Dragan Spiridonov
@profesordragan.bsky.social
Quality of Software is my new mission, but friends still call me the Professor...
Building EmotiStream in 48 Hours: An Agentic Development Journey - www.linkedin.com/pulse/buildi...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Building EmotiStream in 48 Hours: An Agentic Development Journey - www.linkedin.com/pulse/buildi...
10 years ago, I walked into Agile Testing Days for the first time.
This year, I stepped onto its stage.
Volunteer. Speaker. Exhibitor. Three hats, one incredible week.
Here's my story from ATD 2025. 👇
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This year, I stepped onto its stage.
Volunteer. Speaker. Exhibitor. Three hats, one incredible week.
Here's my story from ATD 2025. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/back-f...
Back from Agile Testing Days 2025: A Decade of Growth, From Volunteer to Speaker
I'm back from Agile Testing Days (Nov. 24-27, 2025), and still processing what just happened.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
10 years ago, I walked into Agile Testing Days for the first time.
This year, I stepped onto its stage.
Volunteer. Speaker. Exhibitor. Three hats, one incredible week.
Here's my story from ATD 2025. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/back-f...
This year, I stepped onto its stage.
Volunteer. Speaker. Exhibitor. Three hats, one incredible week.
Here's my story from ATD 2025. 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/back-f...
Good morning from Potsdam with a sprinkle of snow. I did some counting, and this is my 10th #AgileTD as a volunteer(since 2016), and the first as a speaker. Achievement unlocked, I will be joining 🦄 on stage. Whoohoo 🌈🎉
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Good morning from Potsdam with a sprinkle of snow. I did some counting, and this is my 10th #AgileTD as a volunteer(since 2016), and the first as a speaker. Achievement unlocked, I will be joining 🦄 on stage. Whoohoo 🌈🎉
Wednesday 26. November 2025, 16 h - Room E1, at @agiletdzone.bsky.social, join my talk, where I will share some of the lessons I learned while building two (three) open-source Agentic testing platforms using Agents.
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Wednesday 26. November 2025, 16 h - Room E1, at @agiletdzone.bsky.social, join my talk, where I will share some of the lessons I learned while building two (three) open-source Agentic testing platforms using Agents.
"Transform to Agentic QE or die!"
Nah. Wrong framing entirely.
Real question: Which parts of your QE work actually benefit from agents vs traditional approaches?
New article: practical guidance from experience, not vendor hype.
Context over dogma. Always.
forge-quality.dev/articles/age...
Nah. Wrong framing entirely.
Real question: Which parts of your QE work actually benefit from agents vs traditional approaches?
New article: practical guidance from experience, not vendor hype.
Context over dogma. Always.
forge-quality.dev/articles/age...
Why the Agentic QE Framework Might Transform Your Quality Engineering (Or Why It Might Not) | The Quality Forge
A pragmatic guide to understanding if autonomous quality engineering fits your context. Real implementation stories, honest failures, and practical frameworks.
forge-quality.dev
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Transform to Agentic QE or die!"
Nah. Wrong framing entirely.
Real question: Which parts of your QE work actually benefit from agents vs traditional approaches?
New article: practical guidance from experience, not vendor hype.
Context over dogma. Always.
forge-quality.dev/articles/age...
Nah. Wrong framing entirely.
Real question: Which parts of your QE work actually benefit from agents vs traditional approaches?
New article: practical guidance from experience, not vendor hype.
Context over dogma. Always.
forge-quality.dev/articles/age...
Hard lesson learned: Knowing best practices ≠ following them.
Especially when you're stretched thin and tell yourself, "The tests are passing, probably fine."
Just wrote about shipping 5 releases with broken features, because I forgot to be a Tester:
forge-quality.dev/articles/lea...
Especially when you're stretched thin and tell yourself, "The tests are passing, probably fine."
Just wrote about shipping 5 releases with broken features, because I forgot to be a Tester:
forge-quality.dev/articles/lea...
The Five-Release Journey Where I Forgot to Be a Tester | The Quality Forge
The five-release journey where I forgot to be a tester. How a quality engineering professional shipped broken features for 17 days while claiming 100% completion.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hard lesson learned: Knowing best practices ≠ following them.
