# Top **URL:** https://club.ministryoftesting.com/top.md [Latest](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/tags.md) --- ## [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:** 24\ **Last updated:** [10 November 2026 06:18 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/curious-is-there-a-better-way-to-capture-steps-during-manual-testing/86939 "2026-11-10T06:18:03Z")
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… --- ## [Agentic AI, misgivings and not being seen as a blocker to progress/speed](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/agentic-ai-misgivings-and-not-being-seen-as-a-blocker-to-progress-speed/87225)
**Author:** [@wildtests](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/wildtests)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [9 July 2026 09:32 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/agentic-ai-misgivings-and-not-being-seen-as-a-blocker-to-progress-speed/87225 "2026-07-09T09:32:29Z")
My company is adopting Agentic AI wholesale, via Claude Code. I’m being asked to lead the charge on the quality/testing side. However, I have strong misgivings about the role of gen AI within software quality! From th… --- ## [Things you watched/read and their TL;DRs](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/things-you-watched-read-and-their-tl-drs/87036)
**Author:** [@maaret](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/maaret)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [13 February 2026 12:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/things-you-watched-read-and-their-tl-drs/87036 "2026-02-13T12:31:57Z")
I watch a lot of talks on video and read a lot of articles. I want a place to say that I liked a thing, and what I picked up from it. And I wish I wasn’t the only one up to doing such things. Let me start with a great 1… --- ## [Feedback on accessibility visual please](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/feedback-on-accessibility-visual-please/87017)
**Author:** [@AdyStokes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/AdyStokes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [14 January 2026 15:55 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/feedback-on-accessibility-visual-please/87017 "2026-01-14T15:55:24Z")
Hi folks, I’ve been asked a lot over the years about where to get started with digital accessibility. My standard answer is keyboard. Good keyboard navigation is the foundation (IMHO) to accessibility, as so many things … --- ## [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 are you actually using AI in testing right now?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-are-you-actually-using-ai-in-testing-right-now/87261)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Calder](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/Matt_Calder)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2026 21:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-are-you-actually-using-ai-in-testing-right-now/87261 "2026-07-13T21:09:36Z")
On our side, it started small. Generating draft test cases from requirements. Summarising long bug reports. Suggesting edge cases we might not think of immediately. Nothing magical, but it shaved time off the repetitive … --- ## [The future of testing in an AI world?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-future-of-testing-in-an-ai-world/87153)
**Author:** [@objectivetester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/objectivetester)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [7 March 2026 13:57 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-future-of-testing-in-an-ai-world/87153 "2026-03-07T13:57:33Z")
I’ve been thinking about the future of software testing in the world of AI - specifically how the role of a tester may change as AI tools are used to build and test software. For organisations that write their own softw… --- ## [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 are some new habits you have picked in 2026](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-some-new-habits-you-have-picked-in-2026/87008)
**Author:** [@ujjwal.singh](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ujjwal.singh)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [5 March 2026 18:15 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-some-new-habits-you-have-picked-in-2026/87008 "2026-03-05T18:15:12Z")
So as 2026 has started, what are the new habits that folks have picked here? I will start with my own. I have started with journaling every night with minimum but important content to ensure it is easy to follow on daily… --- ## [Testing Principles mnemonic](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testing-principles-mnemonic/87034)
**Author:** [@sjwatsonuk](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sjwatsonuk)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [12 February 2026 08:45 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/testing-principles-mnemonic/87034 "2026-02-12T08:45:39Z")
Hey all I’m looking for your thoughts/feedback on something thats been running around in my mind around Testing Principles and a mnemonic we could use to explain to people what testing involves. I played around with va… --- ## [Is agentic AI testing real?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/is-agentic-ai-testing-real/87724)
**Author:** [@chipichipi](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/chipichipi)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2026 16:27 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/is-agentic-ai-testing-real/87724 "2026-10-06T16:27:00Z")
Hi, The company is pushing quite strongly for a major shift from manual testing toward semi-automated testing. The main process they want to implement is the following: A Manual QA creates TMS test cases in a format sp… --- ## [Programmer or Automation-Tester? Which is easier?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/programmer-or-automation-tester-which-is-easier/87038)
