Ziggy Rafiq

08/07/2026

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02/07/2026

🚀 New Article Published on C # Corner! 🚀

I'm excited to share my latest article:

Test Automation Best Practices with Microsoft Playwright

Fast, reliable, and maintainable test automation are essential for modern software delivery. With its powerful cross-browser automation, intelligent auto-waiting, parallel ex*****on, and enterprise-grade debugging features, Microsoft Playwright has quickly become one of the leading end-to-end testing frameworks.

The following are practical best practices that engineering teams can implement immediately:

✅ User-centric locator strategies
✅ Eliminating flaky tests
✅ Page Object Model (POM) implementation
✅ BrowserContext isolation for reliable parallel testing
✅ Playwright Trace Viewer for faster debugging
✅ Robust test data management
✅ Parallel ex*****on strategies
✅ CI/CD integration with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
✅ AI-assisted testing with GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT
✅ Enterprise automation architecture and maintainability best practices

These proven practices will help you build automation frameworks that are scalable, reliable, and easier to maintain, regardless of whether you're a Software Engineer, QA Engineer, SDET, Automation Tester, Engineering Lead, or DevOps Engineer.

The C # Corner team continues to provide an outstanding platform for sharing knowledge with the global developer community.

📖 Read the full article here:
🔗 https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/test-automation-best-practices-with-microsoft-playwright/

I'd love to hear your thoughts:

What has been your biggest challenge with Playwright?

Which best practice has made the biggest difference in your automation projects?

Are you using AI tools such as GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT to accelerate test automation?

Let's discuss in the comments!

01/07/2026

🚀 New Article Published on C # Corner

I'm pleased to share that I've published my latest article on C # Corner:

How to Perform a Complete Clean Installation of Rancher Desktop on macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel)

If you've ever experienced issues with Rancher Desktop such as:

✅ Rancher Desktop failing to start
✅ Kubernetes stuck on "Starting"
✅ Lima virtual machine errors
✅ containerd or nerdctl issues
✅ kubectl connection failures
✅ Problems after upgrading Rancher Desktop

This guide walks you through performing a **true clean installation**, removing all configuration files, cached data, Kubernetes contexts, and Lima virtual machines before reinstalling Rancher Desktop from scratch.

In this article you'll learn how to:

🔹 Completely uninstall Rancher Desktop
🔹 Remove all Rancher Desktop configuration files and caches
🔹 Delete Lima virtual machines correctly
🔹 Configure Kubernetes and containerd using best practices
🔹 Verify your Kubernetes cluster using kubectl
🔹 Install and use **k9s** for Kubernetes management
🔹 Build a stable, enterprise-ready local cloud-native development environment

This guide follows industry best practices for DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Kubernetes development, making it suitable for Java, .NET, AI, and Cloud engineers.

I hope this article helps developers save hours of troubleshooting and build a more reliable local Kubernetes environment.

📖 Read the full article on C # Corner
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-perform-a-complete-clean-installation-of-rancher-desktop-on-macos-apple/

I'd love to hear your feedback, experiences, and any additional tips you use when working with Rancher Desktop.

Follow this step-by-step guide by Ziggy Rafiq to perform a complete clean installation of Rancher Desktop on macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel). Create a stable Kubernetes development environment using Rancher Desktop, k9s, containerd, and Homebrew following enterprise DevOps best practices by removing...

05/05/2026

🚀 New Article Published on C # Corner

I’m excited to share my latest article:

👉 Real-World Multi-Tenant Customer System Built with C # 14, Keycloak, and ASP.NET Core

Using modern .NET practices and enterprise-grade architecture, I demonstrate how to design and build a multi-tenant system that is production-ready.

🔍 What you’ll learn:

How to implement multi-tenancy properly (tenant isolation, scalability, security)

Integrating Keycloak for authentication & authorization (JWT, roles, claims)

Applying Clean Architecture + DDD principles in a real-world system

Building secure and scalable APIs using ASP.NET Core

Structuring a system that’s ready for SaaS growth

The article is based on real-world experience building enterprise systems, not just theory.

💡 This is a great blueprint for anyone working on SaaS platforms, enterprise APIs, or multi-tenant architectures.

📖 Read the full article here: https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/real-world-multi-tenant-customer-system-built-with-c-sharp-14-keycloak-and-asp-net/

💻 Access the codebase on GitHub: https://github.com/ziggyrafiq/ZiggyCRM.SecureMultiTenant