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# Issue #321
- URL: https://softwaretestingweekly.com/issues/321/
- Published: 2026-08-02T07:00:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T18:33:13.000Z
- Description: Testing in an Agentic World 🔎
- Author: Dawid Dylowicz

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| Welcome to the **321st** issue!*"Your agents will write, run, and repair your tests. Whether that helps or hurts depends on three choices (...)"*A great opener to a super insightful article by [Charles Fulnecky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesfulnecky/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) based on a decade of experience across various projects.Just have a read — [Testing in an Agentic World](https://medium.com/@cfulnecky/testing-in-an-agentic-world-0860bbe78ed6?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).Happy testing!*[Dawid Dylowicz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawid-dylowicz/?ref=softwaretestingweekly.com)*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| [Dev is moving faster so how are you keeping up with the testing?](https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaretesting/comments/1uwcgtt/dev%5Fis%5Fmoving%5Ffaster%5Fso%5Fhow%5Fare%5Fyou%5Fkeeping%5Fup/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)That's an important question that many people in software engineering are asking themselves right now. Testers share how they do it and offer advice.On that note, [Alan Page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-l-a-n/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) shares a good reminder that [More Isn't the Reward](https://angryweasel.substack.com/p/more-isnt-the-reward?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321), while [Heemeng Foo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heemeng/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) explains why [Context Is the New Technical Debt](https://heemeng.medium.com/context-is-the-new-technical-debt-533d9190a7ed?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaretesting/comments/1uwcgtt/dev%5Fis%5Fmoving%5Ffaster%5Fso%5Fhow%5Fare%5Fyou%5Fkeeping%5Fup/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [How I Used a QA Agent Workflow to Reduce Manual Testing Pressure](https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-i-used-a-qa-agent-workflow-to-reduce-manual-testing-pressure-ab1c91efd65a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)If you run tests without knowing which cases they cover, [James Cullimore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cullimore/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) has a practical workflow that adds traceability and confidence ratings to close that gap.Moreover, [Rishi Raj](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishi-raj-2149b6192/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) shares an interesting story on how [I Almost Built an AI QA Engineer. Then I Did the Math and Built the Boring Version Instead](https://medium.com/@rishisvm/i-almost-built-an-ai-qa-engineer-then-i-did-the-math-and-built-the-boring-version-instead-41c146d82e40?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[levelup.gitconnected.com](https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-i-used-a-qa-agent-workflow-to-reduce-manual-testing-pressure-ab1c91efd65a?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| [Stop Prompting and Start Specifying: SDD as the New Core of the STLC](https://medium.com/@armandojosserranoescalona/stop-prompting-and-start-specifying-sdd-as-the-new-core-of-the-stlc-f14b6038d056?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Armando José Serrano Escalona](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajserrano/?locale=en&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) walks through how SDD, BDD and TDD can work as one system where specs become the source of truth for AI to write code and tests.Also, [Daniel Dahlin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-dahlin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) asks: [Who Gets to Decide What the AI Tests?](https://medium.com/@daniel.dahlin/who-gets-to-decide-what-the-ai-tests-ac093b4542cb?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[medium.com](https://medium.com/@armandojosserranoescalona/stop-prompting-and-start-specifying-sdd-as-the-new-core-of-the-stlc-f14b6038d056?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| [What is a good Senior QA like?](https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaretesting/comments/1v4e7p1/what%5Fis%5Fa%5Fgood%5Fsenior%5Fqa%5Flike/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)Good question, especially in the age of AI. There's some great advice from the community sharing different points of view on what makes you a Senior tester.I also liked [Apzal Bahin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/apzal-bahin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)'s short explanation on [Why I Test: The Real Reason I Show Up Every Day as a QA](https://medium.com/@apzal.bn/why-i-test-the-real-reason-i-show-up-every-day-as-a-qa-992b7c487bfe?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/softwaretesting/comments/1v4e7p1/what%5Fis%5Fa%5Fgood%5Fsenior%5Fqa%5Flike/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Why did testing miss this… Because you didn't set a risk appetite](https://cakehurstryan.com/2026/07/21/why-did-testing-miss-this-because-you-didnt-set-a-risk-appetite/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)When something goes wrong, it's easy to blame testing. [Callum Akehurst-Ryan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cakehurstryan/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) says why it's important to get leadership to define acceptable risks from a quality perspective.[cakehurstryan.com](https://cakehurstryan.com/2026/07/21/why-did-testing-miss-this-because-you-didnt-set-a-risk-appetite/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| [17 PRs a Day, One QA: How We Automated E2E Failure Triage](https://medium.com/@denisskvrtsv/17-prs-a-day-one-qa-how-we-automated-e2e-failure-triage-43b22c45fdc3?