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From ad-hoc prompting to Agentic Engineering: Latest trends in AI image
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Dragan Spiridonov's profile
  • AI Chapter's profile
Learn how software engineering is shifting from basic prompt engineering to autonomous AI agents and intent-based workflows.
Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141 image
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Gary Hawkes's profile
  • Demi Van Malcot's profile
A hot-takes episode on AI dependency, community knowledge sharing, silos, and why exploratory testing matters more than ever as software teams move faster.
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Clare Norman's profile
  • Judy Mosley's profile
Judy and Clare trade spicy hot takes, from notification overload and 'done > perfect' learning, to a passionate deep dive on accessibility as a moral (and business) imperative.
I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133 image
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Melissa Fisher's profile
  • Ben Dowen's profile
  • Ibekwe Victor's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
A lively chat about influence without authority, from asking better questions and telling clearer risk stories to navigating stakeholders, careers, and community visibility.
You're absolutely right! I have a love hate relationship with AI - Ep 132 image
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Rosie Sherry's profile
  • Clare Norman's profile
  • Judy Mosley's profile
  • Demi Van Malcot's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
A hot-takes episode where the crew debates AI skepticism, manual testing’s staying power, whether AI agents really speed delivery, and why quality ultimately lives (or dies) with leadership decisions.
The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123 image
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Gary Hawkes's profile
  • Clare Norman's profile
  • Ujjwal Kumar Singh's profile
  • Demi Van Malcot's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
Swap your team’s favourite quality superstitions, laugh at cursed demos and disappearing bugs, and turn “don’t deploy on Fridays” from folklore into smarter release habits.
99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025 image
  • Stu Day's profile
  • Jarsto van Santen's profile
  • Ady Stokes's profile
  • Brandon Conley's profile
  • Christine Pinto's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Andrew Morton's profile
  • Antonella Scaravilli's profile
  • Scott Kenyon's profile
  • Jokin Aspiazu's profile
  • Gary Hawkes's profile
  • Richard Adams's profile
  • Chris Pratt's profile
  • Rahul Parwal's profile
  • Eamon Droko's profile
  • Philippa Jennings's profile
  • Dalbir Sehmbi's profile
  • Madhuri Mittal's profile
  • Keara Phillips-Vabre's profile
  • Tom Game's profile
  • Shweta Jaju's profile
  • Mariem SAFI's profile
  • Preeti Gupta's profile
  • Heleen Van Grootven's profile
  • Emmanuel Pedralvez's profile
  • Kieran Webb's profile
  • Lex Reinhardt's profile
  • Simon Long's profile
Celebrate the quality community’s creativity and courage as folks share lessons, ideas, and stories in just 99 seconds.
The quality conversation is real, the AI hype isn't - Ep 105 image
  • Christine Pinto's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Ben Dowen's profile
  • Nataliia Burmei's profile
  • Preeti Gupta's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
Explore how testers cut through AI hype with visualization, community stories, and quality coaching.
How to test a stage 99 times over - Ep 99 image
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Ben Dowen's profile
  • Rosie Sherry's profile
  • Judy Mosley's profile
  • Mariem SAFI's profile
  • Demi Van Malcot's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
Celebrate 99 episodes of community connection, hear co-hosts reflect on what they've learned, and get inspired to take the stage yourself.
Confessions of a testing community Ep 96 image
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Sarah Byng's profile
  • Rosie Sherry's profile
  • Jesse Berkeley's profile
  • Emily O'Connor's profile
  • Demi Van Malcot's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
Discover hidden features, celebrate real stories, and hear how the testing community is connecting in surprising ways
Testing inside the boxes and beyond Ep 93 image
  • Daniel Billing's profile
  • Simon Tomes's profile
  • Oleksandr Romanov's profile
  • Gary Hawkes's profile
  • Maneesh Maddala's profile
  • Preeti Gupta's profile
  • Demi Van Malcot's profile
  • TWiQ — This Week in Quality's profile
Testing meetups, community memories, and finding your voice — the This Week in Testing crew shares insights, inspiration, and reflections from around the globe.
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