**Author:** [@conrad.braam](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/conrad.braam)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2026 01:58 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/programmer-or-automation-tester-which-is-easier/87038 "2026-10-17T01:58:34Z")
I’m keen to loop in older threads on this whole topic, but today I want to ask the question a little differently. I want to hear from people who have moved between these roles, but also from people who have never been pr… --- ## [Have you built any GPT Agents for testing? If so, could you share in comments or recommend any?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/have-you-built-any-gpt-agents-for-testing-if-so-could-you-share-in-comments-or-recommend-any/87078)
**Author:** [@Dasha](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/Dasha)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [13 February 2026 09:23 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/have-you-built-any-gpt-agents-for-testing-if-so-could-you-share-in-comments-or-recommend-any/87078 "2026-02-13T09:23:46Z")
After publishing my recent article on using AI as a partner in Quality Engineering, I realised many teams are moving beyond “one-off prompts” and starting to build more structured GPT agents for testing tasks. I’m curio… --- ## [What Should We Measure in Exploratory Testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-should-we-measure-in-exploratory-testing/87123)
**Author:** [@havunen](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/havunen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [24 February 2026 07:33 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-should-we-measure-in-exploratory-testing/87123 "2026-02-24T07:33:43Z")
What Should We Measure in Exploratory Testing? at AutoExplore, we’re building a benchmark to evaluate and improve agentic exploratory testing capabilities. Our goal is: Create a fair, transparent way to measure how well… --- ## [When did "we need 100% coverage" become the default answer to every quality concern?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/when-did-we-need-100-coverage-become-the-default-answer-to-every-quality-concern/87202)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Calder](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/Matt_Calder)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [9 April 2026 12:43 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/when-did-we-need-100-coverage-become-the-default-answer-to-every-quality-concern/87202 "2026-04-09T12:43:17Z")
At some point in almost every team I’ve worked with, test coverage becomes a number people chase rather than a problem it was meant to solve. A release goes badly, someone in leadership asks about coverage, and suddenly … --- ## [AI developing but How I validate this as a QA?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-developing-but-how-i-validate-this-as-a-qa/87215)
**Author:** [@soconnor2017](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/soconnor2017)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [7 April 2026 14:38 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-developing-but-how-i-validate-this-as-a-qa/87215 "2026-04-07T14:38:10Z")
We start to develop together with “claude” AI, we have some guidelines for using AI but how can I check as QA apart that the function is working that AI & developer did a good quality job. Please share your experience … --- ## ["I haven't used a test management tool in 10 years"](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/i-havent-used-a-test-management-tool-in-10-years/87151)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [9 July 2026 01:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/i-havent-used-a-test-management-tool-in-10-years/87151 "2026-07-09T01:00:08Z")
I saw @nat say the above and feel like this needs to be discussed more. What does your quality and testing work look without test management tools? How do you find confidence in coverage? What do you do to ‘make up f… --- ## [Has Anyone Replaced Manual Testing with Agentic AI for New Feature Testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/has-anyone-replaced-manual-testing-with-agentic-ai-for-new-feature-testing/87289)
**Author:** [@hiba](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/hiba)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [13 May 2026 06:07 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/has-anyone-replaced-manual-testing-with-agentic-ai-for-new-feature-testing/87289 "2026-05-13T06:07:25Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve been exploring agentic AI solutions in QA and I’m curious about real-world experiences. Has anyone here significantly replaced manual testing (especially for new feature testing, not regression) with … --- ## [What are the most effective job search websites you had in the past?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-the-most-effective-job-search-websites-you-had-in-the-past/86919)
**Author:** [@akiira](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/akiira)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [2 December 2025 19:21 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-the-most-effective-job-search-websites-you-had-in-the-past/86919 "2025-12-02T19:21:32Z")
I’ve been searching for a job for the past three months and have had a low success rate in securing interviews. I’ve been using the following job sites: LinkedIn TotalJobs Indeed JobServe What Jobsites do you use? --- ## [Blame culture at work](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/blame-culture-at-work/87082)
**Author:** [@avenger12](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/avenger12)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [9 July 2026 07:02 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/blame-culture-at-work/87082 "2026-07-09T07:02:36Z")
How do you deal with blame culture at work? A bug is found in live production that costs the company loads of money. The first thing they do is blame QA and mention what processes are in place. But in a way QA did doc… --- ## [Looking for a career change](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/looking-for-a-career-change/86960)
