Oleksandr Romanov
Oleksandr Romanov
Senior Software Engineer in Test
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14+ years in testing and engineering | Co-host at Testing Minutes podcast | Writing and podcasting about test engineering, performance, AI, blockchain, and distributed systems | Views are my own
🎂 MoTaBirthday | March 17, 2017
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Google has shared a short whitepaper, only 51 pages long, on the use of AI in software development.
It is very well written, with almost no fluff. If you want to get a very high-level foundati...
26 Jun
If you, fellow tester, work with AI, remember the four 4 Ds:
To delegate tasks for AI, we need to know about the capabilities and limitations of AI tools and models
To describe tasks for AI, we ne...
18 Jun
Oleksandr said:
My hot take of the week: If you don't fully understand the thing you want to test and measure - you might get the results that are surprising but yet mysterious. So - first - unders...
29 May
Yesterday, I found an interesting video about the reality of using AI in software teams. The title is "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams."
Top insights 💡 We know...
26 May
Chaotic learning is not the best option
4 Jun
When a system improvises like a jazz soloist, "different" stops meaning "wrong"
3 Jun
Learn how software engineering is shifting from basic prompt engineering to autonomous AI agents and intent-based workflows.
16 Jul
A hot-takes episode on AI dependency, community knowledge sharing, silos, and why exploratory testing matters more than ever as software teams move faster.
3 Jul
Metamorphic testing
It's hard to determine how a change in the input value will take effect on the output value. Here comes the metamorphic testing. It's hard to find out whether this value is correct or just an example of hallucination.
Test Everything Twice (TET)
A playful backronym coined live in the TWiQ chat as a testing-world companion to the DRY/WET family of terms, standing for "Test Everything Twice." as a counterpart to WET (Write Everything Twice), it captures the idea of deliberate, thorough verification rather than assuming a single test pass is sufficient. Like WET and DRY, it works best as a conversational shorthand for a mindset rather than a strict rule.
Ikigai
Ikigai (生き甲斐, lit. 'a reason for being') is a Japanese concept of an individual's definition of the meaning of their life.Héctor García and Francesc Miralles included a Venn diagram of Ikigai in their book: "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life". This diagram includes four elements: what a person likes, what a person is good at, what the world needs, and what can be rewarded. When these four elements overlap, that person has found their ikigai.
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Stop studying, start learning: How to stay focused in the world of shiny tools
Thanks for the comment, @Adam!
I've recently explored the topic of using AI (LLMs) with Obsidian notes. At first glance, it looks like a nice tool.
But then it becomes easy to delegate learning tasks (finding connections, generating ideas) to AI.
But we actually learn when we do these things. So if we delegate them - we learn nothing. We are just consuming information.
So the only AI thing that I am using is the default Obsidian plugin called "Smart Connections". It scans notes and builds a local RAG showing the most relevant notes together.
A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
Beautiful masterclass. Nice topic and very good delivery.
Game for testing knowledge is a great idea. Thanks, Rahul!
And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁
It's a great pleasure to be in the company of such a wondeful people! Let's dive into MoTaverse together! )
I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
Congratulations! One decision to speak at Testing Planet led you ... to LDX3. :) What will be the next step?
Learning to think in systems: Lessons from my mentor
Good article. The thing I liked the most is the feeling of the flow in the story. It could be a whole book with lessons learned:)
5 big ideas from "Test Automation Fundamentals" book
(testengineeringnotes.com)
12 Aug
5 big ideas from "Taking Testing Seriously" book
(testengineeringnotes.com)
04 Aug
From a player to a coach - 5 ideas from the Quality Coach`s Handbook
(testengineeringnotes.com)
28 Jul
Beyond the test case: 5 Insights from Elisabeth Hendrickson’s ‘Explore It!’
(testengineeringnotes.com)
03 Jul
Book Review: Software Testing with Generative AI
(testengineeringnotes.com)
23 Jun
