After TanStack: A Practical Defense Against the Next npm Supply Chain Attack
The TanStack compromise was the latest in a long run of 2025–2026 npm supply chain attacks. The pattern is consistent, and so is the playbook for surviving the next one. Here's what actually works.
By AutoSmoke Team
Beyond Playwright: Why Agentic AI Is Eating End-to-End Testing in 2026
Playwright just overtook Selenium for the first time — and a new wave of agentic AI testing tools is already making script-based frameworks feel like the next legacy. Here's what changed in 2026, and why post-deploy smoke testing will never look the same.
By AutoSmoke Team
The Vercel Breach: When Your AI Assistant Is the Supply Chain
On April 20, 2026, Vercel disclosed that attackers accessed internal systems through a compromised AI tool's OAuth connection to Google Workspace. The blast radius started with a Roblox cheat script. Here's the chain—and what it means for anyone wiring AI tools into their SaaS stack.
By AutoSmoke Team
Vercel's Dubai Datacenter Failure: When a Single Region Takes Down Global Builds
On March 2, 2026, a datacenter failure in Vercel's Dubai (dxb1) region didn't just break deployments in the Middle East—it caused build failures worldwide for any project using Middleware. Here's what happened and what it means for your deployment strategy.
By AutoSmoke Team
When the Lights Go Out: Major Software Outages of 2024–2026
From CrowdStrike's 8.5 million blue screens to AWS losing DNS for 15 hours—a breakdown of the biggest software outages in recent memory and what they reveal about modern system fragility.
By AutoSmoke Team
The Critical Role of Testing and Monitoring in the Age of AI Development
As AI accelerates software development, the importance of robust testing and monitoring has never been greater. Here's why quality assurance is more critical than ever.
By AutoSmoke Team