In this episode, I turn 50 :( Am I told old for automation? I was hoping you could leave me a "feedback gift" so I know how to try to make things even better for YOU in the next 50 years. Leave your feedback now at

Turning 50 (Too Old for Automation?)

Our guest for today is  Mark Tomlinson! He’s a Performance Engineer and Consultor with more than 20 years of experience in the field. 

He’s the creator of the term Performacology which he’ll be explaining all about in today’s episode.

Quality Sense Podcast S5E6 | Performance Testing and Sustainability with Mark Tomlinson

Michael Hamilton And Ray Grieselhuber discuss why a software executive's knowledge on software testing matters.

Michael Hamilton on IT and Business Working Together

In this episode, we’ll be Test Talking with Zabil Maliackal, Gauge Product Manager at ThoughtWorks, about acceptance testing. If you're looking for an open-source automation framework that requires less code and less maintenance, and want to focus more of your efforts on the acceptance piece of testing, you don’t want to miss this episode.

226: Acceptance Testing Using Gauge with Zabil Maliackal

In this episode discover how to fuel up your performance testing efforts as we test talk with Andy Hawkes. Andy is the creator of a new performance test tools called Loadster. So listen up and discover how using Loadster can help you lower the barrier or entry for newbie performance test engineers and help find performance risk in your application before your customer does.

227: Fuel Your Performance Testing Using Loadster with Andy Hawkes

What is Continuous Testing? What does it mean to you and your team’s testing efforts? That's what we’ll be test talking about today in this episode with Ingo Philipp, a Distinguished Evangelist at Tricentis. Prepare to discover what the fundamentals of testing are, and why it’s all about information and not automation.

228: Information Not Automation with Ingo Philipp

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to find the Rosetta stone—the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics? In this episode, we’ll be Test Talking with Seretta Gamba about her new book, A Journey through Test Automation Patterns: One team’s adventures with the Test Automation Patterns Wiki that she co-authored with Dorothy Graham. This book is like a testing Rosetta stone for anyone who is embarking on or is already developing automation testing scripts. Get clarity and actionable advice on test automation patterns to improve any automation testing situation you might find yourself in. &nbsp;

229: A Journey through Test Automation Patterns with Seretta Gamba

Today we’ll be Test Talking with Casey Cantwell a Senior QA Architect about WebDriver.io Automation. This episode came about after I received an email from Casey who asked “In reading your blog post on “frameworks you need to know article” I was surprised to see a framework based on Node.js didn’t get any love in your article. We chose Webdriver.IO as our product is all Node.js / JavaScript and are loving it.” So I asked Casey if he would be open to being interviewed about his experiences with creating Node.js based automation frameworks. So that what will be test talking all about today.

231: Nodejs Automation Frameworks with Casey Cantwell

In this DevOps Chat we speak with Keshav Vasudevan, product manager for performance testing at SmartBear. Keshav talks about the move to "end to end DevOps", the importance of shifting left with testing and the latest state of the art in Performance and load testing with SmartBear.

DevOps Chats

Performance Load Testing w/ SmartBear's Keshav Vasudevan

For this episode, I interviewed my friend, Sofia Palamarchuk, CEO and co-founder of Apptim, a tool that helps you to test and analyze mobile app performance(www.apptim.com). She is also a Director and Board member of my company, Abstracta (www.abstracta.us). 

Highlights of this interview:

- Sofi told us about her journey from tester to CEO, Board Member and co-founder
- We discussed what affects the performance of a mobile app (server side, network and client side)
- Challenges in native mobile apps in Android and iOS to monitor and gather information to optimize the performance
- Typical types of issues in native apps(like memory leaks, rendering time, excessive CPU and battery usage)
- Observability for mobile apps
- And at the end, she suggested a very interesting book not related to testing at all!!

Hope you enjoy the talk! If you want to read a transcript, we will publish it soon here www.abstracta.us/blog
You can try Apptim for free here: www.apptim.com

S1E10 - Sofia Palamarchuk - Mobile performance testing

TestTalks is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe Colantonio, which geeks out on all things software test automation. TestTalks 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.

During the interviews, the spotlighted engineer will tell us about his or her testing experience, sharing their successes and failures as well as which testing techniques are working for them right now. We’ll all learn more about testing through these talks — hence the name TestTalks.

If you have an automation success story you’d like to share on an upcoming episode, let’s talk! Send your suggestions to:feedback@testtalks.com

"DevOps Chats" by Techstrong Group, the force behind industry-leading platforms like DevOps.com, Cloud Native Now, Security Boulevard, Techstrong.ai, DigitalCxO, and Techstrong.TV, is your premier destination for all things DevOps. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel and Mitchell Ashley, this podcast series delves deep into the world of DevOps, bringing you the latest trends, innovative strategies, and insightful discussions that matter.

Each episode of "DevOps Chat" is a journey through the evolving landscape of DevOps, featuring interviews with thought leaders, practitioners, and change-makers who are shaping the future of technology. Whether you're a developer, operations professional, IT leader, or tech enthusiast, Alan and Mitchell ensure you stay informed, engaged, and ahead of the curve.

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Making sense of software quality... that’s what testers aim to do and that’s what this podcast is all about. Join Abstracta COO, Federico Toledo, PhD as he dares to interview some of his role models and industry leaders who are awesome at what they do to get advice that can help us be better testers and enable our teams to create higher quality software. 

Expect insights on today’s most pressing topics and good practices from the creators and collaborators of your favorite software testing tools, methodologies, conferences, etc. An Uruguayan in Silicon Valley, you’ll also hear Federico share his views from over 15 years of training testers and working with clients like CA Technologies and Shutterfly.

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