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I deleted Jest for Node’s built-in test runner

The node test runner now ships inside the runtime: zero dependencies, built-in mocking, coverage, even TypeScript. Where I dropped Jest for it, and where I…

Rayyan | July 26, 2026 | 8 min

JavaScript

Vitest vs Jest in 2026: The Day I Stopped Fighting My Test Runner

I defended Jest for three years, then moved a real monorepo to Vitest in one afternoon. Here is the ESM pain that pushed me, the…

Rayyan | July 24, 2026 | 8 min

Testing

Playwright vs Cypress in 2026: The Day I Ripped Out Cypress

I ran Cypress for years, then moved my e2e suite to Playwright. Here's what actually broke, what improved, and how I'd do the migration again.

Rayyan | July 3, 2026 | 8 min

PHP

Pest vs PHPUnit in 2026: What I Reach For (and When I Don’t)

I migrated a Laravel codebase from PHPUnit to Pest and stopped halfway. Here's where Pest actually wins, where PHPUnit still does, and what I'd skip.

Rayyan | May 4, 2026 | 9 min

JavaScript

Vitest vs Jest in 2026: What I Reach For (and Why I Switched)

I've been migrating projects from Jest to Vitest since late 2024. Here's where Vitest actually wins, where Jest still beats it, and the playbook I…

Rayyan | May 2, 2026 | 9 min