Sept. 2, 2026
It's been exactly a year since I went all-in with AI-assisted coding. Does that mean that test-driven development isn't relevant anymore?
Aug. 17, 2026
Every book you'll read or talk you'll watch, will tell you that your tests should follow the testing pyramid. If it's not a pyramid, it's a honeycomb, a trophy, or some other shape. It's not that I don't like shapes per se. But I think that all these shapes reverse the cause and consequence.
July 29, 2026
Sooner or later, you need to add custom middleware to your FastAPI app. Once we have it, we'd like to test it. The question is how to do that efficiently.
July 6, 2026
Automated testing is boring to software engineers. Everyone would like to build something that's more complex, feature-rich, or faster. So why do I care about it so much?
March 31, 2026
CheatsheetMost Python test suites have the same problem: they cost more trouble than they save. CI jobs that take forever, tests that break on every refactor, flaky pipelines you keep restarting. After years of writing (and deleting) tests, I've landed on 7 qualities that separate tests worth keeping from tests that just slow you down.
Jan. 7, 2026
A utility for mocking Python's requests library in tests, helping avoid real network traffic during testing.
Nov. 27, 2025
A library enabling developers to freeze time in tests for reliable validation of subscription status, trial eligibility, and date calculations.
Oct. 14, 2025
Techniques for handling scenarios where identical methods need distinct behaviors across multiple invocations.
Sept. 16, 2025
Methods for improving test failure clarity through custom error messaging.
April 3, 2025
Guidance on maintaining readability when using pytest parametrization with numerous examples.