If the chef shouldn't certify his own dish, why is your dev team validating their own code? Today, Tudor Brad shares why independent QA is non-negotiable. With 15+ years in QA, Tudor founded BetterQA in 2018, A team of 50+ engineers across 24+ countries. They've built in-house tools like BugBoard, Flows, and Better Flow to bring full transparency and quality to the testing process.

Today, Deepak Kamboj, Senior Software Engineer and Solution Architect at Microsoft, shares how he scaled Playwright automation across 40 teams and 14,000 test cases and why AI agents are the next leap for test engineering.

👉👉 Key takeaways from Deepak:

🔹 Build infrastructure, not just test cases

"My work was focused on building a large scale automation framework, not just writing test cases."

🔹 Use AI across the full test lifecycle

"I started building AI agents that can generate Playwright test cases, analyze failures, run accessibility checks, do performance checks, visual comparison, and ultimately create pull requests automatically."

🔹 Learn prompt engineering

"Prompt engineering is very good when you are about to do automation. The way you are writing a system prompt or your user prompt will play a big role in the way your agent will behave."

🔹 Don't fear AI — use it

"AI is your co-pilot or your companion. Don't take it as your replacement. It will complement you. It will provide you with more efficiency. It will make you more effective."

🔹 Let AI handle the repetitive work

"Testers can use AI agents to automate a lot of repetitive activities they were performing. They can use agents to understand why a system fails, why a particular test case fails, what type of test cases to write."

Today, Ruslan Desyatnikov, CEO of QA Mentor and creator of the Human Intelligence Software Testing (HIST) framework, explains why the QA industry is at risk of losing its strategic role and how teams can bring human intelligence back into software testing.

👉 Testing Problems solved with the HIST mindset

1️⃣ STOP treating requirements as a Bible — START challenging them early

=> Actively question requirements during review sessions . Always ask why and what if to eliminate ambiguities and prevent costly downstream defects.

2️⃣ STOP obsessing over automation — START using it strategically

=> Automation can absolutely supports testing but doesn't replace human thinking. Focus on risk-based coverage and business value, not big test cases numbers

3️⃣ STOP being a passive button-pusher — START thinking like an investigatorGo beyond front-end clicking. Analyze backend logic, business rules, integrations, and real user purpose to uncover meaningful defects, not just cosmetic ones.

4️⃣ STOP reporting isolated bugs — START connecting defects to business impact

=>Map quality issues to revenue generation, client retention, and business value — so stakeholders understand what's testers bring to the table.

5️⃣ STOP blindly trusting AI output — START keeping human intelligence in control

=>Whether it's AI-generated test cases or automation predictions, always verify, spot-check, and apply human judgment before acting on results.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- QA Mentor - https://www.qamentor.com/

- HIST Testing Methodology - https://www.qamentor.com/what-is-hist/

- Ruslan's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslandesyatnikov/