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David Burns

@automatedtester.co.uk

Head of OSPO @browserstack, Se & NightwatchJS Committer. Co-Editor WebDriver spec. Chair of Browser Testing & Tools W3C WG, automatedtester@mastodon.social, https://www.theautomatedtester.co.uk

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Selenium s 3x Lifecycle   Explore, Expand, Extract  #coding #programming #selenium  #opensource
Selenium s 3x Lifecycle Explore, Expand, Extract #coding #programming #selenium #opensource YouTube video by David Burns

I am starting to put some of my BrowserStack content on Youtube!

Here is part of a conversation I had with @shs96c.bsky.social !

youtube.com/shorts/qI9rX...

10.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So after 30 years of Netanyahu saying Iran is just about to make a nuclear bomb… he’s attacking them with Trump

Is this another 20 year war in the making? Anything to distract from them being held accountable?

28.02.2026 09:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
WebdriverIO Devtools!
WebdriverIO Devtools! YouTube video by David Burns

This week my team released a new WebdriverIO service to help you debug your tests when they go awry!

youtu.be/iCRQNscsKW8

27.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Agents.md instruction files ignored/not used when copilot-instructions.md is present Β· Issue #489 Β· github/copilot-cli Describe the bug Copilot CLI (v0.0.353) applies copilot-instructions.md but appears to ignore agents.md file, despite the help text listing agents.md as a supported instruction file. Behavior diffe...

I love how the LLM companies are being weird and fighting over where you store your extra info github.com/github/copil...

Let's just all agree that AGENTS.md is the way forward and stop being hostile to the community.

19.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The one truth in the age of AI... lines of code is now meaningless

16.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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runjak.codes: An adversarial coding test Sometimes the job interview just wants to gain code exec on your machine.

runjak.codes/posts/2026-0...

23.01.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAfter learning how NATO actually works and thanks to losing a major trade deal with an ally I have back down… viva la Iceland, I mean Norway… I mean Greenland”

21.01.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TACO! Always!

21.01.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do wonder if AI is making me not focus properly...

I am getting back into the Selenium code base and I just sent of 5 different questions to AI... which _may_ help me understand things quicker... or it's making me think of too many problems at once

14.01.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching BBC’s Civilisation: Rise and Fall. The first episode on the Romans shows how how it collapsed because the society became too β€œtop” heavy with ultra rich, and blaming migrants.

Seems very similar to what is happening right now around the world

06.12.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m off to London for the StackConnect event in London! If you’re going make sure you say hi!

26.11.2025 09:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They used to or at least Salesforce did

20.11.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty confident that Salesforce employees don’t use slack on their phones… Threads have been broken for months, never load

20.11.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I see the Google Calendar team are leaning heavily into AI generated code...

In other news, it also looks like they have stopped testing their site

03.11.2025 09:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@newsagents.bsky.social what happened to the end of the last News Agents USA? Weirdly cut off before it ended on Apple Podcasts

17.10.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

What an amazing AMA with Gil Zilberfeld over on the BrowserStack Discord. You can catch up on discord.com/channels/129...

15.10.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A LOT commercial jet with a sky bridge attached

A LOT commercial jet with a sky bridge attached

On my way to #ISTACon! If you’re going to be there make sure to say hi!

14.10.2025 09:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone.

- Anne Frank

12.10.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They’re allowed to take only a knapsack and a little cash with them, and even then, they’re robbed of these possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated.

(Cont.)

12.10.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating that Vercel seems to be flooding the field with info about their latest funding but no update on their CEO being proud to chat to an alleged war criminal

01.10.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The CEO of Vercel bragging that the dumb Trump credit card site issues his framework

The CEO of Vercel bragging that the dumb Trump credit card site issues his framework

The Vercel CEO bragging that he hung out with Netanyahu

The Vercel CEO bragging that he hung out with Netanyahu

What's next? Playing badminton with Skelator?

29.09.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 15

Great Rugby coming out of Twickenham today

#CanVsEng #RWC

27.09.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

If you use LinkedIn, go to www.linkedin.com/mypreference... and turn it off. This is to stop LinkedIn from using your data to train its AI.

24.09.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been a while since I’ve been on an A380… they are lovely planes. Looking forward to being back in the UK

19.09.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to speaking at the Cape Town Software Testing Community Meetup tonight!

10.09.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Back from my vacation today and decided to clean up my tabs in Firefox... only closed 240 tabs... I will see how far I get by my next vacation

03.09.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Selfie of me in the Royal Albert Hall

Selfie of me in the Royal Albert Hall

Making sure I get culture not just from yoghurt! Listening to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall!

20.07.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pokemon card with Squirtle playing in the waves. The text is written in Korean

Pokemon card with Squirtle playing in the waves. The text is written in Korean

This is possibly my favourite Pokemon card that I’ve ever gotten!

14.07.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One benefit of working from home in a heatwave is it’s ok to be without a T-shirt in between meetings

11.07.2025 10:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FAST COMPANY Article: 

While retirement typically occurs, after
completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals
called "micro-retirement." Micro-
retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months.
Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:

FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:

'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'

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