Benjamin Bischoff on test automation and software craftsmanship

I am a test automation engineer at trivago N.V. (ex Senior Automation Engineer at Ubisoft Düsseldorf) writing and talking about software development and testing.

Check out my book "Writing API Tests with Karate"!

Having been a part of a few Selenium conferences before, I had a feeling about how great the 2025 edition was going to be. So three of my trivago colleagues and I set off to travel to Valencia, Spain to attend the conference.

Laxersaz, the hobby game development duo I am a part of, just released our new game "Breakbot Boogie" for Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1.

Check it out on https://laxersaz.itch.io/breakbot-boogie

In today’s fast-evolving tech world, the pull towards new tools and technologies is strong. Sometimes, it can be hard to decide what to get involved with and which ones to leave behind.

Let's explore this a bit further!

The brand new Cluecumber 3.9.0 reporting solution for Cucumber BDD and Karate tests is now released with a lot of fixes and improvements.

Also, it includes the new dark mode feature which was added by Giuseppe Donati

Check it out here: https://github.com/trivago/cluecumber

Laxersaz, the hobby game development duo I am a part of, just released our new game "Ghost Crystal".

Check it out on https://laxersaz.itch.io/ghost-crystal

In software development, maintaining high coding standards is crucial for ensuring quality, maintainability, and scalability of applications. In this article, I will highlight some important aspects of this.