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Test Infrastructure: Making Tests Match Production

GOTRS 0.6.3 focused on internal improvements. No headline features, but the kind of work that prevents future bugs. The Problem Our test suite used a separate authentication bypass. This seemed convenient - tests ran faster without real auth. But bugs slipped through because tests weren’t …

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Playwright Acceptance Testing in Docker

GOTRS 0.4.0 shipped with a Playwright acceptance harness that runs entirely inside the toolbox container. No local browser installation needed. The Problem Local Playwright setups are notoriously flaky. Different Chrome versions across machines. Missing dependencies on Linux. Path issues on macOS. …

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Container-First Development: Lessons from GOTRS

The latest GOTRS release focused on something that doesn’t make for exciting screenshots but matters enormously: trust in the development workflow. The Problem Every developer has a slightly different local environment. Different Go versions, different database clients, different shell …

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