Especially when you're stretched thin and tell yourself, "The tests are passing, probably fine."
Just wrote about shipping 5 releases with broken features, because I forgot to be a Tester:
forge-quality.dev/articles/lea...
Especially when you're stretched thin and tell yourself, "The tests are passing, probably fine."
Just wrote about shipping 5 releases with broken features, because I forgot to be a Tester:
forge-quality.dev/articles/lea...
Used AI agents to build AI agents.
Then, I used my old TypeScript QE agents to verify my new Python QE agents.
Then a human expert caught what both generations missed.
The 5-day journey shared:
forge-quality.dev/articles/orc...
Then, I used my old TypeScript QE agents to verify my new Python QE agents.
Then a human expert caught what both generations missed.
The 5-day journey shared:
forge-quality.dev/articles/orc...
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Used AI agents to build AI agents.
Then, I used my old TypeScript QE agents to verify my new Python QE agents.
Then a human expert caught what both generations missed.
The 5-day journey shared:
forge-quality.dev/articles/orc...
Then, I used my old TypeScript QE agents to verify my new Python QE agents.
Then a human expert caught what both generations missed.
The 5-day journey shared:
forge-quality.dev/articles/orc...
AI agents claimed my Q-learning system was "fully functional."
The database had 0 rows.
The problem: optional constructor parameter = silent failure
The fix: persistence adapter pattern
The lesson: verify agent claims with actual queries
forge-quality.dev/articles/sho...
The database had 0 rows.
The problem: optional constructor parameter = silent failure
The fix: persistence adapter pattern
The lesson: verify agent claims with actual queries
forge-quality.dev/articles/sho...
Show Me the Data: How One Question Exposed Release 1.4.2's Hidden Flaws | The Quality Forge
How one simple question exposed hidden flaws in our Agentic QE Fleet. A story about stub tests, false learning claims, and the relentless pursuit of truth in AI-powered quality engineering.
forge-quality.dev
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
AI agents claimed my Q-learning system was "fully functional."
The database had 0 rows.
The problem: optional constructor parameter = silent failure
The fix: persistence adapter pattern
The lesson: verify agent claims with actual queries
forge-quality.dev/articles/sho...
The database had 0 rows.
The problem: optional constructor parameter = silent failure
The fix: persistence adapter pattern
The lesson: verify agent claims with actual queries
forge-quality.dev/articles/sho...
After a year of building AI-assisted and agentic testing platforms, I'm sharing where AI testing tools fail and what actually works.
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AI Testing: Hype vs Reality (2025 Edition) | The Quality Forge
Cutting through vendor promises with real data on AI test generation effectiveness, maintenance overhead, and when traditional approaches still win.
forge-quality.dev
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
After a year of building AI-assisted and agentic testing platforms, I'm sharing where AI testing tools fail and what actually works.
forge-quality.dev/articles/ai-...
forge-quality.dev/articles/ai-...
Achievement unlocked!!! I will be joining 🦄 on stage 😍
Happy to share that I will be giving a talk at Agile Testing Days, Nov. 24 - 27, 2025, sharing my experience and learnings from building two open-source testing platforms with Agents.
Hope to see you there?
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Happy to share that I will be giving a talk at Agile Testing Days, Nov. 24 - 27, 2025, sharing my experience and learnings from building two open-source testing platforms with Agents.
Hope to see you there?
agiletestingdays.com/2025/session...
Agile Testing Days
Agile Testing Days - November 23 - 26, 2024 in Potsdam, Germany - Europe's GreaTest Agile Testing Conference for Software Testers, Developers & Managers
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October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Achievement unlocked!!! I will be joining 🦄 on stage 😍
Happy to share that I will be giving a talk at Agile Testing Days, Nov. 24 - 27, 2025, sharing my experience and learnings from building two open-source testing platforms with Agents.
Hope to see you there?
agiletestingdays.com/2025/session...
Happy to share that I will be giving a talk at Agile Testing Days, Nov. 24 - 27, 2025, sharing my experience and learnings from building two open-source testing platforms with Agents.
Hope to see you there?
agiletestingdays.com/2025/session...
