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Automated Accessibility Testing with AI and axe-core

Automated Accessibility Testing with AI and axe-core

Test-Lab now combines axe-core static analysis with an AI agent that tests keyboard navigation, focus management, and interactive patterns - in a single run.

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Playwright MCP vs Playwright CLI: Which One Should Your AI Agent Use?

Playwright MCP vs Playwright CLI: Which One Should Your AI Agent Use?

Microsoft now ships two ways to give AI agents browser control - MCP and CLI. One streams rich snapshots into context. The other saves state to disk. Here's when to use each, with real token numbers.

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Debugging AI Browser Tests: A Triage Playbook for Stale DOM, Auth Drift, and Bot Walls

Debugging AI Browser Tests: A Triage Playbook for Stale DOM, Auth Drift, and Bot Walls

A practical, evidence-driven workflow for debugging flaky AI browser tests in CI. Diagnose stale DOM, auth drift, bot protection, timing, and agent loops fast.

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NordVPN Geolocation: Testing Geo-Restricted Sites Without Getting Blocked

NordVPN Geolocation: Testing Geo-Restricted Sites Without Getting Blocked

Datacenter proxies get flagged. We integrated NordVPN with a Docker sidecar pattern to give you real VPN IPs that geo-restricted sites actually trust.

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Test Geo-Restricted Sites with Geolocation Testing

Test Geo-Restricted Sites with Geolocation Testing

Your app behaves differently in Germany than the US. Test that. Route AI tests through 110+ countries with proxy and VPN integration.

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Mobile Testing with Browser Emulation: Beyond Desktop

Mobile Testing with Browser Emulation: Beyond Desktop

Test-Lab now supports mobile device emulation. Learn how Playwright device mapping works, what gets emulated, and the gotchas to watch out for.

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Setting Custom HTTP Headers in Playwright vs Playwright MCP

Setting Custom HTTP Headers in Playwright vs Playwright MCP

A deep dive into custom header injection - context-level vs request-level approaches, Playwright MCP configuration, and when to use each pattern.

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The State of AI for Quality Assurance

The State of AI for Quality Assurance

Why general-purpose AI agents fail at browser testing, what it takes to make them reliable, and how Test-Lab handles the hard parts.

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Why We Use Multiple LLM Providers (And Why You Should Too)

Why We Use Multiple LLM Providers (And Why You Should Too)

Relying on one AI provider is a single point of failure. Here's how we built resilience into Test-Lab with OpenRouter and multi-provider fallbacks.

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Why We Built Our Own AI Agent (And What We Learned)

Why We Built Our Own AI Agent (And What We Learned)

We started with Goose, Block's open-source AI coding agent. Then we built something custom. Here's what drove that decision and what we learned along the way.

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