About Honkanen Labs

Honkanen Labs is a quality consultancy helping organisations build reliable, maintainable digital systems. We combine deep experience in test automation, quality strategy, and modern web development to reduce delivery risk and improve confidence in complex applications.

With over 20 years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, and software development, Honkanen Labs works with teams to embed effective quality practices, reduce delivery risk, and accelerate confident delivery across complex applications.

We combine engineering rigour with practical experience to:

  • Design and implement test automation frameworks that fit real delivery needs
  • Build robust systems and internal tools using modern technologies
  • Support agile teams to embed quality into their workflows
  • Coach and mentor engineering and QA teams to scale quality practices

Our work spans web, API, and desktop platforms. We use tools and languages that serve our clients' needs — from Playwright and TypeScript to Elixir and Phoenix LiveView.

Industry Experience

Hands-on experience across fintech, media, e-commerce, and telecommunications — industries where failures are visible, costly, or regulated.

Media & Broadcasting

Systems change frequently and failures are often immediately customer-facing.

  • • Protect critical user journeys across browsers and devices
  • • Maintain automation stability in fast-moving UI environments
  • • Support frequent releases without compromising confidence

Financial Services

Correctness, traceability, and control are essential in regulated contexts.

  • • Reduce risk in complex workflows and calculations
  • • Design automation that fits controlled CI/CD pipelines
  • • Ensure testing approaches remain auditable

Travel & Consumer

Customer-facing platforms rely on complex integrations and time-sensitive data.

  • • End-to-end validation of critical flows
  • • Complement UI automation with API-level checks
  • • Design test data strategies for real-world usage

Complex Projects & Test Framework Design

A significant part of our work involves designing and implementing test automation frameworks for complex, business-critical applications. Rather than focusing solely on individual tests, we work at the system and framework level, ensuring automation solutions are reliable, scalable, and suitable for long-term ownership by internal teams.

  • Defining clear test architecture across UI, API, and supporting layers
  • Selecting tools aligned with existing technical stack and organisational constraints
  • Establishing patterns for maintainable, readable, and extensible test code
  • Reducing flakiness and improving signal-to-noise ratio in test results
  • Producing solutions that are well-documented, transferable, and supportable

AI-Assisted Testing

Where appropriate, we make controlled and pragmatic use of AI-assisted tooling to improve efficiency in complex testing initiatives.

  • • Accelerate exploration of edge cases and failure scenarios
  • • Support framework development without introducing opacity
  • • Assist with realistic test data generation
  • • Analyse failure patterns and identify brittle automation

AI is used as a supporting capability, not a dependency. All automation remains reviewable and maintainable.

Desktop & Hybrid Apps

Extensive experience testing desktop and hybrid applications, including platforms built with Electron and OpenFin.

These environments often introduce additional complexity:

  • • Multiple windows and processes
  • • OS-level integrations
  • • Custom runtimes and deployment models

Providing consistent quality assurance across both desktop and web experiences.

Working With Teams

We engage with organisations in a variety of ways, from short discovery and framework setup projects to long-term automation initiatives.

Risk reduction over superficial coverage

Clear ownership and knowledge transfer

Sustainable automation for long-term delivery

The objective is always the same: to strengthen confidence in software delivery without introducing unnecessary complexity or dependency.

Marko Honkanen

Founder & Principal Consultant

Ready to improve your test automation?

Let's discuss how I can help your team build confidence in your software quality.

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