Dhiraj Das | Automation Consultant | Agentic AI Reliability https://www.dhirajdas.dev Insights on automation testing, Python, agentic AI reliability, run replay, and trustworthy AI-assisted engineering. en-us Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[Home]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/ https://www.dhirajdas.dev/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[Agentic AI Reliability]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/agentic-ai-reliability https://www.dhirajdas.dev/agentic-ai-reliability Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[About Me]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/about https://www.dhirajdas.dev/about Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[Locator Arena]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/locator-game https://www.dhirajdas.dev/locator-game Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[Test Data Generator]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/data-generator https://www.dhirajdas.dev/data-generator Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:48:02 GMT <![CDATA[Cron Generator]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/cron-generator 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https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/debug-ai-coding-agents-that-lie-about-success https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/debug-ai-coding-agents-that-lie-about-success Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Agent Observability vs LLM Observability: What Actually Matters]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-observability-vs-llm-observability https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-observability-vs-llm-observability Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The AI Agent Postmortem Template I Use]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/ai-agent-postmortem-template https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/ai-agent-postmortem-template Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Testing Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex Workflows Safely]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/testing-cursor-claude-code-codex-workflows-safely https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/testing-cursor-claude-code-codex-workflows-safely Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[How to Build a Local-First AI Agent Flight Recorder]]> 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https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-blackbox-agentic-ai-reliability-guide https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-blackbox-agentic-ai-reliability-guide Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Mixture of Agents, Explained Simply: How Hermes Uses Multiple Models]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/hermes-agent-deep-dive-moa https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/hermes-agent-deep-dive-moa Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Agent Blackbox: Visual Timelines for Local Incident Review]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-blackbox-visual-flight-recorder https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-blackbox-visual-flight-recorder Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Agent Blackbox: Recording Commands Without Keeping Raw Output by Default]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-blackbox-local-flight-recorder https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/agent-blackbox-local-flight-recorder Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[pytest-why: Turning Pytest Failures into Actionable Engineering Guidance]]> 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28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Selenium: Enterprise Automation Overview]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-enterprise-automation-overview https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-enterprise-automation-overview Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Appium Automation: Drivers, Gestures, and Reliable Mobile State]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/appium-mobile-automation-essentials https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/appium-mobile-automation-essentials Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Visual Testing with Applitools: Choose What a Screenshot Should Prove]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/applitools-introduction-to-visual-ai https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/applitools-introduction-to-visual-ai Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[API Testing: Contracts, State, Authorization, and Useful Failure Evidence]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/api-testing-key-strategies https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/api-testing-key-strategies Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[CI/CD: Automating 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10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 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 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Selenium Teleport: Reuse Login State Without Losing Test Coverage]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-teleport https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/selenium-teleport Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Testing Streaming Chatbots with Selenium: Completion, Meaning, and Latency]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/testing-genai-chatbots-selenium https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/testing-genai-chatbots-selenium Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[pytest-mockllm 0.3.1: Fixture-Scoped Mocks with SDK Contract Coverage]]> https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/pytest-mockllm-true-fidelity https://www.dhirajdas.dev/blog/pytest-mockllm-true-fidelity Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT