# Latest **URL:** https://club.ministryoftesting.com/latest.md?page=1 [Latest](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Do your Developers help QA to test ? Does it work well?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/do-your-developers-help-qa-to-test-does-it-work-well/87699)
**Author:** [@nsegal](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/nsegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2026 17:20 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/do-your-developers-help-qa-to-test-does-it-work-well/87699 "2026-08-30T17:20:42Z")
I was the only QA in a team and was supporting multiple developers. Since I was mostly overloaded with work, the engineering manager often asked the Devs to help with testing. He refused to hire another QA (contractor or… --- ## [What has changed in the software testing industry in the past 5 years?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-has-changed-in-the-software-testing-industry-in-the-past-5-years/71435)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [28 August 2026 19:42 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-has-changed-in-the-software-testing-industry-in-the-past-5-years/71435 "2026-08-28T19:42:47Z")
:wave: Hey everyone! I’m back as CEO at Ministry of Testing. I’ve been off going deep in the world of community building (via Rosieland) and business building (previously leading Indie Hackers and now continuing writing… --- ## [Best test case management tool for a startup](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/best-test-case-management-tool-for-a-startup/69608)
**Author:** [@thewellis](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/thewellis)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2026 18:08 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/best-test-case-management-tool-for-a-startup/69608 "2026-08-26T18:08:15Z")
So I was wondering firstly if anyone has had experience setting up a tool from scratch, and if so if they have advice on either the right tool to use or tool selection process. I am not a fan of test cases in general, as… --- ## [Test management tool - what's crucial for you to love it?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/test-management-tool-whats-crucial-for-you-to-love-it/64703)
**Author:** [@mike8705](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mike8705)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2026 18:07 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/test-management-tool-whats-crucial-for-you-to-love-it/64703 "2026-08-26T18:07:20Z")
I’m running a very simple research - trying to understand what QA testers and engineers really care about when they use test management tools - what’s really important, what’s not so much, and what will become important … --- ## [Javascript/Typescript VS Python for test automation and more](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/javascript-typescript-vs-python-for-test-automation-and-more/87677)
**Author:** [@nsegal](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/nsegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [25 August 2026 09:58 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/javascript-typescript-vs-python-for-test-automation-and-more/87677 "2026-08-25T09:58:08Z")
I have some experience in programming (mostly OOP) and test automation with languages other than Javascript, Typescript and Python. I am considering picking only one language for now - Javascript/Typescript OR Python. Ca… --- ## [How do we keep up as quality and test professionals when code generation is lightning speed?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-we-keep-up-as-quality-and-test-professionals-when-code-generation-is-lightning-speed/87176)
**Author:** [@melissafisher](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/melissafisher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [25 August 2026 00:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-we-keep-up-as-quality-and-test-professionals-when-code-generation-is-lightning-speed/87176 "2026-08-25T00:01:46Z")
Hi, I was wondering what everyone’s thoughts are on keeping up when code generation is lightning speed with AI? I’ve been asked this question in an interview very recently, so thought it might come up more for others - … --- ## [Built a quick tool that turns messy bug notes into a proper ticket (sharing it free)](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/built-a-quick-tool-that-turns-messy-bug-notes-into-a-proper-ticket-sharing-it-free/87691)
**Author:** [@quinger](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/quinger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2026 09:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/built-a-quick-tool-that-turns-messy-bug-notes-into-a-proper-ticket-sharing-it-free/87691 "2026-08-24T09:44:35Z")
Been doing QA at an agency for a while, and one thing that eats up more time than it should is cleaning up half-written bug notes before they’re actually ticket-ready: vague descriptions, missing repro steps, no build in… --- ## [What if we stopped reporting testing like this?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-if-we-stopped-reporting-testing-like-this/87693)
**Author:** [@rforjoe](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rforjoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2026 08:21 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-if-we-stopped-reporting-testing-like-this/87693 "2026-08-24T08:21:23Z")
I posted recently about applying Business Impact Reporting to testing, but I thought a practical comparison might explain the idea better. A lot of test reporting still looks something like this: Traditional test r… --- ## [Testing strategy for MCP servers, what's your team doing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testing-strategy-for-mcp-servers-whats-your-team-doing/87674)
**Author:** [@rbranco](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rbranco)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 23:32 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testing-strategy-for-mcp-servers-whats-your-team-doing/87674 "2026-08-23T23:32:16Z")
Hello everyone, We recently built an MCP server exposing part of one of our internal systems as tools for LLM agents to use (in our case, mostly querying and reading data, things like searches, lookups, reports). Now we… --- ## [AI assisted testing](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-assisted-testing/87683)
**Author:** [@avenger12](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/avenger12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 09:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-assisted-testing/87683 "2026-08-23T09:44:26Z")
The last couple of weeks I’ve been using Claude AI at work to assist me with testing. The Devs has accelerated the production of the products I test to the point where I have a lot in the backlog. I’m thinking with Cla… --- ## [Your approach to estimating effort of test automation?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/your-approach-to-estimating-effort-of-test-automation/86995)
**Author:** [@maaret](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/maaret)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [20 August 2026 05:13 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/your-approach-to-estimating-effort-of-test-automation/86995 "2026-08-20T05:13:32Z")
To start a new year, I have been sorting an argument where a project manager pitted two testers against each other without their knowledge on estimating efforts to fixing test automation that had not been maintained for … --- ## [How to practice standard or formal testing techniques outside of a job?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-practice-standard-or-formal-testing-techniques-outside-of-a-job/87667)
**Author:** [@nsegal](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/nsegal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [20 August 2026 00:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-practice-standard-or-formal-testing-techniques-outside-of-a-job/87667 "2026-08-20T00:11:58Z")
There are standard testing techniques like equivalence partitioning testing (easy), pairwise testing, state transition testing, control flow testing etc. Techniques like the equivalence one are easy to test and don’t rea… --- ## [Should Quality engineers and QA engineers be primarily focused on testing activities?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/should-quality-engineers-and-qa-engineers-be-primarily-focused-on-testing-activities/87602)
**Author:** [@andrewkelly2555](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/andrewkelly2555)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [19 August 2026 18:42 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/should-quality-engineers-and-qa-engineers-be-primarily-focused-on-testing-activities/87602 "2026-08-19T18:42:40Z")
I am seeing far too many posts at the moment on QE being “more” than testing, not being about finding bugs which testing is and “not just” validating at the end of lifecycle and alongside a random statement like this the… --- ## [Good books or courses to prepare for QA job interviews?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/good-books-or-courses-to-prepare-for-qa-job-interviews/87560)
**Author:** [@nsegal](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/nsegal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2026 17:43 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/good-books-or-courses-to-prepare-for-qa-job-interviews/87560 "2026-08-18T17:43:24Z")
I am looking for good books or courses to prepare for QA job interviews. The jobs involve manual testing, developing automation frameworks and tests. Please recommend some good books or courses to prepare for interviews. … --- ## [Work company pushing for AI native approach](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/work-company-pushing-for-ai-native-approach/87616)
**Author:** [@avenger12](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/avenger12)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2026 08:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/work-company-pushing-for-ai-native-approach/87616 "2026-08-18T08:25:01Z")
The company I currently work for in the last weeks have been pushing all employees to use AI in their day to day tasks. They recently had some staff who were let go because of reduction of team size. I have a work ente… --- ## [Missing git repo link](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/missing-git-repo-link/87664)
**Author:** [@costign](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/costign)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 August 2026 10:58 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/missing-git-repo-link/87664 "2026-08-17T10:58:05Z")
I’m taking the “Component Level Integration Testing with Mocks” lesson in the “Modern Integration Testing” course. The video states: “You can download it from GitHub and it’s got a starting point for you.” However, I … --- ## [I built a free tool that generates Playwright API tests from OpenAPI specs — thoughts?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/i-built-a-free-tool-that-generates-playwright-api-tests-from-openapi-specs-thoughts/87614)
**Author:** [@ruslan\_rr](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ruslan_rr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [15 August 2026 09:46 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/i-built-a-free-tool-that-generates-playwright-api-tests-from-openapi-specs-thoughts/87614 "2026-08-15T09:46:05Z")
Hey MoT community, I’ve been working on a small tool for teams that use TypeScript + Playwright for testing and have an OpenAPI/Swagger spec. Instead of manually writing boilerplate API tests (happy path, auth check, v… --- ## [QA is reviewing our code with AI — and it suggests the fixes, not just a verdict. Normal now?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/qa-is-reviewing-our-code-with-ai-and-it-suggests-the-fixes-not-just-a-verdict-normal-now/87588)
**Author:** [@probe\_runner](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/probe_runner)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [15 August 2026 02:34 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/qa-is-reviewing-our-code-with-ai-and-it-suggests-the-fixes-not-just-a-verdict-normal-now/87588 "2026-08-15T02:34:20Z")
I’m a developer, and I’m trying to calibrate whether something I’m seeing is now standard practice or just particular to my team. Recently our QA started running AI over our pull requests. Not only to decide “safe to me… --- ## [Curious: Is there a better way to capture steps during manual testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/curious-is-there-a-better-way-to-capture-steps-during-manual-testing/86939)
**Author:** [@mjosh](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mjosh)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [14 August 2026 21:27 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/curious-is-there-a-better-way-to-capture-steps-during-manual-testing/86939 "2026-08-14T21:27:50Z")
Hi everyone, I’m trying to understand something about exploratory testing workflows, and I would appreciate some perspective from people with more QA experience than me. Lately, I’ve been noticing how much time gets sp… --- ## [If AI wrote 90% of your test cases, what would you spend your time doing instead?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/if-ai-wrote-90-of-your-test-cases-what-would-you-spend-your-time-doing-instead/87568)
**Author:** [@QA\_Tidy\_Boy](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/QA_Tidy_Boy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [10 August 2026 02:32 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/if-ai-wrote-90-of-your-test-cases-what-would-you-spend-your-time-doing-instead/87568 "2026-08-10T02:32:22Z")
Well firstly, are you comfortable with AI writing your test cases and if so, how would you spend the saved time? What tasks would you do instead? --- ## [If an AI agent was able to test your application, kind of exactly the same as a real user… what kind of bugs do you think it would pull out that your current automation suite, just doesn’t catch?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/if-an-ai-agent-was-able-to-test-your-application-kind-of-exactly-the-same-as-a-real-user-what-kind-of-bugs-do-you-think-it-would-pull-out-that-your-current-automation-suite-just-doesn-t-catch/87633)
**Author:** [@ramanan49](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ramanan49)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [4 August 2026 22:14 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/if-an-ai-agent-was-able-to-test-your-application-kind-of-exactly-the-same-as-a-real-user-what-kind-of-bugs-do-you-think-it-would-pull-out-that-your-current-automation-suite-just-doesn-t-catch/87633 "2026-08-04T22:14:45Z")
As AI powered testing keeps evolving , I kind of wonder what the community thinks about all this. Traditional automation is great for checking the scripted, predefined scenarios , but actual people don’t really walk the… --- ## [New here - QA professional, 16 yr experience in banking/enterprise](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-here-qa-professional-16-yr-experience-in-banking-enterprise/87612)
**Author:** [@malpanipankaj08](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/malpanipankaj08)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [26 July 2026 05:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-here-qa-professional-16-yr-experience-in-banking-enterprise/87612 "2026-07-26T05:44:34Z")
Start a discussion - Hi everyone, I’m Pankaj Malpani. What brings you to the Ministry of Testing community? I’ve spent the last 16 years in Quality Assurance, mostly in enterprise and banking environments — including … --- ## [To become a Quality Engineer, you must first become a software tester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/to-become-a-quality-engineer-you-must-first-become-a-software-tester/82124)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [23 July 2026 12:43 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/to-become-a-quality-engineer-you-must-first-become-a-software-tester/82124 "2026-07-23T12:43:40Z")
