More Software Testing Unleashed episodes
Published 22 Jan 2026
Duration: 1100
The podcast discusses the evolving role of testers in software development, emphasizing the need for collaboration, innovation, and influencing results beyond traditional QA tasks.
In this episode, I talk with Laveena Ramchandani about thought leadership in testing and the changing role of testers. Laveena sees testers as enginee...
The podcast explores the shifting responsibilities of testers in modern software development, stressing the need for them to take on more proactive and influential roles. It underscores the importance of thought leadership, collaboration with engineering teams, and effective communication as key tools for driving positive change and ensuring quality is prioritized from the start of a project. Testers are encouraged to step beyond traditional testing duties and engage more deeply in development processes, questioning outdated practices and promoting quality-aware approaches.
The discussion also covers the role of AI in testing, acknowledging its potential to streamline repetitive tasks but emphasizing the irreplaceable role of human judgment in evaluating user experience, emotional intelligence, and subjective quality factors. Furthermore, it highlights the benefits of diverse team roles, the value of coaching and career growth, and the need to dismantle organizational silos to foster better collaboration and more successful outcomes. The episode aims to guide and inspire testers to expand their influence and adapt to the evolving field of software testing.
28 May 2026 Why Traditional Testing Fails for AI Systems - Dusanka Lecic
Chatbot testing challenges include non-deterministic outputs, user-driven input testing, and the need for specialized tools, addressed through manual exploration, the C-H-A-T framework (Context, Hallucination control, Accuracy, Testing), hybrid testing approaches, and future integrated solutions to manage context retention, hallucinations, and retrieval-based errors.
21 May 2026 Why Testers Are Safe Despite AI Hype - Mitko Mitev
Software testing evolves with automation, agile, DevOps, and AI, but human expertise remains critical due to AI's limitations in context, business logic, and user behavior, shifting testers toward strategic roles while AI aids in repetitive tasks and efficiency.
23 Apr 2026 Why Your CI Pipeline Is Lying to You - Simon Stewart
Flaky tests in CI/CD pipelines undermine reliability by causing intermittent failures due to shared state, timing issues, and environmental inconsistencies, requiring strategies like test exclusion, ownership, and prioritized fixes, alongside prevention through rigorous pre-CI testing and layered approaches, while AI aids debugging but not replacement, emphasizing iterative improvements over emotional attachment to code.
16 Apr 2026 From Nokia to iPhone: What Pen Testers Learned - Bartosz Czernic-Goawski
The historical evolution of mobile security, from unencrypted analog systems to 5G cryptography, highlights enduring vulnerabilities like app flaws, IoT risks, user behavior threats, platform security trade-offs, and the ongoing tension between innovation, usability, and privacy.
9 Apr 2026 Empowering Women in Software Testing - Line Ebdrup Thomsen
Highlighting women's underrepresentation in tech's software development versus higher presence in testing due to diverse entry paths and alignment with creativity, while addressing gender bias, stereotypes, and microaggressions, and emphasizing inclusive practices, non-technical skills, and leveraging testing's collaborative nature for growth.