🖖 Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
22 Apr 2026
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David Burns
David Burns is joining us at MoTaCon 2026 to show us the evolution of SDLC, where production telemetry is the test oracle!
David will be presenting on the big MoTaCon stage, a talk where he’ll show that testing shouldn't be about 'fingers crossed' and manual guesswork. It should be about clarity and real-world confidence!
His talk will be a deep dive into how to stop hoping your code works and start actually seeing it in action.
What you'll learn:
David will be presenting on the big MoTaCon stage, a talk where he’ll show that testing shouldn't be about 'fingers crossed' and manual guesswork. It should be about clarity and real-world confidence!
His talk will be a deep dive into how to stop hoping your code works and start actually seeing it in action.
What you'll learn:
- Why expected results are no longer just fixed values in a world of complex AI and microservices
- Stop treating "The Lab" and "Production" as two different worlds and start getting them to talk to each other
- How to use OpenTelemetry (OTel) to turn production data into automated tests that actually matter
- How to use real-user journeys as your ultimate test oracle to prove system correctness
Join David on the 1st of October, to discover how Observability-Driven Testing (ODT) can transform your telemetry into your most powerful testing tool. 🚀
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Calum Maciver-Whyte
Do we have an idea of when the recording for this will be available?
I'm super interested in introducing this to my company and would love to watch it again
Rosie Sherry
@calum, we'll get this live tomorrow, hope that helps!
Calum Maciver-Whyte
My hero!
Simon Tomes
Here's a link to the talk recording: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/media-sessions/stop-guessing-start-seeing-the-rise-of-observability-driven-testing
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