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Denis Skvortsov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/denissskvortsov/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) describes how his team replaced manual investigation of failed tests with a bot that reads test results, PR diffs and logs, and then decides whether to file a ticket or trigger a rerun.[medium.com](https://medium.com/@denisskvrtsv/17-prs-a-day-one-qa-how-we-automated-e2e-failure-triage-43b22c45fdc3?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Automation Before Automation: An Intermediate Phase In Modern Software Testing](https://qaontime.com/research/automation-before-automation.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Liudas Jankauskas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/liudas-jankauskas/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) wrote a paper proposing a new phase between exploratory and automated testing powered by AI-generated disposable tests, including a study showing how it found bugs in a production API.Moreover, [S Chathuranga Jayasinghe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/schathurangaj/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) gives some food for thought: [We Keep Patching Test Automation. Should We Rebuild It Instead?](https://schathurangaj.medium.com/we-keep-patching-test-automation-should-we-rebuild-it-instead-1dffa3b73843?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[qaontime.com](https://qaontime.com/research/automation-before-automation.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| [Do We Still Need to Write API Tests? An Experiment with LLM Agents Testing a REST API](https://oleksandr-podoliako.medium.com/do-we-still-need-to-write-api-tests-an-experiment-with-llm-agents-testing-a-rest-api-67dfede65986?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)If you want to know how good AI agents are at finding API bugs, [Oleksandr Podoliako](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleksandr-podoliako/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) has the data: 50 runs, seven planted bugs and a few surprises about which model even finishes the job.Furthermore, [Obafemi Oderanti](https://www.linkedin.com/in/obafemi-oderanti/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) advocates for [Building Reliable APIs: Why Testing Must Be Non-Negotiable](https://medium.com/@consultoba/building-reliable-apis-why-testing-must-be-non-negotiable-4db34dc0d9b2?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[oleksandr-podoliako.medium.com](https://oleksandr-podoliako.medium.com/do-we-still-need-to-write-api-tests-an-experiment-with-llm-agents-testing-a-rest-api-67dfede65986?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [Evals Are Just QA With a New Name: How to Actually Test Skills and RAG](https://amitrawat.dev/blog/evals-are-just-qa-for-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Amit Rawat](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-rawat-3530566/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) argues that evals are QA with a new name and demonstrates how to test agent skills and knowledge bases with real code and numbers.On top of that, [Yiğit Taş](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yigittas/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) reminds us that [Your Prompts Have No Test Coverage](https://medium.com/@yigit.tas/your-prompts-have-no-test-coverage-2393e12a4986?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[amitrawat.dev](https://amitrawat.dev/blog/evals-are-just-qa-for-ai/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [The Modern Page Object Model: Less Shared Code, Easier Changes](https://medium.com/@antongulin/the-modern-page-object-model-less-shared-code-easier-changes-ebc245b6d50b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)Are you still using Page Objects the traditional way? [Anton Gulin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/antongulin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) shows five outdated habits and a cleaner pattern with locators in the constructor and assertions back in tests. Examples in Playwright, but applicable to other frameworks, too.In relation to that, [David Ingraham](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dingraham01/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) demonstrates [A One-Second Static Check for E2E Selector Drift](https://medium.com/@dingraham01/a-one-second-static-check-for-e2e-selector-drift-aff852e94620?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@antongulin/the-modern-page-object-model-less-shared-code-easier-changes-ebc245b6d50b?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Your green tests are lying](https://dmitriiev.dev/posts/your-green-tests-are-lying/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Vladyslav Dmitriiev](https://x.com/dubcrabsec?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) found that some tests pass not because the feature works but because the assertion can never fail, and built a tool that inverts assertions to prove the point.Because, as [Dmitry Shyshkin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitryshyshkin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) says, [The Assertion Is the Hard Part](https://practicetestautomation.com/assertion-is-the-hard-part/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321), while [James Thomas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-thomas-840aa11a/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) explains that it's [Better Isolate Than Never](https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2026/07/better-isolate-than-never.html?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[dmitriiev.dev](https://dmitriiev.dev/posts/your-green-tests-are-lying/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| [A Practical Guide to Building a Load Model in Performance Testing](https://medium.com/@daniel.vanbavel/a-practical-guide-to-building-a-load-model-in-performance-testing-part-1-key-concepts-7414a1e5d8e0?