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On September 23 and 24, we hosted AI Engineer Paris 2025 at Station F — a one-day gathering of builders, researchers, and practitioners exploring the future of applied AI. With five talk tracks, 48 sessions, and 25 sponsors, the event brought together the best of the AI engineering community in Europe and worldwide. If you want a full recap of the key themes and takeaways from the talks, check out our event recap blog post.

You’re searching for “Selenium alternatives” because, while Selenium is a popular open-source test automation tool, it has certain limitations. Its slow execution speed can be problematic when dealing with large test suites or complex applications. The basic reporting and analytics features make finding problems and testing results difficult. It also lacks a mobile app testing focus — an essential feature for most organizations.

Imagine pushing a new release, only to have a crucial API endpoint break in production — leading to a service outage and angry customers. According to one recent survey, API failures account for more than 35% of production incidents in microservices environments. Reliable API testing is not optional anymore.

When writing automated tests with Selenium WebDriver and Python, one common task is dealing with input fields that already contain text. Whether you're working with a login form, a search bar, or a multi-step checkout flow, starting with a clean field helps ensure consistency every time your test runs. The clear() method in Selenium offers a direct way to remove any existing text inside a form field before you input new data.

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) must continuously differentiate their offerings to thrive in today’s competitive SaaS market. Customers have high expectations and often carry a healthy dose of skepticism when a new vendor claims to deliver “the best solution” for productivity, cost savings, and revenue growth. To break through this status quo and deliver true value, ISVs need to provide smart, scalable, and secure solutions—faster than the competition.

You know that frustrating moment when something goes wrong at work, and everyone immediately rushes to quick fixes without truly understanding the root of the problem? This is where root cause analysis (RCA) comes in to help. Let me guide you through everything you need to know about this effective problem-solving method that can transform how you address challenges in your organization.

This is the sixth post in a series about reasons to attend API Summit 2025. Check out the previous post here. APIs empower every enterprise function, starting from seamless customer experiences to efficient internal operations. As a matter of fact, APIs are the foundational technology that fuels the advancements in AI, MCP, agentic, and autonomous systems. They're the critical connective tissue that allows data, intelligence, and actions to flow securely and reliably across ecosystems.

When you build Elixir applications, you'll likely encounter scenarios where you need to handle large datasets efficiently. Whether you're importing user data from a CSV file, updating thousands of product prices, or synchronizing data from external APIs, performing operations one record at a time can quickly become a performance bottleneck. In this two-part tutorial, we'll start by exploring Ecto's powerful batch update and advanced insert capabilities for handling bulk data operations.