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TestGuild Automation Podcast

Joe Colantonio

300 episodes

TestGuild Automation Podcast (formally Test Talks) is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Colantonio, which geeks out on all things software test automation. TestGuild Automation covers news found in the testing space, reviews books about automation, and speaks with some of the thought leaders in the test automation field. We'll aim to interview some of today's most successful and inspiring software engineers, and test automation thought leaders.

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  1. Why Your AI Tests Pass When Your Features Fail with Donovan Brady

    · 49 min · Episode 609

    Why Your AI Tests Pass When Your Features Fail? Donovan Brady of Leapwork shows how to make AI tests traceable, cheaper to run, and safe to self-heal. 👉 Try Leapwork Play (free tier):…

  2. Scary Test Automation POCs Made Easy: Halloween Special With Paul Grossman

    · 42 min · Episode 604

    Running a proof of concept on test automation tools can feel like a horror movie. Vendors promise everything, your boss wants answers fast, and you don't know what you don't know. In this Halloween special, Paul…

  3. Locust and Azure Load Testing: Create and Debug Load Tests with AI with Lars Holmberg and Abhinav Premsekhar

    · 36 min · Episode 607

    Performance testing has never been easier to start, or more important to get right. As teams ship more AI generated code, performance problems are slipping through, and they tend to surface during your highest traffic…

  4. AI Agents Passed the Tests. Real Devices Didn't. with Nick Metcalfe

    · 41 min · Episode 606

    Cloud device farms make it easy to get started with real device testing. But what happens when you need to scale? Costs climb fast, you wait in a queue for the devices you need, and you lose visibility into what's…

  5. AI Testing Reality Check: What 13 Founders Refuse to Automate with Joe Colantonio

    · 30 min · Episode 605

    I asked thirteen people inside AI testing one question: can AI test your software for you? Founders, CTOs, project leads, and quality leaders, many of them selling AI testing tools right now. Not one said yes. This…

  6. How to Stay Irreplaceable When Agents Write Your Tests with Jonathon Wright

    · 34 min · Episode 604

    Is AI going to replace software testers, or make them more valuable than they have ever been? Jonathon Wright says both, and in this episode he does not back down from either position. Jonathon Wright has spent thirty…

  7. AI Performance Testing: How to Scale Agentic AI with Kandasamy Selvaraj

    · 44 min · Episode 603

    Everything you knew about performance testing changes when the system you're testing is non deterministic. In this episode of the TestGuild Automation Podcast, Joe Colantonio sits down with Kandasamy Selvaraj,…

  8. AI Testing Is Bigger Than You Think, 5 Areas Testers Must Own with Swati Seela

    · 38 min · Episode 602

    Most testers are stuck arguing about whether AI is coming for their jobs. Swati Seela thinks that's a distraction from a much more useful question: when we say "AI testing," what do we actually mean? What do you…

  9. Why IoT Testing Proves Manual Testing Never Died with Oleksii Cherkashyn

    · 36 min · Episode 601

    Manual testing never died. IoT is the proof. In this episode, Joe Colantonio talks with Oleksii Cherkashyn, a QA team lead, automation engineer, and IoT testing specialist who built a complete test architecture from…

  10. Testing AI: Engineering Confidence in Non-Deterministic Systems with Jason Arbon

    · 53 min · Episode 600

    In this episode 600 of the TestGuild Automation Podcast, Joe Colantonio talks with Jason Arbon, founder of Testers.ai, Jank.AI and IcebergQA and author of the new book Testing AI: Engineering Confidence in…

  11. Playwright With AI: How to Automate Tests Without Shipping AI Slop with Andrew Knight

    · 38 min · Episode 599

    Your developers just got supercharged by AI coding agents. Your test coverage did not. So how do you keep quality high when product code is shipping faster than any test team can follow? In this episode Andrew Knight,…

  12. Test Automation Won't Save Your QA Career, but These Skills Will with Keith Klain

    · 45 min · Episode 598

    Keith Klain has spent 25+ years leading enterprise quality programs in financial services and is one of the testing industry's most respected voices. In this episode, he joins Joe to discuss his BrowserStack talk, "The…

  13. AI Testing Strategy: Stop Being a Cost Center, Start Protecting Revenue with Nandini Srinivasan

    · 37 min · Episode 597

    Nandini Srinivasan has spent 25 years in the quality industry and leads a global QA organization of over 150 engineers across the US, Canada, India, and Pakistan. In this episode, she breaks down exactly how she built…

  14. How to Move from Prompt Engineering to Harness Engineering in Testing with Matt Wynne

    · 40 min

    Matt Wynne, co-creator of Cucumber and BDD practitioner, joins Joe for the first time in over a decade to talk about what two years inside a Silicon Valley AI startup taught him about the future of software testing.…

  15. Agentic Engineering for Testers: How to Automate Your Way to the Top with Amit Rawat

    · 44 min

    Amit Rawat is an agentic engineer who spent two decades in QA before shifting fully into building AI agents. He's the creator of PromptWright, a desktop tool that turns natural language prompts into automated…

