Lauren Harold reminds us that time has value and opportunity cost exists:
Open source frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright are the first stop for most startups when they automate their end-to-end tests. This process generally happens early, according to our research, with 69% of software teams with just 6-10 developers automating their testing.
But make no mistake. We recently surveyed developers and engineering leaders from around the globe to understand how current practices impact software velocity. One thing that immediately became apparent was that open source testing frameworks are “free,” but their costs snowball once you start adding testing infrastructure, plugins, and test management software.
The proposed solution in the article is no-code end-to-end testing, though that often ends up being brittle like other end-to-end testing solutions, and a huge challenge for complicated flows.