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Beyond Brittle Code: Scaling Enterprise QA with Machine Learning in Test Automation

As product delivery cadences shrink, traditional quality assurance approaches are reaching operational constraints. Traditional scripted test scripts, albeit a tried-and-true method in the past, can no longer keep up with the onslaught of dynamic code changes, changing microfrontends, and CI pipelines. In many cases, just changing a label or making a small modification to a layout may break whole integration suites and create huge backlogs.

Enterprise AI Testing Checklist: From Pre-Deployment Evaluation to Live Runtime Guardrails

While the benefits of LLM orchestration layers and autonomous agents are clear, they also bring a new set of non-deterministic failure modes that traditional unit testing cannot detect. A study by RAND Corporation found that 80.3% of AI projects fail to achieve the desired business outcomes, and this is because of issues in the data pipeline and model integration, not algorithmic problems.Using traditional software, you will get predictable results from known inputs.

Xray is transitioning into a Forge App: What does it mean for you?

Xray is transitioning into a Forge App, Atlassian's modern cloud development platform, using Forge Remote to strengthen security, align with Atlassian's long-term roadmap, and support future innovation. If you're wondering what the Xray Forge migration means, the short answer is simple: your testing workflows stay exactly the same. The changes happen behind the scenes, improving the platform that powers Xray while maintaining the features, scalability, and performance your team relies on.

Popular PHP Frameworks Compared: Pros, Cons, and Tradeoffs

Choosing the right PHP framework means balancing developer experience, performance, stability, and long-term maintenance. In this clip from a recent webinar, “From Legacy to Long-Term Stability: Practical Strategies for Web App Framework Migrations,” Zend Senior Solutions Engineer Yeshua Hall breaks down the strengths and trade-offs of today's most popular backend frameworks, including Laravel, Symfony, Laminas, and Mezzio.

How to Upgrade or Retrofit Web Applications with a Data-First Migration

In this clip from a recent webinar, “From Legacy to Long-Term Stability: Practical Strategies for Web App Framework Migrations,” Zend Senior Solutions Engineer Yeshua Hall discusses a data-first approach to the strangler fig pattern, where business logic and database interactions are extracted before rebuilding the user experience. This strategy simplifies data migration, accelerates modernization efforts, and provides a flexible foundation for future development.

What Is the Strangler Fig Pattern?

In this clip from a recent webinar, “From Legacy to Long-Term Stability: Practical Strategies for Web App Framework Migrations,” Zend Senior Solutions Engineer Yeshua Hall explores the strangler fig pattern, one of the most widely recommended strategies for web application and PHP framework migrations. This clip covers how the strangler fig pattern works, why it reduces migration risk, and how you can test, deploy, and validate changes throughout your migration.

How to design & test APIs with OpenAPI & Swagger | What's changed in 3.1 & 3.2

Outdated API docs and last-minute bugs cost teams time and trust. Learn how the OpenAPI Specification help you document, govern, and test your APIs from design to deployment – all inside SmartBear Swagger. SmartBear's Yousaf Nabi, Developer Advocate, and Chris Armstrong, Manager of Developer Relations, explain why API documentation drifts out of sync and walk through what's changed between OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2. After covering a brief history of Swagger and the OpenAPI specification, they demo the full API workflow across Swagger.