Petros Plakogiannis explores how modern UI testing often requires heavy frameworks, complex setups, and dedicated pipelines. While powerful, these tools can slow down exploratory testing, debugging, and quick validation during development.

He introduces Skynet, a lightweight browser automation helper designed to run directly inside the browser - without installing frameworks, dependencies, or additional tooling.

Using a simple JavaScript interface, developers and QA engineers can interact with the DOM, perform assertions, validate table data, and generate visual test reports directly from the browser console or a bookmarklet. This approach enables fast UI checks, exploratory testing, and debugging workflows with minimal friction.

He explores the idea of “micro-automation”: small, targeted automation scripts that run instantly where the application lives - inside the browser.

Through live demos, attendees will see how quick UI tests can be written in seconds, how results can be exported to JSON or CSV, and how this lightweight approach complements traditional automation frameworks rather than replacing them.

The session is ideal for developers, QA engineers, and testers interested in faster feedback loops, simpler tooling, and new approaches to browser-based testing.