Why I Use It
I use Playwright for end-to-end testing and taking screenshots of deployed sites. The API is consistent across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari—no rewriting scripts for different browsers. The screenshot and PDF capabilities are solid for generating visual assets. I've tried Selenium, but Playwright's auto-waiting reduces flaky tests significantly.
When I Recommend It to a Client
When they need reliable cross-browser testing or automated visual regression. Also for scraping tasks that need JavaScript execution.