  16. How to Test Any API Without Documentation with Liudas Jankauskas

    · 23 min

    Most API testing stops at the happy path. The problem is that the bugs that actually hurt you in production are sitting in everything many testers skip, like the boundary values, the oversized payloads, the missing…

  17. Your AI Code Review Is Lying to You (Here's the Fix) with Evan Marshall

    · 36 min

    Your AI code review tools read the diff. They stare at your code. But they never actually run it. So the bugs that only show up at runtime, the broken user flows, the bad query plan, the duplicate submission, sail…

  18. AI QA Agents Explained: How Amikoo Helps Testers with Ivan Barajas Vargas

    · 35 min

    What happens to QA when AI is writing ten times more code than your team can test? That is the exact problem Ivan Barajas Vargas set out to solve with Amikoo, a purpose-built AI QA agent designed to help testers,…

  19. The AI Illusion: Why Testing Still Needs Humans with Joe Colantonio

    · 16 min

    Everyone is talking about AI replacing testers, writing tests, and transforming software quality. But what if we're asking the wrong question? In this solo episode, Joe Colantonio shares a growing concern he's seen…

  20. AI Agents in QA: How to Keep Up with AI-Driven Dev Velocity with Vilhelm von Ehrenheim

    · 35 min

    AI coding tools promised to make development faster — and they delivered. But here's the problem nobody talks about enough: when you speed up coding, you don't eliminate the bottleneck in the SDLC. You just move it.…

  21. Maestro MCP, AI Mobile Testing That Fixes Its Own Tests with Leland Takamine

    · 38 min

    What happens when AI agents can not only write mobile app code, but also validate their own work automatically? In this episode, I sit down with Maestro Co-founder and CEO Leland Takamine to explore one of the biggest…

  22. AI Testing Costs, How to Prevent Runaway Token Bills with Arthur Hicken

    · 39 min

    AI-powered testing tools are exploding across software engineering teams… but so are the hidden costs. In this episode, Joe sits down with Arthur Hicken to unpack the growing problem of runaway AI token usage,…

  23. Stop Rewriting Tests: How to Add AI to Selenium and Playwright Without Starting Over with Alex Rodionov

    · 30 min

    AI-powered testing tools promise faster automation and less maintenance, but most require teams to abandon their existing frameworks. In this episode, we explore Alumnium, an opensource AI-native end-to-end testing…

  24. Claude AI Mobile Testing, Run Real Device Tests with AI with Frank Moyer and Chris Faulhaber

    · 31 min

    AI is changing how we build and test software, but most teams are still struggling to turn AI-generated tests into real production value. Use code TESTGUILD3 try for yourself free now for 3 months:…

  25. AI Testing Is Breaking Your Pipeline. Fix Quality Before It's Too Late with Eric Minick

    · 30 min

    AI coding tools are helping teams move faster than ever, but there's a hidden cost. In this episode, we break down new insights from a DevOps industry report revealing a growing "velocity paradox": teams are shipping…

  26. Scaling Quality Engineering: How to Deliver Faster Across Global Teams with Sunita McCoy

    · 34 min

    AI is changing how we build and test software, but most teams are struggling to turn that promise into real results. In this episode, we break down what it actually takes to scale quality engineering across global…

  27. Mobile Test Automation is Broken. Here's How QApilot Fixes It with Aditya Challa

    · 38 min · Episode 583

    Mobile test automation is still one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern software delivery. In this interview, QApilot's Co-founder Aditya Challa explains why most AI testing approaches fail and how to fix them. Learn…

  28. AI Testing: How Solo Testers Stay Confident in Releases with Christine Pinto

    · 45 min

    Are you the only tester on your team—and expected to ensure quality across everything? In this episode, we break down the growing challenge of solo QA testing in the age of AI-driven development—where code is…

  29. AI Testing from Production Logs: Generate Smarter Regression Tests with Tanvi Mittal

    · 28 min

    What if your production logs could automatically generate new test cases? In this episode, Joe Colantonio sits down with Tanvi Mittal to break down how AI-powered log mining is changing the way teams approach software…

  30. AI Testing: How to Ensure Quality in Non-Deterministic Systems with Adam Sandman

    · 43 min · Episode 580

    How do you ensure software quality when the system you're testing doesn't give the same output twice? Go to https://links.testguild.com/inflectra and start your free 30-day trial, no credit card, no contract required.…

  31. Test Automation Tools That Scale: From Zero to 1.6M Users with Sanjay Kumar

    · 30 min

    What does it really take to build a test automation tool that millions of testers rely on, without venture capital, paid ads, or a massive team? In this episode, we explore how SelectorsHub grew into one of the most…

  32. AI Test Automation: Ship Twice as Fast with 10x Coverage with Karim Jouini

    · 42 min

    AI test automation is evolving fast — but most tools still generate brittle code that breaks with every UI change. See it for yourself now: https://links.testguild.com/Thunders In this episode of the TestGuild…

  33. Performance Testing with AI w/ Akash Thakur

    · 27 min

    Is traditional performance testing becoming obsolete? In this episode, performance engineering expert Akash Thakur shares why AI is fundamentally transforming load testing, scripting, observability, and shift-left…

  34. Spec2TestAI: Stop Defects Before They Reach Production with Missy Trumpler

    · 35 min

    Most teams find defects after the damage is done — during regression, late-stage testing, or production incidents. That's expensive, stressful, and completely avoidable. Try Spec2Test AI now:…

  35. Locust Performance Testing with AI and Observability with Lars Holmberg

    · 30 min

    Performance testing often fails for one simple reason: teams can't see where the slowdown actually happens. In this episode, we explore Locust load testing and why Python-based performance testing is becoming the…

  36. Top 8 Automation Testing Trends for 2026 with Joe Colantonio

    · 12 min

    AI testing is everywhere — but clarity isn't. In this episode, Joe Colantonio breaks down the real test automation trends for 2026, based on data from 40,000+ testers, 510 live Q&A questions, and 50+ interviews with…

  37. Automation Testing Podcast 2026: New Schedule, Events, Discounts with Joe Colantonio

    · 2:25

    This is a special end-of-year episode of the Automation Testing Podcast. With family in town and a busy holiday season, Joe didn't want to skip a week without checking in and saying thank you to the TestGuild…

  38. AI Testing LLMs & RAG: What Testers Must Validate with Imran Ali

    · 33 min

    AI is transforming how software is built, but testing AI systems requires an entirely new mindset. Don't miss AutomationGuild 2026 - Register Now: https://testguild.me/podag26 Use code TestGuildPod20 to get 20% off…

  39. AI Codebase Discovery for Testers with Ben Fellows

    · 44 min

    What if understanding your codebase was no longer a blocker for great testing? Most testers were trained to work around the code — clicking through UIs, guessing selectors, and relying on outdated docs or developer…

  40. Gatling Studio: Start Performance Testing in Minutes (No Expertise Required) with Shaun Brown and Stephane Landelle

    · 41 min

    Performance testing has traditionally been one of the hardest parts of QA,slow onboarding, complex scripting, difficult debugging, and too many late-stage surprises. Try Gatling Studio for yourself now:…

  41. AI-Driven Manual Regression: Test Only What Truly Matters With Wilhelm Haaker and Daniel Garay

    · 39 min

    Manual regression testing isn't going away—yet most teams still struggle with deciding what actually needs to be retested in fast release cycles. See how AI can help your manual testing now:…

  42. Top Automation Guild Survey Insights for 2026 with Joe Colantonio

    · 8:52

    Automation Guild turns 10 this year, and the 2026 survey revealed some of the strongest trends and signals the testing community has ever shared. Register now: https://testgld.link/ag26reg In this episode, Joe breaks…

  43. Testing AI Vibe Coding: Stop Vulnerabilities Early with Sarit Tager

    · 32 min

    AI is accelerating software delivery, but it's also introducing new security risks that most developers and automation engineers never see coming. In this episode, we explore how AI-generated code can embed…

  44. 4 Free TestGuild Tools Every Tester Should Be Using with Joe Colantonio

    · 17 min

    In this solo episode, Joe Colantonio shares four powerful free TestGuild tools designed to help testers, automation engineers, and QA leaders work smarter. Discover how to instantly find the right testing tool for your…

  45. AI Testing Made Trustworthy using FizzBee

    · 32 min

    As AI tools like Copilot, Claude, and Cursor start writing more of our code, the biggest challenge isn't generating software — it's trusting it. In this episode, JP (Jayaprabhakar) Kadarkarai, founder of FizzBee, joins…

  46. Test Automation Optimus Prime Halloween Special

    · 42 min

    In this Halloween special, Joe Colantonio and Paul Grossman discuss the evolution of automation testing, focusing on the integration of AI tools, project management strategies, and the importance of custom logging.…

  47. Playwright AI Vibe Testing: True Self-healing Tests with Vasusen Patil

    · 41 min

    Flaky Playwright tests got you down? Discover Vibe Testing, a new AI-driven approach that lets Playwright tests understand design intent, adapt to UI changes, and self-heal intelligently. In this episode, Joe…

  48. Playwright Testing: How to Make UI and API Tests 10x Faster with Naeem Malik

    · 28 min

    Did you know that Playwright offers an elegant, unified framework that seamlessly integrates both UI and API testing within a single language and test runner? Don't miss the early bird Automation Guild discount:…

  49. Cut Weeks of Manual Test Design into Minutes Using GenAI

    · 17 min

    Are your tests falling behind your requirements? Check out our new AI Requirement course here: https://testguild.me/aireqcourse In this special highlight episode, Joe Colantonio shares lessons from a new course created…

  50. Scaling Mobile Testing Pipelines with Anton Malinski

    · 39 min

    Scaling CI/CD for mobile apps is hard. Faster test runs often lead to more tests, more infrastructure, and more complexity. So how do you keep your pipelines healthy and reliable while still shipping at speed? In this…

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