Michal Buczko - Quality Adventures

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Quality engineering doesn't save money. It buys the right to decide.

Quality engineering doesn't save money. It buys the right to decide.

The usual ROI case for quality is built on costs that never happened. The stronger case is that quality engineering is what lets a business make fast, defensible release decisions, and that capacity has a price you can name.

Gate design 101: where quality checks belong in the loop

Gate design 101: where quality checks belong in the loop

QA or the Highway 2025: the conference was one stop on a three-week research trip

QA or the Highway 2025: the conference was one stop on a three-week research trip

Your bug backlog is a list of decisions nobody made

Your bug backlog is a list of decisions nobody made

The overengineering tax: when three tiers cost more than one

The overengineering tax: when three tiers cost more than one

The Complete AI Orchestration Journey: From Claude Web Chat to Production iOS App

The Complete AI Orchestration Journey: From Claude Web Chat to Production iOS App

Reviewer design: catching what the architect tier misses

Reviewer design: catching what the architect tier misses

My conferences

QA or the Highway 2025: the conference was one stop on a three-week research trip

QA or the Highway 2025: the conference was one stop on a three-week research trip

In 2025 I went back to Columbus, but the conference wasn't really the destination. It anchored a three-week US road trip that doubled as user research for an app I hadn't shipped yet.

The Chapter, and the Company It Keeps

The Chapter, and the Company It Keeps

Is the token even the right unit of account?

Is the token even the right unit of account?

The arc ended on a stage: what a room of testers did to the thesis

The arc ended on a stage: what a room of testers did to the thesis

CAST 2026 - Open season: what a room full of sceptics taught me about the quality gate

CAST 2026 - Open season: what a room full of sceptics taught me about the quality gate

I Wrote a Chapter About Trust. A Machine Helped Me Test the Argument.

I Wrote a Chapter About Trust. A Machine Helped Me Test the Argument.

I lost my favourite tool and shipped faster anyway

I lost my favourite tool and shipped faster anyway

Library

Re-post: "Leading In An Unpredictable World"

Re-post: "Leading In An Unpredictable World"

> Three ways business leaders can drive both growth and innovation in today’s fast-evolving and unpredictable environment.By Jim Witham [https://chiefexecutive.net/author/jimwitham1/] -September 24, 2021 > Innovation can—and does—happen anywhere and at any time. > During the height of the pandemic, many businesses

Re-Post: "Changing Others Is The Most Important Capability A Leader Can Develop"

Re-Post: "Changing Others Is The Most Important Capability A Leader Can Develop"

Re-post: "Selenium PageObjects and PageFactory"

Re-post: "Selenium PageObjects and PageFactory"

Re-Post: "Software Testing is Evolving, Here's How"

Re-Post: "Software Testing is Evolving, Here's How"

Re-post: "Skills as a System"

Re-post: "Skills as a System"

Re-post: 16 best products of CES 2020 by Business insider

Re-post: 16 best products of CES 2020 by Business insider

Re-share: 7 Time Management Tips for Busy Professionals

Re-share: 7 Time Management Tips for Busy Professionals

Agile Teaming

The Complete AI Orchestration Journey: From Claude Web Chat to Production iOS App

The Complete AI Orchestration Journey: From Claude Web Chat to Production iOS App

The reference notes I wrote in November 2025, before BowSmith shipped: four phases, the original 17-agent team, the prompt template that cut context drift, and the failures. Lightly updated, with pointers to where the thinking went next.

Agile Lean Ireland, Dublin 2019

Agile Lean Ireland, Dublin 2019

Konferencja testerzy.pl, Gdansk 2019

Konferencja testerzy.pl, Gdansk 2019

"Let's solve IT" mentoring

"Let's solve IT" mentoring

Re-share: Releasing agility in teams

Re-share: Releasing agility in teams

Re-share: Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews

Re-share: Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews

Re-share: Adapting Agile For Part-Time Teams

Re-share: Adapting Agile For Part-Time Teams

Lean Testing

The Speed Trap: AI Made Us Faster Than We Can Justify

The Speed Trap: AI Made Us Faster Than We Can Justify

Last Saturday I promised a deeper look at what actually changes when AI enters the delivery lifecycle. This is it. The short version: the hard part is no longer producing software. It is being able to say, with evidence, why the software you just produced is safe to ship.

I Wrote a Chapter About Trust. A Machine Helped Me Test the Argument.

I Wrote a Chapter About Trust. A Machine Helped Me Test the Argument.

The Critical Role of Software Maturity: Beyond Code Quality to Strategic Excellence

The Critical Role of Software Maturity: Beyond Code Quality to Strategic Excellence

QA & Test - much more than just Embedded Software Conference in Bilbao Spain.

QA & Test - much more than just Embedded Software Conference in Bilbao Spain.

KPIs, dashboards and metrics

KPIs, dashboards and metrics

Re-Post: "Software Testing is Evolving, Here's How"

Re-Post: "Software Testing is Evolving, Here's How"

Re-Post: "What? Why? How? of LEAN Testing"

Re-Post: "What? Why? How? of LEAN Testing"

Autonomous Cars

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Re-post: "A Redesigned Steering Wheel For Self-Driving Cars"

Re-post: "The real Revolution is Self-Driving Infrastructure"

Re-post: How Do Collision Avoidance Systems Work?

Product Mastery

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BowFest 2026: what a field full of archers told me that no test suite could

Where the three-tier stack was overkill: an honest retrospective

The RPIQ loop: where the architect tier actually sits

CAST Part2: Four phases, four walls: how I built a production app with zero iOS experience

The Critical Role of Software Maturity: Beyond Code Quality to Strategic Excellence

Leadership

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Quality engineering doesn't save money. It buys the right to decide.

Your bug backlog is a list of decisions nobody made

The Chapter, and the Company It Keeps

BowFest 2026: what a field full of archers told me that no test suite could

From Vision to Production: the whole series, in one place