Dhiraj Das | Automation Consultant | AI in Testing https://www.dhirajdas.dev Insights on Automation, Python, AI, and Software Engineering. en-us Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[Home]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/ https://www.dhirajdas.dev/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[About Me]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/about https://www.dhirajdas.dev/about Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[Locator Arena]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/locator-game https://www.dhirajdas.dev/locator-game Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[Test Data Generator]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/data-generator https://www.dhirajdas.dev/data-generator Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[Cron Generator]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/cron-generator https://www.dhirajdas.dev/cron-generator Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[POM Generator]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/pom-generator https://www.dhirajdas.dev/pom-generator Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:18:48 GMT <![CDATA[Smart Selector]]> 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https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/starlight-part-4-democratizing-constellation Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Starlight Part 3: The Autonomous Era — Headless CI/CD and Mutation Fingerprinting]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/starlight-part-3-autonomous-era https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/starlight-part-3-autonomous-era Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Beyond the Black Box: Visualizing Autonomous Intelligence with Starlight Mission Control]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/starlight-mission-control-observability-roi https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/starlight-mission-control-observability-roi Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Beyond Selectors: The Starlight Protocol and the Era of Sovereign Automation]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/constellation-based-automation-starlight-protocol https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/constellation-based-automation-starlight-protocol Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Stop Shipping "Zombie Tests": Introducing Project Vandal v0.2.0]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/project-vandal-ui-mutation-testing https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/project-vandal-ui-mutation-testing Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[SQL for Automation Testers: Understand and Optimize Queries Without Being a DBA]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/sql-query-optimizer-for-testers https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/sql-query-optimizer-for-testers Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Why Your Selenium Tests Are Flaky (And How to Fix Them Forever)]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/waitless-eliminate-flaky-tests https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/waitless-eliminate-flaky-tests Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Why Python is the Ultimate Choice for Automation Testing]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/why-python-for-automation https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/why-python-for-automation Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Way Forward for Automation Testers in the Age of AI]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/automation-in-age-of-ai https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/automation-in-age-of-ai Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Mastering Prompt Engineering for Automation Testers]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/mastering-prompt-engineering https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/mastering-prompt-engineering Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Architect’s Guide: Integrating LLMs into Python Automation Frameworks]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/integrating-llms-python-automation https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/integrating-llms-python-automation Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[How Python Automation Testers Can Be More Efficient & Build Rock-Solid Test Suites]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/python-automation-efficiency https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/python-automation-efficiency Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Choosing the Right Data Structure in Python for Automation Projects]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/choosing-right-data-structure-python https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/choosing-right-data-structure-python Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Building This Portfolio: A Learning Journey - Part 1]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/building-this-portfolio https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/building-this-portfolio Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Selenium: Enterprise Automation Overview]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-enterprise-automation-overview https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-enterprise-automation-overview Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Appium: Mobile Automation Essentials]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/appium-mobile-automation-essentials https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/appium-mobile-automation-essentials Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Applitools: Introduction to Visual AI]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/applitools-introduction-to-visual-ai https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/applitools-introduction-to-visual-ai Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[API Testing: Key Strategies]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/api-testing-key-strategies https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/api-testing-key-strategies Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[CI/CD: Automating Quality Gates]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/ci-cd-automating-quality-gates https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/ci-cd-automating-quality-gates Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Legacy Automation: Lessons from UFT/QTP]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/legacy-automation-lessons-uft-qtp https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/legacy-automation-lessons-uft-qtp Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Bridging the Gap: Desktop Automation with AutoIt]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/desktop-automation-autoit https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/desktop-automation-autoit Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Robust UI Testing with QF-Test]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/cross-platform-ui-testing-qf-test https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/cross-platform-ui-testing-qf-test Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Automating WeChat Mini Programs]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/automating-wechat-mini-programs https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/automating-wechat-mini-programs Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Conquering the Shadow DOM: A Guide for Automation Testers]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/conquering-shadow-dom-lumos https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/conquering-shadow-dom-lumos Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Effort Estimation for Automation Engineers: A Senior Architect’s Framework for Accurate & Repeatable Estimates]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/effort-estimation-automation https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/effort-estimation-automation Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Automating the Migration from Selenium/Appium to Maestro]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/python-to-maestro-migration https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/python-to-maestro-migration Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[I got tired of bot detection in automation testing, so I wrote this 4-line Python fix]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/sb-stealth-wrapper-launch https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/sb-stealth-wrapper-launch Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Visual Guard v0.2.1: The End of "Visual Blindness" in Automation]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/visual-guard-release https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/visual-guard-release Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Visual Sonar: Automating the "Unautomatable" — Remote Desktop GUI Automation with Computer Vision]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/visual-sonar-automation https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/visual-sonar-automation Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Building pytest-glow-report: Beautiful Test Reports for the Modern Era]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/pytest-glow-report-beautiful-test-reports https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/pytest-glow-report-beautiful-test-reports Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Building a Bulletproof Automation Framework: Field Notes from an Architect]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/building-bulletproof-automation-framework https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/building-bulletproof-automation-framework Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[From Algorithms to Agents: How My Research in Clustering Shapes My Automation Logic]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/algorithms-to-automation-tdct https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/algorithms-to-automation-tdct Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Selenium Teleport: Skip Login Screens Forever]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-teleport https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-teleport Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Why Your Selenium Tests Fail on AI Chatbots (And How to Fix It)]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/testing-genai-chatbots-selenium https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/testing-genai-chatbots-selenium Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[Announcing pytest-mockllm v0.2.1: "True Fidelity"]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/pytest-mockllm-true-fidelity 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