Deep Dive DD2

Smart Patterns for Rapid Automation

Radek Lawgmin

Greg Bednarski

15:55-17:25 CET, Wednesday 4th November

Test automation remains one of the biggest challenges in software development. Teams often face:
– the constant struggle to develop the high-level expertise needed to build frameworks from scratch,
– the lack of time to design robust, maintainable solutions from the start,
– significant financial investment in tools and licenses.

When they finally build automation, it becomes a burden that generates endless false positives, erodes team confidence, and ultimately delivers zero value to the project. Even with AI that promises to accelerate test creation, it most often generates anti-patterns that create technical debt and fragile tests, making things even worse.

So how do you go from spending months implementing tests to taking immediate action that gives you a reliable automated test suite? The secret lies in understanding the right patterns and approaches rather than just acquiring another tool. Greg and Radek will demonstrate how to leverage proven patterns for functional, visual, API, accessibility, analytics, and performance testing, giving you a blueprint for success that you can apply immediately to your projects. They’ll explore how to achieve quick wins that build momentum and prove value to stakeholders from the very first week, and will also provide specific techniques for using AI as a powerful assistant while maintaining quality and sustainability.

Throughout the session, the guys will use a completely free, open-source framework, available to anyone without licensing costs or restrictions. It embodies the patterns and approaches they’ll discuss, complete with comprehensive documentation and battle-tested examples you can reference long after the presentation ends. You will see how reusable, customizable patterns solve the core problems that make automation expensive and time-consuming. Whether you’re launching automation for the first time or looking to optimize existing processes, you’ll leave with concrete patterns, actionable strategies, and a working framework you can deploy the same day.

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What you will Learn

How to leverage proven patterns to build maintainable, robust test automation that delivers real value instead of becoming a burden that generates false positives and erodes team confidence.
How to achieve quick wins by setting up your first functional, visual, API, accessibility, analytics, and performance tests rapidly using PlaywrightStarterKit, proving value to stakeholders from the very first week.
How to expand your test coverage intelligently by using AI as a powerful assistant rather than falling into the trap of AI-generated anti-patterns that create technical debt and fragile tests.

Session Details

Intermediate
90 minutes
Hands-on workshop
Automation Strategy & Architecture

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Session Speaker

Radek Lawgmin

VML ES, Poland

As a lead QA engineer and consultant at VML, Radek Lawgmin shapes testing strategy and ensures products meet industry standards and follow best practices. With over twenty years in tech, he has held a variety of roles on international projects, including twelve years working extensively with Adobe Experience Manager for some of the world’s largest companies.He's played a key role in building offshore teams and developing approaches for collaborating with geographically distributed teams. His specialty is making testing both efficient and effective while streamlining processes along the way. When he’s not refining quality processes, he speaks at international QA conferences, focusing on visual testing and optimizing regression testing in CI/CD pipelines.

Co Speaker

Grzegorz Bednarski

VML ES, Poland

Grzegorz Bednarski is a QA Lead and hands-on Test Automation Engineer with 14 years in QA. He focuses on scalable quality practices, mentoring, and test automation in Playwright/Cypress — often supporting distributed, multi-time zone teams delivering high-traffic platforms.