Agents tried to commit code without my review. Said features were complete when they weren't. Reported using AgentDB when it was just a wrapper.
I still managed to ship in 3 days, which would typically take 6-8 weeks.
The real Agentic QE Engineering story -
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I still managed to ship in 3 days, which would typically take 6-8 weeks.
The real Agentic QE Engineering story -
www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadin...
Leading AI Agent Swarms: The Agentic QE 1.2.0 Journey
Three days. Strategic orchestration.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Agents tried to commit code without my review. Said features were complete when they weren't. Reported using AgentDB when it was just a wrapper.
I still managed to ship in 3 days, which would typically take 6-8 weeks.
The real Agentic QE Engineering story -
www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadin...
I still managed to ship in 3 days, which would typically take 6-8 weeks.
The real Agentic QE Engineering story -
www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadin...
My latest article on turning your expertise into AI-Powered Expertise using Claude Skills
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Building 17 Quality Engineering Skills: How I Turned 29 Years of Experience Into AI-Powered Expertise
What happens when you distill three decades of quality engineering practice into specialized AI skills? Yesterday, I completed an experiment that will transform how I work with AI. In just a few hours...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
My latest article on turning your expertise into AI-Powered Expertise using Claude Skills
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How I Used Claude Flow Agents to Upgrade My Agentic QE Fleet (In Under 12 Hours)
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How I Used Claude Flow Agents to Upgrade My Agentic QE Fleet (In Under 12 Hours)
1. Setting the Stage — From Autonomy to Orchestration My goal was to see how far I could push Claude Flow’s agent orchestration to improve my Agentic QE Fleet in one continuous 12-hour session.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How I Used Claude Flow Agents to Upgrade My Agentic QE Fleet (In Under 12 Hours)
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I started writing, but forgot to share here, so here it goes, my latest article: forge-quality.dev/articles/hol...
Holistic Testing in the Agentic Age | The Quality Forge
How the Holistic Testing Model evolves when testing happens across boundaries, in production, and through autonomous agents. From shift-left to orchestrated quality.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I started writing, but forgot to share here, so here it goes, my latest article: forge-quality.dev/articles/hol...
Back from Agile Testing Days 2024: A Reflection on Learning, Growth, and Community
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November 25, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Back from Agile Testing Days 2024: A Reflection on Learning, Growth, and Community
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What a week, a lot of learning and fun with friends, but it is time to go back home, thank you all the wonderful people at #AgileTD and hope to see you next year 🤗
November 23, 2024 at 8:02 AM
What a week, a lot of learning and fun with friends, but it is time to go back home, thank you all the wonderful people at #AgileTD and hope to see you next year 🤗
Reposted by Dragan Spiridonov
Why do many developers avoid testing? How can we change that?
@janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I got so many insights from Trisha Gee in our @agiletfellow.bsky.social
video chat! Check out all the goodness Trisha packed into 15 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYD5...
@janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I got so many insights from Trisha Gee in our @agiletfellow.bsky.social
video chat! Check out all the goodness Trisha packed into 15 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYD5...
When developers say writing tests slows them down | Episode #24
In our first 2024 episode, we are excited to talk with Trisha Gee, a highly experienced software engineer, Java Champion, author, and speaker. She shares eye...
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January 23, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Why do many developers avoid testing? How can we change that?
@janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I got so many insights from Trisha Gee in our @agiletfellow.bsky.social
video chat! Check out all the goodness Trisha packed into 15 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYD5...
@janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I got so many insights from Trisha Gee in our @agiletfellow.bsky.social
video chat! Check out all the goodness Trisha packed into 15 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYD5...
Ensemble Testing worksop by @lisihocke.bsky.social @joeposaurus.bsky.social @ezagroba at #AgileTD is staring, let's learn together
November 16, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Ensemble Testing worksop by @lisihocke.bsky.social @joeposaurus.bsky.social @ezagroba at #AgileTD is staring, let's learn together
@maaikees.bsky.social is starting her first keynote at #AgileTD with a story about RPG testing, love the gaming relation 🙌
November 13, 2023 at 4:26 PM
@maaikees.bsky.social is starting her first keynote at #AgileTD with a story about RPG testing, love the gaming relation 🙌