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Daniel van Bavel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani%C3%ABl-van-bavel/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) explains the foundation of a performance test load model to help you understand how think time and pacing work together to simulate real user behaviour. You can learn more in the [second](https://medium.com/@daniel.vanbavel/a-practical-guide-to-building-a-load-model-in-performance-testing-part-2-creating-the-loadmodel-957d608cebe8?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) and [third](https://medium.com/@daniel.vanbavel/a-practical-guide-to-building-a-load-model-in-performance-testing-part-3-implementing-the-load-381bbd216f3f?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) parts.Speaking of that, [Shohanur Rahman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shohan-swe/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) created a [k6 Performance Testing Suite](https://github.com/Sr-Shohan/k6-performance-suite?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) that you can use or get inspired by to create your test harness.[medium.com](https://medium.com/@daniel.vanbavel/a-practical-guide-to-building-a-load-model-in-performance-testing-part-1-key-concepts-7414a1e5d8e0?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) |
| [Designing an AI-Assisted Mobile QA Framework That Teams Can Maintain](https://medium.com/@rashiprabha.atapattu/designing-an-ai-assisted-mobile-qa-framework-that-teams-can-maintain-82ba781e4537?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Rashiprabha Atapattu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashiprabhaatapattu/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) shares the first part of the journey of setting up a test harness for AI mobile automation, including clear assumptions and rules. The [second part](https://medium.com/@rashiprabha.atapattu/house-rules-teaching-github-copilot-my-mobile-test-automation-standards-42f0d35f181e?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) tells more about specific Copilot setup.Moreover, [James Cullimore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cullimore/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) shares a lesson learned on [How One Missing undefined Cut My Android Test Runtime by 72%](https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-one-missing-return-cut-my-android-test-runtime-by-72-74ab4ccd5aa7?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@rashiprabha.atapattu/designing-an-ai-assisted-mobile-qa-framework-that-teams-can-maintain-82ba781e4537?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [Flaky No More — Catching Broken Images Your Playwright Tests Can't See](https://medium.com/@sewmi001/flaky-no-more-catching-broken-images-your-playwright-tests-cant-see-8a1923af3320?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)[Sewmini Jayaweera](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sewminijayaweera/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) explains why [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)'s toBeVisible() misses images that don't display and shows three different fixes to make your assertions better. You can read more in the [second part](https://medium.com/@sewmi001/flaky-no-more-custom-matchers-in-playwright-build-your-own-expect-acc9dd809ae1?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@sewmi001/flaky-no-more-catching-broken-images-your-playwright-tests-cant-see-8a1923af3320?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Playwright MCP Gives an AI Agent a Browser. I Gave Mine a Governed Model of the Application.](https://medium.com/@daniel.dahlin/playwright-mcp-gives-an-ai-agent-a-browser-i-gave-mine-a-governed-model-of-the-application-464b9fc70d09?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)Using [Playwright MCP](https://playwright.dev/docs/getting-started-mcp?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)? [Daniel Dahlin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-dahlin/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) shares why they didn't build a test-generation agent with it, but instead used a versioned model of the app as the source of truth.Moreover, [Mohammad Faisal Khatri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisalkhatri/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) gives a good overview of [Playwright Browser vs BrowserContext vs Page: Complete Guide with Examples](https://medium.com/@iamfaisalkhatri/b6c771c8d371?sk=81dab320b85c71b48657290d8d8ddb1a&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321).[medium.com](https://medium.com/@daniel.dahlin/playwright-mcp-gives-an-ai-agent-a-browser-i-gave-mine-a-governed-model-of-the-application-464b9fc70d09?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| [How to Think About Biases (For Testers)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuTRpXiwP8&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)When [James Bach](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bach-6188a811/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) and [Jon Bach](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bachjon/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) talk, you can always learn something useful. Enjoy this 27-minute discussion about the importance of thinking in our roles.[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuTRpXiwP8&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| [Testing an AI Chat Bot Overview Exercises](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6kdM4d0rY&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)Want to practice testing an LLM-based chat interface? [Alan Richardson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eviltester/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) created a free [playground app](https://testpages.eviltester.com/apps/ai-chat-bot/?utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321) specifically for that, as demonstrated in this 7-minute demo.[youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6kdM4d0rY&utm%5Fsource=softwaretestingweekly&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=issue-321)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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