Depending on the industry, product context, release context, complexity, and recoverability, your test plan varies.
Most people automate checks.
Many testers know – testing and finding the bug is where the fun is. So, instead of automating what is fun – automate what is preventing more fun in life.
Bugasura is aimed at providing more time to people who find bugs by automating bug reporting.
What are you building to automate other areas? Or are you automating the checks that keep breaking anyway?
Automation needs re-inventing in testing.
Most people are busy finding jobs and not solving problems.
Build tools. Automate things no one ever bothered to. Life will change.