The Forgotten Power of Test Design Techniques
Most testers know test design techniques but rarely use them. Four groups, five techniques, and the right selection logic change that.
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The age of autonomics
Autonomous systems are not only changing technology, but entire job profiles. Why computer science alone is no longer enough.
The Illusion of the Typical Tester
Only 6% of testers fit the classic IT stereotype. Arts graduates, boat builders, urban planners: the data on who actually does testing reframes how we recruit.
Still Coding or Just Prompting?
Most programmers using AI tools will create legacy code faster, not better. Here's what actually separates quality developers in 2034.
AI Agents & the Future of Testing
Trusting AI agents with your business works like hiring a new colleague: you need selection, probation, and continuous performance checks built in.
Legacy modernization
Who modernizes legacy code when there are no experts? RAG-based AI draws knowledge directly from legacy code - and makes subject matter experts replaceable.
The Evolving Role of Software Testers
Software quality is no longer just a tester's job. Here's why the role, the tools, and the mindset behind it are all shifting fast.
HUSTEF 2025
260 submissions for 36 slots: Why HUSTEF is one of Europe's top-rated software testing conferences and what the anniversary year 2025 has to offer.
From the test factory to QA coaching
Eight people, 100 applications, a test manual that nobody read: How a QA team ditched the control function and replaced it with coaching.
Nudging for more security
85 percent of cyberattacks start with a human error. How nudging leads users to safe behavior without forcing them.
Nonviolent communication in software testing
Nonviolent communication has four components: Observation, feeling, need, request. What this looks like in everyday testing.
Business-driven test automation
Insurance salespeople test releases themselves when tools and coaching are right. A Center of Excellence needs three minutes per release.
Implementation as a test oracle
If you calculate target values for 2,500 signals manually, you lose the connection. How a reference implementation as a test oracle solves this.
Learning with simulations
If you really want to understand agile working, you don't need a slide - you need a board, cards and a round of simulation.
Test plans made easy: Lightweight test strategies
Test plans that end up in a drawer don't help anyone. How a modular QA toolkit is changing that and why it will soon be open source.
Testing with the Robot Framework
32.000 Slack members, 700 libraries, a budget of 250,000 euros a year: how Robot Framework remains so vital as an open source project.
Podcasts in the software testing area
Why do most podcasts die after seven episodes? Continuity beats perfection - and how conferences become a topic turbo.
Testing enterprise software correctly
Anyone who configures SAP is really testing side effects across the whole system. Why enterprise testing needs its own rules and skills.