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Data literacy beats automation: Why SQL skills matter more than test scripts
A manual tester who can write SQL joins often catches bugs that automated UI tests miss, because they verify data integrity, not just frontend display. The article argues that data literacy is more valuable than tool fluency in software testing. SDETs focused solely on automation may overlook backend issues that a simple query can reveal.
Meridian48 take
The piece makes a valid point that data verification is underrated in testing, but it oversimplifies the value of automation for regression and scale.
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