# Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Maksym Donets

DevFeed: [Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Maksym Donets](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cypress-ambassador-spotlight-maksym-donets-12606.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cypress.io/blog/cypress-ambassador-spotlight-maksym-donets/>)

Published: 2026-09-10T16:12:22Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cypress Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cypress-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cypress.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>)

Tags: [ambassador](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ambassador.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cypress.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [qa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qa.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

An ambassador spotlight featuring Maksym Donets, an Automation QA Engineer who discusses learning, sharing, helping developers debug failed pipelines with Cypress Cloud, and using cy.session() with cy.request() to simplify session handling and speed up tests. He also shares advice for getting started with Cypress and mentions catching bugs with end-to-end testing.

## Source excerpt

Welcome back to another edition of our Ambassador Spotlight series, where we shine a light on the Cypress community members who make testing better for everyone through the blogs they write, the talks they give, and the day-to-day help they offer to fellow developers. Curious about the program? You can learn more about it here. This time, we're catching up with Maksym Donets, an Automation QA Engineer with a straightforward philosophy on testing and an even more straightforward philosophy on li