Picking a test runner in 2026 can start a surprisingly spicy debate. Someone loves Cypress because debugging feels great. Someone else swears Playwright cut their CI time in half. Then a Selenium veteran points out that half the internet still depends on WebDriver, and they’re not wrong. The real question isn’t “Which one is best?” It’s this: Which one gives your team the fastest, least flaky feedback in CI without making maintenance painful? For modern web apps, the answer u