Testing with pytest: Fixtures, Fake Models, and Properties
How do you test code that depends on an unpredictable AI model? This post covers pytest from the first test to fixtures and parametrize, sho...
Oct 22, 2026
12 min
What Contributing to Two Keycloak Projects Taught Me About Building Authentication Extensions
Three easy-to-miss boundaries in Keycloak extensions: selection, enrollment and packaging.
Oct 19, 2026
7 min
The Model Changed. My Skill Didn't. The Score Still Dropped.
My rule for evaluating an agent skill is deliberately asymmetric: Test the agent on the weakest model you intend to support. Choose the judg...
Oct 7, 2026
7 min
node --test: The Test Runner You Already Have Installed
Node's built-in test runner has been stable since v20 and now handles mocking, coverage, watch mode, and TypeScript files. Here's what it do...
Sep 12, 2026
3 min
What a Failing Test Suite Taught Me About a Silent Laravel Security Gap
This is more like a heads-up article and a little mortification that I didn't realize this quickly… Just a little… 😂 I recently spent an ev...
Aug 4, 2026
4 min
Testing React Without Drowning: What Each Test Actually Buys You
Two developers look at the same untested codebase and reach opposite conclusions. One says "this is reckless, we need 100% coverage before w...
Jul 30, 2026
7 min
The "Native-First" Revolution: How Node.js 24 Is Ending Dependency Hell in 2026
Node.js 24 LTS quietly replaces many of JavaScript’s most-used tools. TypeScript execution, testing, env loading, SQLite, HTTP requests, fil...
Jun 17, 2026
18 min
LocalStack now needs an auth token: getting it into Testcontainers without a .env file
Since March 2026, the LocalStack image won't start without LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN. Here's how I feed...
Oct 24, 2026
6 min