason isn't laziness
Is 100% test coverage worth it? No — and not because you're lazy. Coverage counts lines executed, not risk covered, and the climb from 80% to 100% is where the worthless tests breed. What to optimize for instead of a number.
How to test dark mode: the bugs are in the state, not the colors
Every guide to testing dark mode tells you to flip a DevTools switch and look. That finds the easy bugs. Here's the playbook for the ones that ship: the white scrollbar, the theme that forgets, and the modal nobody restyled.
Internationalization testing: the bugs live in the layout, not the translations
Internationalization testing isn't proofreading translations. It's finding the button your German text overflows, the date that reads 03/04, and the RTL layout nobody looked at. Here's the agent-driven playbook, in plain-English prompts.
AI QA on Vercel preview deployments: the three problems nobody writes about
Every Vercel preview deployment is a production-like environment you're probably not testing. Here's the honest wiring — the ephemeral URL, Deployment Protection, and retargeting an agent at a URL that didn't exist 90 seconds ago.