Debbie Codes https://debbie.codes Debbie O'Brien - Developer Relations Engineer, Applied AI, with over 10 years experience in Frontend development. Writing about Playwright, testing, React, Nuxt and more. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:36 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Debbie Codes https://debbie.codes/twitter-card.png https://debbie.codes All rights reserved 2026, Debbie O'Brien <![CDATA[Build Websites, Games, and Teaching Resources With Google Gemini for Free (No Coding Required)]]> https://dev.to/debs_obrien/build-websites-games-and-teaching-resources-with-google-gemini-for-free-no-coding-required-3gld https://debbie.codes/blog/build-websites-games-and-teaching-resources-with-google-gemini Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) ai webdev <![CDATA[What Are Agent Skills? 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https://debbie.codes/blog/debugging-my-zsh-config-with-goose-and-why-agentic-ai-actually-helped Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) ai webdev <![CDATA[Testing in a Logged-In State with the Playwright MCP Browser Extension]]> https://dev.to/debs_obrien/testing-in-a-logged-in-state-with-the-playwright-mcp-browser-extension-4cmg https://debbie.codes/blog/testing-logged-in-state-playwright-mcp-browser-extension Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) playwright mcp testing ai <![CDATA[Automating Form Submissions with Playwright MCP and a Prompt file]]> https://dev.to/debs_obrien/automating-form-submissions-with-playwright-mcp-and-a-prompt-file-43c3 https://debbie.codes/blog/automating-form-submissions-with-playwright-mcp-and-a-prompt-file Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) playwright mcp ai <![CDATA[Building Your First MCP Server: A Beginners Tutorial]]> https://dev.to/debs_obrien/building-your-first-mcp-server-a-beginners-tutorial-5fag https://debbie.codes/blog/building-your-first-mcp-server-a-beginners-tutorial Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) mcp webdev ai typescript <![CDATA[Vibe Coding with Copilot and Gemini 2.5 pro - Simplifying My Blog with AI-Assisted Refactoring]]> https://dev.to/debs_obrien/vibe-coding-with-copilot-and-gemini-25-pro-simplifying-my-blog-with-ai-assisted-refactoring-3033 https://debbie.codes/blog/vibe-coding-with-copilot-and-gemini Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) webdev ai githubcopilot vscode <![CDATA[Generate Playwright tests without code access using MCP and Copilot]]> https://dev.to/debs_obrien/generate-playwright-tests-without-code-access-using-mcp-and-copilot-2m05 https://debbie.codes/blog/generate-playwright-tests-without-code-access Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) playwright testing mcp ai <![CDATA[Letting 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https://debbie.codes/blog/testing-menus-desktop-mobile Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) playwright testing <![CDATA[2022 Recap - Achieving your dreams Debbie]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/2022-in-review https://debbie.codes/blog/2022-in-review Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) personal <![CDATA[How to locate elements in Playwright]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/how-to-locate-elements-in-playwright https://debbie.codes/blog/how-to-locate-elements-in-playwright Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) testing playwright <![CDATA[Migrating from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/migrating-nuxt2-nuxt3 https://debbie.codes/blog/migrating-nuxt2-nuxt3 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) nuxt <![CDATA[Testing a Sites Color Mode with Playwright]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/testing-color-mode https://debbie.codes/blog/testing-color-mode Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) testing playwright <![CDATA[Interviewing with the Big Tech Companies]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/interviewing-with-the-big-tech-companies https://debbie.codes/blog/interviewing-with-the-big-tech-companies Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) personal <![CDATA[Why Microsoft and How I achieved my Goal]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/why-microsoft https://debbie.codes/blog/why-microsoft Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) personal <![CDATA[Fixing Diversity in Tech]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/fixing-diversity-in-tech https://debbie.codes/blog/fixing-diversity-in-tech Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) personal <![CDATA[The JavaScript Array.at() method]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/js-array-at-method https://debbie.codes/blog/js-array-at-method Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) javascript <![CDATA[The JavaScript Array.filter() method]]> 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https://debbie.codes/blog/testing-button-component Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) react testing <![CDATA[2021 - climbing higher and higher]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/2021-in-review https://debbie.codes/blog/2021-in-review Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) personal <![CDATA[Adding TailwindCSS to Bit]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/adding-tailwind-to-bit https://debbie.codes/blog/adding-tailwind-to-bit Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) react <![CDATA[VS Code Tips]]> https://debbie.codes/blog/vs-code-tips https://debbie.codes/blog/vs-code-tips Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT [email protected] (Debbie O'Brien) vs-code