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David Mello

Breaker of software, geek, meme enthusiast.

I blog about quality assurance and software testing, home automation, technology reviews, and home improvement.

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AI in Testing is Here — But Is Your Test Automation Stuck in Someone Else's Platform?
Test Automation

AI in Testing is Here — But Is Your Test Automation Stuck in Someone Else's Platform?

BrowserStack's State of AI Testing 2026 report shows 93% of companies using AI in testing workflows. Here's what the data means for QA engineers and vendor lock-in.
Adding Custom Commands to Nightwatch TypeScript Projects
Nightwatch

Adding Custom Commands to Nightwatch TypeScript Projects

Learn how to extend Nightwatch's built-in automation commands with your own when working inside a TypeScript Nightwatch test project in this post.
Best Websites for Practicing Test Automation
Nightwatch

Best Websites for Practicing Test Automation

Looking for example demo sites to practice your test automation against with Selenium, Cypress, or NightwatchJS? Here is a list of the top demo websites for practicing your test automation skills against.
Add API Testing to your Nightwatch Test Automation
Nightwatch

Add API Testing to your Nightwatch Test Automation

Learn how to add API testing to your existing selenium automated tests using the API testing plugin for Nightwatch.js
Testing Software using Decision Tables
Strategy

Testing Software using Decision Tables

Decision tables are software testing tools used to ensure one fully captures the expected behaviors of features involving complex business rules. Once created, decision tables provide valuable documentation of the software's desired behavior that one can directly use to create their test cases with. Learn how to create and use decision tables for testing your next Agile story in this article.
Automated Email Testing with Nightwatch and MailTrap
Nightwatch

Automated Email Testing with Nightwatch and MailTrap

This handy guide will show you how to perform email testing in your end-to-end test automation to verify email delivery, recipient, localized content, or follow links out of account verification/activation emails in your Nightwatch selenium test suite using the MailTrap email sandbox tool.