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Sam E. Lawrence

Hi, I'm Sam and I'm an advocate for quality software. I'm a Cypress Ambassador and I work as the QA Lead at Pointivo where we're digitizing real-world infrastructure for analysis and maintenance.

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Georgia Tech

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QA Lead @ Pointivo

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Interaction between .skip() and after() in Cypress

Interaction between .skip() and after() in Cypress

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Three reasons to remove old LinkedIn connections

Three reasons to remove old LinkedIn connections

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My Favorite Interview Questions for QA Engineers

My Favorite Interview Questions for QA Engineers

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How to break out of .within() scope in Cypress

How to break out of .within() scope in Cypress

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Three optional styles for UI assertions in Cypress

Three optional styles for UI assertions in Cypress

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3 nuggets of advice for mid-level engineers who don't want the management track

3 nuggets of advice for mid-level engineers who don't want the management track

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How I implement drag-and-drop in my Cypress tests

How I implement drag-and-drop in my Cypress tests

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How I would begin a career in software QA

How I would begin a career in software QA

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Migrating a QA Team's Test Repo from Testrail to Qase

Migrating a QA Team's Test Repo from Testrail to Qase

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My favorite cy.type() tips and tricks

My favorite cy.type() tips and tricks

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Conditional UI testing in Cypress

Conditional UI testing in Cypress

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Essential Cypress Plugins I Can't Live Without

Essential Cypress Plugins I Can't Live Without

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Why I Enjoy Working in Tech, and You Might Too!

Why I Enjoy Working in Tech, and You Might Too!

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Shifting Left, How the Role of QA is Changing

Shifting Left, How the Role of QA is Changing

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Testing with Cypress Across Multiple Environments

Testing with Cypress Across Multiple Environments

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Constructing Custom Locators in OpenTest

Constructing Custom Locators in OpenTest

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Muting Noisy XHR Logs in Cypress

Muting Noisy XHR Logs in Cypress

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How To Avoid Getting Stuck in Vim as a New git User

How To Avoid Getting Stuck in Vim as a New git User

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The Rest Operator

The Rest Operator

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Arrays and Objects Are Passed By Reference

Arrays and Objects Are Passed By Reference

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Chaining 'let' and 'const' statements

Chaining 'let' and 'const' statements

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On The Inequality of Arrays

On The Inequality of Arrays

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Passing Go (Not the Language)

Passing Go (Not the Language)

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