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TestGuild Automation Podcast

Joe Colantonio
Test Automation
Automation
Software Testing
Automation Testing
Quality Assurance
Playwright
Robot Framework
AI In Testing
Artificial Intelligence
Selenium
Generative AI
Devops
AI In Software Testing
API Testing
Performance Testing
Accessibility Testing
Cybersecurity
Security Testing
Machine Learning
Microservices

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 en... more

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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.

Matt spent time at Mechanical Or... more

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 Playwright browser tests, complete with s... more

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 tokens, the security headers, the i... more

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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 right past review and land in front ... more

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Recent Guests

Evan Marshall
Former applied cryptography expert turned QA/testing innovator
Ito (creator of Ito tool)
Episode: Your AI Code Review Is Lying to You (Here's the Fix) with Evan Marshall
Ivan Barajas Vargas
Co-founder of Amikoo
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Episode: AI QA Agents Explained: How Amikoo Helps Testers with Ivan Barajas Vargas
Vilhelm von Ehrenheim
Co-founder and Chief AI Officer at QA.tech
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Episode: AI Agents in QA: How to Keep Up with AI-Driven Dev Velocity with Vilhelm von Ehrenheim
Leland Takamine
CEO and co-founder of Maestro
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Episode: Maestro MCP, AI Mobile Testing That Fixes Its Own Tests with Leland Takamine
Arthur Hickens
Author and AI/testing expert known as Code Comungeon
Parasoft
Episode: AI Testing Costs, How to Prevent Runaway Token Bills with Arthur Hicken
Alex Rodionov
Engineer at Airbnb and tech lead on the Selenium project
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Episode: Stop Rewriting Tests: How to Add AI to Selenium and Playwright Without Starting Over with Alex Rodionov
Frank Moyer
Co-founder/Engineer at CobyTon
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Episode: Claude AI Mobile Testing, Run Real Device Tests with AI with Frank Moyer and Chris Faulhaber
Chris Faulhaber
Engineer at CobyTon
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Episode: Claude AI Mobile Testing, Run Real Device Tests with AI with Frank Moyer and Chris Faulhaber
Eric Minick
DevOps veteran and co-author of AI Native Software Delivery (O'Reilly)
Harness (via study on AI in software delivery)
Episode: AI Testing Is Breaking Your Pipeline. Fix Quality Before It's Too Late with Eric Minick

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Joe Colantonio
Host of TestGuild Automation Podcast

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 204 ratings
  • This is not an audio podcast

    You have to watch it somewhere, on youtube maybe? For a larger part of episode I was listening host and guest was doing something with some app saying things like "and then you click here" or "the errors you see is what I am talking about" without actually explaining what is "here" or how those errors looks like or anything. Even if I was unlucky and this is not common a fair warning about this specific episode requiring watching is a respectful and polite thing to do. Not to mention that what I... more

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    Dima
    United States9 months ago
  • You have to watch it somewhere, on youtube maybe? For a larger part of episode I was listening host and guest was doing something with some app saying things like "and then you click here" or "the errors you see is what I am talking about" without actually explaining what is "here" or how those errors looks like or anything. Even if I was unlucky and this is not common a fair warning about this specific episode requiring watching is a respectful and polite thing to do. Not to mention that what I... more

    Audible
    1
    Dima
    United States9 months ago
  • 5/04/2025 Episode

    The May 4th episode with Michael Bolton was wicked awesome. Good job, Joe!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    GG206
    United Statesa year ago
  • It’s a dream come true speaking with Joe

    I have been a great fan of Joe since 2019. I used to listen to his podcasts every now and then and learned a great deal myself in automation space. He puts a lot of hard work to bring the right technical content in a very nice observable format for all levels of listeners.

    I had an amazing experience talking to him in a podcast. It’s definitely a dream come true for me. And am so thankful to him for giving the opportunity to share my journey. His podcasts help a lot of engineers. I definitely ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Lakshmithejaswi
    United Statesa year ago
  • MUST Listen Podcast for QA and Automation Professionals

    I have always enjoyed Joe’s podcasts and webinars. He is one of the few experts in the automation space with extensive knowledge across various technologies. It was an honor to be a guest on his podcast, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Prathyusha N.
    United States2 years ago

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Listeners appreciate high-quality interviews with tooling demos and real-world examples.
Audiences highlight accessible explanations and stay-current with AI in testing.
Feedback notes strong host preparation and thoughtful questioning.
Fans commend practical, deep-dive QA content and varied guest roster.

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AI QA Agents Explained: How Amikoo Helps Testers with Ivan Barajas Vargas
Q: How does Amikoo differ from your earlier MuukTest and symbolic AI approaches?
MuukTest relied on symbolic reasoning; Amikoo is built from zero with a harness of dedicated agents and tools, combining symbolic foundations with generative AI as needed, designed specifically for current testing workflows.
AI QA Agents Explained: How Amikoo Helps Testers with Ivan Barajas Vargas
Q: Why did you decide to launch Amikoo now, and what needs does it address in modern QA?
Amikoo was born from the observation that code velocity has outpaced traditional testing tools. It's designed to help testers and developers test faster in a world of 10x more code, using a no-code AI approach with specialized agents and tools that augment human judgment rather than replace it.
Your AI Code Review Is Lying to You (Here's the Fix) with Evan Marshall
Q: How does Ito differ in handling QA compared to standard code review tools?
Ito runs the code in a fully functional environment, gathers runtime evidence across the stack, and links failures back to specific causes in a way that static checks cannot, thereby offering a more holistic view of software quality.
Your AI Code Review Is Lying to You (Here's the Fix) with Evan Marshall
Q: Why did you feel there was a need for a different approach to QA and testing beyond traditional automation?
The core issue is that running code and validating runtime behavior uncover issues that static analysis and diff-based reviews miss, especially bugs that only appear when the system is exercised end-to-end. Ito addresses this by executing the app, capturing evidence, and focusing on actual user flows and integration points.
AI Agents in QA: How to Keep Up with AI-Driven Dev Velocity with Vilhelm von Ehrenheim
Q: How do you explain what an agent is in this context?
An agent acts on your behalf to execute tasks, make decisions, and reason through steps with your interests in mind, enabling scalable testing and automation beyond simple scripted actions.

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