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Automated Product Demos: Playwright + State Machine, No Human Needed

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer built a system that records product demos using Playwright and a state machine, replacing fixed timeouts with DOM settle detection. The approach uses MutationObservers and network idle checks to determine when a page is ready, avoiding dead air or half-loaded captures. The technique ensures demos look hand-driven even on varying network and machine conditions.

Meridian48 take
The real innovation isn't the automation but the settle-detection logic—a practical fix for a common flakiness problem in browser automation that many teams will find useful.
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