Automation Lessons Learned

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Built internal tools like Windmill, Mausmo, Flex Pilot and prototypes Jellyfish and Sauce Builder, with Mausmo and Flex Pilot finding real use. Start automation grassroots on stable features, instrument the money path test first so payment failures alert immediately, require IDs and a simple API not an IDE, keep few moving parts and VMs, store tests in version control, split unit/UI tests by directory, make running tests a one-liner, track weekly stats showing bugs caught and dollars saved, celebrate wins and iterate.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:40What Is the Best Way To Start an Automation Effort at My Organization
3. 7:52Expectation Setting
4. 12:43Community
5. 14:09Tips
6. 16:03Running Tests Must Be Trivial

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