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Remove 'do it yourself' section from docs on visual testing #5583

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Expand Up @@ -210,26 +210,6 @@ to see these Percy and Cypress in action.
| [Blog](https://www.cypress.io/blog/2020/05/27/webcast-recording-keep-your-ui-sharp/) | The companion blog for the Cypress + Happo webinar |
| [Slides](https://cypress.slides.com/cypress-io/cypress-and-happo) | The companion slides for the Cypress + Happo webinar |

### Do It Yourself

Even if you decide to skip using a 3rd party image storage and comparison
service, you can still perform visual testing. Follow these examples

- [Visual Regression testing with Cypress and cypress-image-snapshot](https://medium.com/norwich-node-user-group/visual-regression-testing-with-cypress-io-and-cypress-image-snapshot-99c520ccc595)
tutorial.
- [Visual testing for React components using open source tools](https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/open-source-visual-testing-of-components/)
with companion
[videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9o9QNnQuAYhotnIDEUQNXuvXL7ZmlyZ).

:::caution

You will want to consider the development costs of implementing a visual testing
tool yourself versus using an external 3rd party provider. Storing, reviewing
and analyzing image differences are non-trivial tasks and they can quickly
become a chore when going with a DIY solution.

:::

## Best practices

As a general rule there are some best practices when visual testing.
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