Stop Rewriting Tests: How to Add AI to Selenium and Playwright Without Starting Over
with Alex Rodionov
engineer at Airbnb and an active open source contributor
May 6, 2026 
Hosted by Joe Colantonio 
Key takeaways
What you'll learn in this episode
Reduce test maintenance by removing brittle locators
Build more resilient, self-healing tests
Write less code while increasing coverage
Run tests across web and mobile using intent-based steps
We also go beyond the hype and break down what actually matters for real teams:
About this episode
AI-powered testing tools promise faster automation and less maintenance, but most require teams to abandon their existing frameworks.
In this episode, we explore Alumnium, an opensource AI-native end-to-end testing solution created by Alex Rodionov, an engineer at Airbnb and a tech lead on the Selenium project.
Instead of replacing tools like Playwright or Selenium, Alumnium adds an AI layer on top, helping teams:
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