TF:2025
My first test:fest talk in 2015 was about testing versus checking. Ten editions later I was on the same stage talking about critical thinking and AI. It was the same question, wearing new clothes.
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Quality engineering doesn't save money. It buys the right to decide.
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
Your bug backlog is a list of decisions nobody made
The overengineering tax: when three tiers cost more than one
The Complete AI Orchestration Journey: From Claude Web Chat to Production iOS App
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TF:2025
My first test:fest talk in 2015 was about testing versus checking. Ten editions later I was on the same stage talking about critical thinking and AI. It was the same question, wearing new clothes.
QA or the Highway 2025: the conference was one stop on a three-week research trip
The Chapter, and the Company It Keeps
Is the token even the right unit of account?
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
I Wrote a Chapter About Trust. A Machine Helped Me Test the Argument.
Library
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: "Selenium PageObjects and PageFactory"
Re-Post: "Software Testing is Evolving, Here's How"
Re-post: "Skills as a System"
Re-post: 16 best products of CES 2020 by Business insider
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 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
Konferencja testerzy.pl, Gdansk 2019
"Let's solve IT" mentoring
Re-share: Releasing agility in teams
Re-share: Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews
Re-share: Adapting Agile For Part-Time Teams
Lean Testing
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.
The Critical Role of Software Maturity: Beyond Code Quality to Strategic Excellence
QA & Test - much more than just Embedded Software Conference in Bilbao Spain.
KPIs, dashboards and metrics
Re-Post: "Software Testing is Evolving, Here's How"
