Lucas and Luna dive into visual regression testing — a technique that compares screenshots of your app before and after code changes to catch unintended layout shifts, misaligned buttons, and broken responsive designs. Lucas explains how Twitter (now X) used Percy to catch a critical checkout button misalignment that would have cost millions in lost revenue, and why pixel-perfect testing matters more than ever in the age of frequent front-end deployments. Luna shares a cautionary tale from her own team where a single CSS change broke the entire mobile navigation for two days. They also discuss how teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe integrate visual regression into their CI pipelines, the trade-offs between pixel-by-pixel comparison and perceptual diffing, and why you should start with your most business-critical user flows. The episode wraps with a brief, honest note about listener support keeping the show ad-free.

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