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Demi Van Malcot
Test engineer, Test lead, Quality manager
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I've been in testing since 2023, since then I never stopped learning and taking every opportunity I've come across. From becoming test lead not long after I started, to being a community lead for testing and for AI in at the company I work at. Nowadays I'm learning the ropes of leading with quality as I have added the role of quality manager of my department to my growing list of titles.
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Not too much. Not too little. Just the right amount of chaos. Pretty please!I just re-connected with Amy Phillips, a long-time friend, whose current role is a Senior Engineering Manager. This was ...
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The goldilocks of chaos
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The goldilocks of chaos
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The goldilocks of chaos
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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Identify, test and improve AI guardrails through a structured, scenario-based framework that addresses common implementation failures and attack patterns.
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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My love-hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
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My love-hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
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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.
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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During episode 132 we discussed hot takes. One that came up is that testers love the moment they can say "I told you so", but then feel guilty about it.I would like to argue that that is because te...
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Thanks to a recent Love Hate AI memory posts I passed 99 memories and gained the maven badge :)Â
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Moment Maven badge earned
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Do you love / hate AI too?Â
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I love hate AI: It makes me feel like I'll never keep up, but...
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I love hate AI: It makes me feel like I'll never keep up, but...
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I love hate AI: It makes me feel like I'll never keep up, but...
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Quality Professionals and testers are continuous learners, but knowledge is only as good as its application. The quality of software is only as good as the quality of thinking that goes into i...
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TWiQ Hot Take: Quality Professionals don't spend enough time on learning to think
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TWiQ Hot Take: Quality Professionals don't spend enough time on learning to think
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TWiQ Hot Take: Quality Professionals don't spend enough time on learning to think
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This Week in Quality
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Strengths:
- eats bugs
- loves routine
- abhors chaos
- alerts her people to anything out of the ordinary
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- eats bugs
- loves routine
- abhors chaos (Don't try to give Judy a h...
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Princess - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Princess - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Big spike or small hike
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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