**Author:** [@JeffScript](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/JeffScript)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [26 January 2026 23:52 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/looking-for-a-career-change/86960 "2026-01-26T23:52:57Z")
Hello everybody!! Happy to find you all. I’ve been thinking of a having a U-turn in my career for a while now.. Software testing was something I thought of but comments like “testers are not real engineers”, “salary i… --- ## [AI Is Boosting My Exploratory Testing, But How Do I Justify The Cost](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-is-boosting-my-exploratory-testing-but-how-do-i-justify-the-cost/87753)
**Author:** [@checkout\_champion](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/checkout_champion)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [29 October 2026 11:59 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ai-is-boosting-my-exploratory-testing-but-how-do-i-justify-the-cost/87753 "2026-10-29T11:59:47Z")
My company has been very supportive of us experimenting with AI and bringing it into our day‑to‑day testing workflow. But as AI usage (and pricing) keeps rising, we’re now being asked to justify our token consumption, … --- ## [What’s the biggest automation mistake you’ve seen teams repeat again and again?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-s-the-biggest-automation-mistake-you-ve-seen-teams-repeat-again-and-again/87002)
**Author:** [@ramanan49](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ramanan49)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [25 February 2026 14:26 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-s-the-biggest-automation-mistake-you-ve-seen-teams-repeat-again-and-again/87002 "2026-02-25T14:26:23Z")
Automation is primarily focused on speed and certainty. However, in reality, many teams suffer from unreliable tests, false alarms, and high maintenance expenses due to technology usage. We could either be automating th… --- ## [CI/CD and Manual Testers](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ci-cd-and-manual-testers/86958)
**Author:** [@sharmon](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sharmon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [16 December 2025 12:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ci-cd-and-manual-testers/86958 "2025-12-16T12:09:51Z")
Hey Everyone! I’ve looked at some previous CI/CD posts and it’s been awhile. So I figured I’d bring this back up. I’ve been looking into how to help evolve our testing practices from a QA stand-point. We got our automat… --- ## [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:** 16\ **Last updated:** [27 October 2026 21:11 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 "2026-10-27T21:11:12Z")
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… --- ## [How Are You Measuring AI Impact in Testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-are-you-measuring-ai-impact-in-testing/87482)
**Author:** [@checkout\_champion](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/checkout_champion)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [12 June 2026 08:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-are-you-measuring-ai-impact-in-testing/87482 "2026-06-12T08:31:48Z")
My company is starting to look at how we measure and record AI usage for development and testing work, they want us to record something tangible that they can report on each month. Is anyone measuring time saved/quality … --- ## [Are we running too many regressions than required?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/are-we-running-too-many-regressions-than-required/87169)
**Author:** [@KavithaR](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/KavithaR)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [26 May 2026 14:57 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/are-we-running-too-many-regressions-than-required/87169 "2026-05-26T14:57:02Z")
Most teams keep adding tests to their regression suite, which results in thousands of test cases over time. We rarely remove tests. Eventually, regression cycles take hours to run and require constant maintenance. This … --- ## [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? --- ## [Do Support Docs Belong in the QA Toolkit?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/do-support-docs-belong-in-the-qa-toolkit/87167)
**Author:** [@jesseberkeley](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jesseberkeley)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [10 March 2026 08:48 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/do-support-docs-belong-in-the-qa-toolkit/87167 "2026-03-10T08:48:55Z")
Hey you wonderful MoTers :waving\_hand: As QAs / SDETs in agile teams, do you create or influence support documentation (internal or customer‑facing) as part of your quality‑infusing role? I’m curious how others approac… --- ## [Green tests missed a silent API response change. Who should catch that?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/green-tests-missed-a-silent-api-response-change-who-should-catch-that/87404)
**Author:** [@probe\_runner](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/probe_runner)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [18 May 2026 23:29 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/green-tests-missed-a-silent-api-response-change-who-should-catch-that/87404 "2026-05-18T23:29:11Z")
I’m a backend engineer by background, not from QA, and I’m trying to calibrate whether a problem I care about is also a real testing concern. I recently tried a small UI-driven API regression experiment: run the same UI… --- ## [Maintaining large automated API test suites long-term?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/maintaining-large-automated-api-test-suites-long-term/87201)
**Author:** [@hyrfilm](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/hyrfilm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [13 June 2026 06:04 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/maintaining-large-automated-api-test-suites-long-term/87201 "2026-06-13T06:04:01Z")
Hi everyone! :slight\_smile: While researching automated API testing workflows I recently came across an older discussion here about maintaining large Postman collections, and it really resonated with me: https://club.m… --- ## [Sole QA and workload](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/sole-qa-and-workload/87451)
