--- title: Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Peter Souza | daily.dev description: Peter Souza, a Cypress Ambassador since 2025, shares what motivates him to contribute to the Cypress community. He highlights cy.intercept as his favorite... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cypress-ambassador-spotlight-peter-souza-slqec7rvi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Peter Souza | daily.dev og:description: Peter Souza, a Cypress Ambassador since 2025, shares what motivates him to contribute to the Cypress community. He highlights cy.intercept as his favorite... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cypress-ambassador-spotlight-peter-souza-slqec7rvi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SLQEC7RvI.png og:image:alt: Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Peter Souza og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [cypress](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI) # [Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Peter Souza](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI "Go to post") Peter Souza, a Cypress Ambassador since 2025, shares what motivates him to contribute to the Cypress community. He highlights cy.intercept as his favorite feature for API waiting and payload manipulation, and advocates for test isolation as a best practice. He recommends new users start by automating a simple form submission to learn element selectors and test structure. He also favors pair programming as his preferred method for helping others learn Cypress. [#testing](/tags/testing "Check all #testing posts")[#cypress](/tags/cypress "Check all #cypress posts") Aug 03•3m read time•From [cypress.io](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI "cypress.io") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI "Go to post") Table of contents [What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=what-motivates-you-to-be-a-cypress-ambassador "What motivates you to be a Cypress Ambassador?")[How do you currently help others that are either using Cypress or interested in using Cypress?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=how-do-you-currently-help-others-that-are-either-using-cypress-or-interested-in-using-cypress "How do you currently help others that are either using Cypress or interested in using Cypress?")[What is your favorite Cypress feature?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=what-is-your-favorite-cypress-feature "What is your favorite Cypress feature?")[What is your favorite "Cypress Best Practice" and why?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=what-is-your-favorite-cypress-best-practice-and-why "What is your favorite "Cypress Best Practice" and why?")[Outside of work, what are your favorite things to do (hobbies, passions, etc.)?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=outside-of-work-what-are-your-favorite-things-to-do-hobbies-passions-etc "Outside of work, what are your favorite things to do (hobbies, passions, etc.)?")[What is one professional milestone you are proud of?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=what-is-one-professional-milestone-you-are-proud-of "What is one professional milestone you are proud of?")[For new users - what is the best way to "get started" with Cypress?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=for-new-userswhat-is-the-best-way-to-get-started-with-cypress "For new users - what is the best way to "get started" with Cypress?")[What is your favorite quote or saying?](https://api.daily.dev/r/SLQEC7RvI?a=what-is-your-favorite-quote-or-saying "What is your favorite quote or saying?") 476 Impressions Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress) [cypress](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress "https://daily.dev/sources/cypress") Cypress's platform is a resource for developers and QA engineers, offering insights into end-to-end ... 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