Komal chowdhary
Komal chowdhary
QA Specialist
I blend strategy, creativity, and a growth mindset, while engaging with the testing community
🎂 MoTaBirthday | March 26, 2019
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Once we classified our Test data types, the next question was: How should tests consume this data? This is where data-driven testing patterns helped. The data type tells us what kind of data we are...
6 Aug
When we talk about test data management in automation for Playwright frameworks the strategy always starts with :
“Keep test data separate from test logic.” That is good advice.
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6 Aug
We just wrapped up our first MoT San Francisco chapter event on March 26th 2026 Great turnout and really engaging discussions — especially around how AI is reshaping testing roles and what’s a...
31 Mar
What Guides Your Testing Decisions? Ever heard of "Kiddie Oracles" or "Golden Master Testing"? Oracles in testing aren't just fancy tools they're the wisdom behind our decisions, the sile...
26 Mar
The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!
6 May
Scream Testing
Scream testing is a practice used to determine whether a legacy service, server, API, or component is still in use by temporarily disabling or shutting it down and waiting to see if anyone complains "screams". In modern software architecture and cloud infrastructure, orphan dependencies and zombie assets frequently remain active without clear documentation or ownership. While it carries operational risk and should be treated as a last resort with an immediate rollback strategy, scream testing helps teams identify hidden downstream dependencies, clean up technical debt, and decommission unused systems safely.
Migration testing
migration testing is the process of verifying that data, applications, or systems work correctly after being moved from one environment, platform, database, or version to another. Think of it like moving houses you want to make sure nothing got lost or broken in transit.
Software testing
Testing is about uncovering risks and any evidence gathered during testing is filtered and transformed by tester who then shares a narrative on what is happening with product and what it actually mean... it may also include lot of processes such as modeling, questioning , studying , sampling , observing, sensemaking, and storytelling...which can be done by skilled human or toolsReference : Taking Testing Seriously by James Bach and Michael Bolton
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Test Data Types A Mental Model for Automation using playwright at Scale
Link to connected post on Data-Driven Testing patterns : https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/data-driven-testing-patterns-to-keep-your-suite-clean-at-scale
Why Quality teams are built on character, not just skills
Such a refreshing take.... It’s easy to get focused on a candidate's tech stack or yrs of experience,....but just a resume does't capture how someone handles a high pressure release day or breaks tension during those scrum meetings. The synergy of different characters is exactly what transforms a team into a high performing team. Thanks for sharing this @Gary
Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
In the age of AI everyone is going have access to same summaries, same key takeaways, same polished notes, the Edge is no longer ur access to Intelligence . The Real Edge is what you bring to it, as a human being ...your judgement, ur taste, ur opinion, and a point of view that is uniquely yours.
Showing up - 2026
@Judy thanks for sharing ur experiences... it truly does , waking up everyday n getting excited about things we can do, achieve or learn :)
Showing up - 2026
Thanks @Simon
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Data-Driven Testing Patterns to Keep Your Suite Clean at Scale
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Everyday AI coding: skills & plugins in a tester's workflow
Reduce repeat-prompting overhead by building reusable skills for recurring workflows, cutting task time from a full day down.
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Everyday AI coding: skills & plugins in a tester's workflow
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