Automation

11 posts
2026

Claude Code /goal: Set the Finish Line, Walk Away

TL;DR /goal is the Claude Code command that says “keep going until this condition is true.” You type a measurable end state - …
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Poor Man's Agent - Claude Code Headless, No API Key Required

TL;DR You don’t need an API key, a LiteLLM proxy, or a custom agent framework to script Claude. If you already pay for a Claude Code …
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An Internal Knowledge Hub, Built 100% by AI

The Problem Every engineering team accumulates internal tools, frameworks, guides, and resources over time. But discovering and accessing …
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2025

How to Deploy a pytest Testing Project Using Cookiecutter

Introduction Cookiecutter is a powerful command-line utility that creates projects from templates, making it an excellent tool for …
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MCP Made Simple (Even for Testing!) Using FastMCP

I’m not going to explain what MCP is - most of you are already onboarded to the hype. Instead I’m going to talk about FastMCP, a …
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Kickstarting AI-Enhanced Automation Infrastructure: A Practical Guide Using Claude Code

Imagine you’re a software developer - or better yet, an automation infrastructure engineer - tasked with building a test framework …
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Soft Asserting With pytest Made Fun

As Python developers or automation engineers, we’ve all been there. You’re running a comprehensive test suite (unit, component, …
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2024

Reusing Core Functions for Locust and pytest: A Path to Efficient Testing

In the world of software development, testing plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of applications. Two widely used …
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Extending pytest With Hooks and Plugins

It’s no secret that I believe pytest is one of the most powerful Python-based test frameworks. One of its great features is the …
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pytest Parametrization: Injecting Data Into Tests

As already mentioned in a previous article, pytest is a powerful testing framework for Python that offers a wide range of features, …
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Simplifying API Testing With pytest and Requests

As software developers, we often work with APIs, whether consuming third-party services or building our own. Ensuring our API interactions …
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