**Author:** [@avenger12](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/avenger12)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [28 May 2026 12:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/sole-qa-and-workload/87451 "2026-05-28T12:44:51Z")
I’ve been with the company seven months now, and I’m starting to wonder if I’m becoming the bottleneck on my team. I’m the sole QA across several areas — slot games, mini-crypto games, and progressive market games. In t… --- ## [When you capture screenshots during testing, how do you keep track of what each one belongs to?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/when-you-capture-screenshots-during-testing-how-do-you-keep-track-of-what-each-one-belongs-to/87731)
**Author:** [@rworks24](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rworks24)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [16 October 2026 21:57 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/when-you-capture-screenshots-during-testing-how-do-you-keep-track-of-what-each-one-belongs-to/87731 "2026-10-16T21:57:45Z")
I’m building a small local first Windows tool for working with image files, and I’m trying to understand this part of testing workflows better. If you’re testing several bugs, features, or cases in one session, do you r… --- ## [Semantic differences?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/semantic-differences/87014)
**Author:** [@dancaseley](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/dancaseley)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [14 January 2026 12:09 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/semantic-differences/87014 "2026-01-14T12:09:43Z")
Our daily got derailed today by a conversation between whether there’s a difference between ‘trust’ and ‘confidence’. (In the context of automation) You trust the tests. You’ve got confidence in the tests. (In the cont… --- ## [From story to test cases — where does yours live, and how manual is it?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/from-story-to-test-cases-where-does-yours-live-and-how-manual-is-it/87618)
**Author:** [@07778](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/07778)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [30 October 2026 17:55 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/from-story-to-test-cases-where-does-yours-live-and-how-manual-is-it/87618 "2026-10-30T17:55:00Z")
Lead QA here, mobile and web automation (Appium, Espresso, Selenium). Curious how other teams handle the gap between a story being picked up and test cases actually existing. Ours is manual: when a ticket comes into pla… --- ## [What if a QA never gets to block a release?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-if-a-qa-never-gets-to-block-a-release/87748)
**Author:** [@nsegal](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/nsegal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [20 September 2026 11:34 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-if-a-qa-never-gets-to-block-a-release/87748 "2026-09-20T11:34:13Z")
I heard that in some companies QA not only gets to approve a release, but can also block it if needed or is at least asked for their inputs. It looks like usually only Product managers and Business people get to block a … --- ## [What do you check first when testing a mobile app's accessibility?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-do-you-check-first-when-testing-a-mobile-apps-accessibility/87871)
**Author:** [@swipewalkdev](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/swipewalkdev)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [25 October 2026 13:06 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-do-you-check-first-when-testing-a-mobile-apps-accessibility/87871 "2026-10-25T13:06:42Z")
I’ve been testing Android and iOS apps for accessibility and keep finding the same kinds of problems: buttons with no accessible name, screen readers reading internal IDs aloud, text that doesn’t grow with the system set… --- ## [Increasing visibility and closing gaps with the Quality Radar (workshop)?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/increasing-visibility-and-closing-gaps-with-the-quality-radar-workshop/87056)
**Author:** [@cassandrahl](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/cassandrahl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [30 January 2026 07:22 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/increasing-visibility-and-closing-gaps-with-the-quality-radar-workshop/87056 "2026-01-30T07:22:53Z")
Hey all, I’m looking at @nicola ‘s Quality Radar, and wanted to get some input on how you’ve used it in your projects / organisations. Did you run a workshop, or “fill it out” yourself / informally; how did that go? Wh… --- ## [The Future of Playwright](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-future-of-playwright/86980)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2026 20:52 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-future-of-playwright/86980 "2026-03-18T20:52:11Z")
How are people interpreting recent changes in the Playwright team in relation to the future of Playwright? The discussion has mostly around Debbie, but what else is there that we should know? And also, does this give… --- ## [What are some QA and testing trends that you are seeing IRL in 2026?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-some-qa-and-testing-trends-that-you-are-seeing-irl-in-2026/87130)
**Author:** [@emmawilson01](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/emmawilson01)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 February 2026 08:54 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-some-qa-and-testing-trends-that-you-are-seeing-irl-in-2026/87130 "2026-02-18T08:54:50Z")
I was recently reading a blog on software testing and quality assurance trends and they listed a whole bunch of things like: • Scriptless test automation • Blending automated and manual testing to strike the right bala… --- ## [QA testing solutions](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/qa-testing-solutions/87154)