How much do you agree with this statement? To become a Quality Engineer, you must first become a software tester poll :star: Bonus points for added community commentary --- ## [What are your favorite hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts while working on test automation?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-hotkeys-and-keyboard-shortcuts-while-working-on-test-automation/83377)
**Author:** [@demivm](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/demivm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2026 09:19 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-hotkeys-and-keyboard-shortcuts-while-working-on-test-automation/83377 "2026-07-22T09:19:43Z")
In my department we are building up the internal testing community and have therefore asked our colleagues what they want to know more about. The most asked topics are about test automation. One such topic we are curren… --- ## [Research question: how do you triage CI automation failures?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/research-question-how-do-you-triage-ci-automation-failures/87608)
**Author:** [@sunilkumarvalmiki](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sunilkumarvalmiki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2026 09:18 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/research-question-how-do-you-triage-ci-automation-failures/87608 "2026-07-22T09:18:59Z")
Hi everyone, I’m doing a small non-sales research exercise about how solo QA/test-automation practitioners handle CI failures in browser/API automation. I’m especially interested in cases where tests pass locally but f… --- ## [AI assisted exploratory testing, how are you doing it?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-assisted-exploratory-testing-how-are-you-doing-it/86985)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2026 09:18 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-assisted-exploratory-testing-how-are-you-doing-it/86985 "2026-07-22T09:18:11Z")
I’m curious how quality people are actually doing AI assisted exploratory testing. Do you have any stories or examples to share? What type of testing are you using it for? What types of risks are you mitigating? … --- ## [How do you build a shared definition of quality across teams that do fundamentally different work?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-you-build-a-shared-definition-of-quality-across-teams-that-do-fundamentally-different-work/87549)
**Author:** [@amichael](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/amichael)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2026 08:50 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-you-build-a-shared-definition-of-quality-across-teams-that-do-fundamentally-different-work/87549 "2026-07-22T08:50:57Z")
I work with 7 teams across 4 disciplines —Development, DevOps, Data Science, Data Engineering. When I started, “quality” meant something different to each of them (when it meant anything at all). A unit test is a differe… --- ## [What’s your current definition of software testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-s-your-current-definition-of-software-testing/76329)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2026 08:53 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-s-your-current-definition-of-software-testing/76329 "2026-07-21T08:53:12Z")
You’re talking to a stranger and they ask you what you do. You tell them that you do software testing. They ask, “What is software testing?” How do you reply to that question? \[FYI: We’re using this to help us create… --- ## [Do you trust your autonomous agents enough to be accountable for their actions and outcomes?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/do-you-trust-your-autonomous-agents-enough-to-be-accountable-for-their-actions-and-outcomes/87577)
**Author:** [@andrewkelly2555](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/andrewkelly2555)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2026 01:13 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/do-you-trust-your-autonomous-agents-enough-to-be-accountable-for-their-actions-and-outcomes/87577 "2026-07-21T01:13:47Z")
I’ve been trying to get my head around the idea that my toaster cannot be held accountable for burning my bread and setting the house on fire. Okay so quite an extreme example but I keep coming back to this when I think… --- ## [Looking for testers: AI-native E2E test generator for microservices (free, early access)](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/looking-for-testers-ai-native-e2e-test-generator-for-microservices-free-early-access/87589)
**Author:** [@TonyXia](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/TonyXia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 July 2026 05:37 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/looking-for-testers-ai-native-e2e-test-generator-for-microservices-free-early-access/87589 "2026-07-18T05:37:53Z")
Hi MoT, We’ve just finished the initial version of CratonAI and we’re looking for people with real microservice test suites to try it and tell us where it breaks. We built it because hand-writing and maintaining cross-s… [Previous page](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/latest.md) [Next page](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/latest.md?page=2)