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Engineering insights, testing best practices, and product updates from the Gaffer team.
How Much Are Flaky Tests Costing You?
January 25, 2026Flaky tests are an invisible tax on engineering velocity. Industry data from Atlassian, Google, and Microsoft shows 13-16% of test failures are flaky. Here's how to calculate the real cost.
By Alex Gandy Read more →We Built Coverage Analytics. Then We Used Them On Ourselves.
January 22, 2026Dogfooding Gaffer's MCP coverage tools on our own codebase.
By Alex Gandy Read more →JUnit XML Format: The Universal Test Report Schema
January 19, 2026JUnit XML is the de facto standard for test result reporting. Here's how the format works, how to generate it from any test framework, and how to use it for CI integrations.
By Alex Gandy Read more →What Are Test Artifacts in Software Testing?
January 19, 2026Test artifacts are the files and data generated during test execution - reports, logs, screenshots, coverage data, and more. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how to manage them.
By Alex Gandy Read more →Dogfooding Gaffer's MCP Server to Fix Slow Playwright Tests
January 1, 2026Using Gaffer's own analytics to find and fix slow E2E tests. Here's what I found and how I fixed it.
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