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AI for QA sounds great in theory — but does it really make testing faster?
We ran a real-world experiment with Playwright MCP to find out:

#QualityAssurance #AITesting #Automation #Playwright #SoftwareTesting
AI Tools for QA: Is it really worth the hype?
Since the early days of the Gen AI boom, everybody has been talking about all the new tools that promise to help build great software. Software testing—aka Quality Assurance (QA)—has always seemed lik...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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My latest post on Exploring the @figma.com MCP Server.

Here's how to get it setup with Cursor and Claude Code as well as what I've found works best from my experiments.
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Exploring the Figma MCP Server
Digging into one of the more useful MCP servers out there
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July 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Ever wish your frontend and backend just… agreed on types?
We tried tRPC. No contracts, no generators. Just synced.
The good, the bad, and the gotchas → betaacid.co/blog/keeping...
Keeping Your Types in Sync: Lessons From tRPC in the Real World
How do you keep your API types in sync between the backend and the frontend without losing your sanity? At BetaAcid, we've tried just about everything—from manually updating Swagger docs (never again...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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My latest post breaking down how the differences in how we run new build software projects vs re-builds.
June 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Type google.com into your browser — and just like that, it works. But how?

Behind the scenes, IP addresses and DNS are quietly making the internet go.

In this episode of Enough to be Dangerous, I break down how it all works — and why it matters

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What Happens When You Type google.com?
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April 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Ever told Siri, “Remind me to take out the trash when I get home”?

That kind of automation was built on something called Intents.

The new Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets LLMs go further
Siri Intents Walked So Model Context Protocol Could Run
Back in 2016, Apple introduced Siri Intents—a framework that allowed developers to expose their app’s functionality to Siri. If you’ve ever asked your iPhone to “send a message,” “order coffee,” or “s...
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April 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Today lets learn Enough to be Dangerous about #Linux.

Linux is the world's most popular operating system for servers. In this video we look at how to create a basic Linux server in the cloud using DigitalOcean

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Today lets learn Enough to be Dangerous about Linux. Linux is the world's most popular operating system for servers. In this video we look at how to create a…
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March 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Moving on from databases—today’s Enough to be Dangerous video is all about servers.

At the core, a server is just a computer that sits around, waits for requests, and sends back responses. No magic, just logic.

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Moving on from databases—today’s Enough to be Dangerous video is all about servers. At the core, a server is just a computer that sits around, waits for…
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March 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Today, we’re learning Enough to be Dangerous about transactional databases—the backbone of reliable applications.

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#Databases #SQL #OLTP #ACID #TechExplained
ACID Transactions Explained | Enough to Be Dangerous on Transactional Databases #technology
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February 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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In today's Enough to be Dangerous we look at the basics of @neo4j.bsky.social, the world's most popular graph database.

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#graphdatabase #technology
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In today's Enough to be Dangerous we look at the basics of Neo4j, the world's most popular graph database. If you haven't watched the previous video on graph…
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February 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Today we dig into Graph Databases. How they're great for 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, along with modeling relationships between our pets, fraud detection, social media and real time product recommendations.

#Technology
#graphdatabase
#neo4j
#Learning

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Today we dig into Graph Databases. How they're great for 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, along with modeling relationships between our pets, fraud detection, social…
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February 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Today on Enough to be Dangerous, we dive into Google’s Firestore—our second NoSQL database. What we focus on today is how learning one technology in a space makes picking up the next one much easier.

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Today on Enough to be Dangerous, we dive into Google’s Firestore—our second NoSQL database. If you haven’t watched the previous episode on MongoDB, I’d suggest…
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February 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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In today's Enough to be Dangerous we create a NoSQL database using MongoDB, add some example AI-generated security camera logs to it, and finally learn how to query them.

#nosql #technology #Leadership

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In today's Enough to be Dangerous we create a NoSQL database using MongoDB, add some example AI-generated security camera logs to it, and finally learn how to…
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February 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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In today's Enough to be Dangerous, we start digging into NoSQL databases—what they are and when we'd want to use one.

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In today's Enough to be Dangerous, we start digging into NoSQL databases—what they are and when we'd want to use one. To illustrate a strong use case for…
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February 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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On today's Enough to be Dangerous we dig deeper on relational databases and learn the basics of SQL.

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#technology #education #futureoflearning #Leadership
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On today's Enough to be Dangerous we dig deeper on relational databases and learn the basics of SQL. If you haven't watched Part 1, I'd recommend starting with…
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February 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Let’s build something real today!

In today's Enough to be Dangerous, we model a database in a spreadsheet, deploy PostgreSQL on Render, and connect with TablePlus.

#SQL #PostgreSQL #DataScience

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Let’s build something today! Watching tutorials is great, but the real learning happens when you get your fingers on the keyboard. In today's Enough to be…
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February 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Today's Enough to be Dangerous covers databases at a high level.

We break down the three main types of databases used in app development:

- Relational
- Non-relational
- Graph

We dive into their strengths and best use cases.

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Today's Enough to be Dangerous covers databases at a high level. We break down the three main types of databases used in app development: Relational –…
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January 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Today's Enough to be Dangerous looks at all the high level components that go into making a typical web or mobile app. We touch on the database, server, APIs, front end and more.

#WebDevelopment

#MobileAppDevelopment

#APIs

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Today's Enough to be Dangerous looks at all the high level components that go into making a typical web or mobile app. We touch on the database, server, APIs…
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January 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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In today's Enough to be Dangerous, we zoom way out and take a look at the suite of enterprise software tools that Pets r Us, a fictitious regional pet store chain might use.

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#BusinessTechnology
#DigitalTransformation
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In today's Enough to be Dangerous, we zoom way out and take a look at the suite of enterprise software tools that Pets r Us, a fictitious regional pet store…
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January 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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On Monday I'll be starting a new video series called 'Enough to be Dangerous'. These will be daily tech breakdowns for business leaders who are not deeply technical. There will be lots of hands-on demos to really get a flavor for how things look and work. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adamsmithinh…
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On Monday I'll be starting a new video series called 'Enough to be Dangerous'. These will be daily tech breakdowns for business leaders who are not deeply…
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January 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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saw a lot of promise with this. Once the issues get ironed out around token usage, consistency and speed, I think this could work in some simpler scenarios.
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We experimented with @anthropic.com 's new "Computer Use" tool, which allows the AI to take actions directly on your computer (think move the mouse, etc). We wanted to test to see if we could automate some of our QA work.

Sound exciting, or interesting, or creepy?
Experimenting with Anthropic's Computer use for QA
Anthropic recently introduced their “Computer Use” tool, enabling developers to integrate their AI models to execute tasks on a computer. As they describe it in their blog post
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December 6, 2024 at 8:26 PM