Comprehensive Guide on How to Perform Pre-Deployment Testing for LLM Applications

Not long ago, a North-American tech startup proudly launched an LLM-powered chatbot for customer support. The leadership team was confident. After all, the LLM had been trained on extensive historical chat logs and performed well in basic internal testing. So what if thorough pre-deployment testing for the LLM was not conducted? However, within a few hours, customers started complaining….

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How to Handle Dynamic Web Elements in Selenium in 2025

A few years ago, while setting up a large-scale test automation project for an eCommerce giant, I encountered one of the most frustrating challenges in Selenium test automation; handling dynamic web elements in Selenium Webdriver. Our test suite was designed to cover thousands of test cases, yet every UI update caused major test failures. XPath locators broke overnight, elements…

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Comprehensive Guide on How to Perform Payment Gateway Testing

Last year, we worked with an ambitious eCommerce startup from the USA that was preparing for its biggest launch yet. Everything seemed on track, until the day of the event. Thousands of customers rushed in, but many could not complete their payments. Transactions failed inexplicably, payments were deducted but orders were not placed, and customer support was overwhelmed with…

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Comprehensive Guide on How to Perform Data Integrity Testing

A few years ago, a global financial services company suffered a major data failure that sent shockwaves through the industry. A single corrupted entry in their customer transaction database led to incorrect balance calculations. Thousands of customers were affected, and the company faced a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The root cause? A failure in data integrity testing, which is a…

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UI Testing vs. API Testing: Striking the Perfect Balance in 2025

A few years ago, one of our enterprise clients, a growing SaaS provider, ran into a nightmare situation. Their platform had been rigorously UI-tested, with every button, page, and interaction meticulously validated. But when their largest customer tried to integrate with their system via API, everything fell apart. Transactions failed unpredictably. Data went missing. The API response times were…

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