https://blog.yellowbox.dev/en/tags/playwright/ Recent content in Playwright on Young's Blog Hugo -- 0.154.5 en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0900 https://blog.yellowbox.dev/en/post/side-project-idea/selfhealtest-lite-playwright-plugin/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0900 https://blog.yellowbox.dev/en/post/side-project-idea/selfhealtest-lite-playwright-plugin/ <h2 id="problem">Problem</h2> <p>UI automation tests break whenever the frontend changes due to selector mismatches:</p> <ul> <li>Design refactors change <code>data-testid</code>, CSS classes, and XPath selectors en masse</li> <li>CI pipelines fail frequently due to selector drift</li> <li>Developers spend hours weekly manually finding and fixing broken selectors</li> <li>Playwright users aren&rsquo;t exempt — when locators break, manual updates are required</li> </ul> <p><strong>Pain Intensity</strong>: 9/10 - Test maintenance is more painful than test authoring</p> <h2 id="market">Market</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Primary Market</strong>: Global QA engineers, full-stack developers</li> <li><strong>Segment</strong>: 1-50 person dev teams running E2E tests with Playwright</li> <li><strong>TAM</strong>: Test automation market ~$25B (2025), CAGR 15-17%</li> <li><strong>Key Fact</strong>: Existing self-healing tools (Healenium, Katalon, Testim) all target enterprise. No indie developer self-healing tool exists under $50/mo</li> </ul> <h2 id="solution">Solution</h2> <p><strong>SelfHealTest Lite</strong> - A self-healing npm plugin built specifically for the Playwright ecosystem</p>