**Author:** [@athang](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/athang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [25 February 2026 21:37 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/qa-testing-solutions/87154 "2026-02-25T21:37:33Z")
Hi all, I’m currently searching for an ideal QA testing solutions for my organization. I’ve gone through a lot of websites and resources, but instead of clarity, I feel even more overwhelmed. A friend recommended I ask… --- ## [Advice for a large project](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/advice-for-a-large-project/86920)
**Author:** [@tybar](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/tybar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [2 December 2025 19:23 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/advice-for-a-large-project/86920 "2025-12-02T19:23:30Z")
Hey all, I’m at a spot in my current project where I could use some feedback from others who have been in similar situations. I’m working in a non-regulated environment, but with some very technical domain knowledge (l… --- ## [Outages in the wild, Cloudflare, Amazon and beyond](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/outages-in-the-wild-cloudflare-amazon-and-beyond/86911)
**Author:** [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [21 November 2025 21:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/outages-in-the-wild-cloudflare-amazon-and-beyond/86911 "2025-11-21T21:11:18Z")
With Cloudflare having an outage yesterday, they published a post-mortem. 2025 feels like it’s been a year of outages. What have you learned about them? Have you read any useful articles or blog posts on the topic? I… --- ## [Postman free team plans are going away — what Postman alternative are QA teams using?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/postman-free-team-plans-are-going-away-what-postman-alternative-are-qa-teams-using/87088)
**Author:** [@zackmiles](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/zackmiles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [2 March 2026 17:52 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/postman-free-team-plans-are-going-away-what-postman-alternative-are-qa-teams-using/87088 "2026-03-02T17:52:40Z")
Postman has announced that free team collaboration is going away, with the free plan now limited to a single user. For QA teams, shared collections, environments, and test cases are often essential, so this change force… --- ## [New Music League round started!](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-music-league-round-started/87092)
**Author:** [@jmosley5](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jmosley5)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [11 February 2026 22:04 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-music-league-round-started/87092 "2026-02-11T22:04:22Z")
Back by popular demand, Music League for Testers!! Submit your songs, vote for your favorites and share the joy of music! We all need good music to test with. This post is inspired by @christinepinto’s post asking, “Wha… --- ## [API testing in playwright](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/api-testing-in-playwright/87174)
**Author:** [@lharney](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/lharney)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [14 March 2026 09:17 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/api-testing-in-playwright/87174 "2026-03-14T09:17:15Z")
Hi all! I know this has been discussed in the past but I am looking for up to date opinions. We currently use postman for our api tests but are being encouraged to look for an alternative for automation, preferably open… --- ## [Using AI Prompting as a shift left tool coaching tool](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/using-ai-prompting-as-a-shift-left-tool-coaching-tool/86925)
**Author:** [@ghawkes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ghawkes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [3 December 2025 15:26 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/using-ai-prompting-as-a-shift-left-tool-coaching-tool/86925 "2025-12-03T15:26:31Z")
I saw recently a post from @cakehurstryan on linked in about an impressive prompt template to aid in reviewing stories. Ironically I had created a similar prompt template to do the same so that we could quickly review st… --- ## [What are "good automation habits"?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-good-automation-habits/87095)
**Author:** [@aiden\_mystic](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/aiden_mystic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [24 February 2026 21:45 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-good-automation-habits/87095 "2026-02-24T21:45:15Z")
Good automation habits are the practices you follow. I’ve learned that sustainable automation comes from treating tests like production code and understanding their purpose. I automate only stable, high-value scenarios … --- ## [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? … --- ## [Sole Senior QA (4 months in) – how should I think about career growth?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/sole-senior-qa-4-months-in-how-should-i-think-about-career-growth/87113)
**Author:** [@avenger12](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/avenger12)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [16 February 2026 16:32 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/sole-senior-qa-4-months-in-how-should-i-think-about-career-growth/87113 "2026-02-16T16:32:26Z")
I’ve been a Senior QA in a small company for 4 months and I’m the only QA in the team. I handle test processes, manual testing, release support, and some automation using ai tools as an aid(mostly manual overall). What… [Next page](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/top.md?page=1&per_page=50)