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AB Testing

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Alan and Brent talk about Modern Testing (which isn't all that modern, and not really about testing - except when it is). Every other week or so, A&B tell stories and discuss what's happening in the world of software - including a variety of topics like Agile, Lean, Delivery, DevOps, Data Science, Experimentation, Leadership, and more. Intro / Outro music on the AB Testing podcast is The One by Rivet. License: CC BY Intro / Outro music on ABT343 is from https://filmmusic.io “Werq” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Episodes

Episode 214: The AI Apocalypse

It's been a while, but we're back to disagree about measuring developer productivity, and then talk about the doom and rebirth coming from AI.

Jan 25, 2025•43 min

Episode 211: Leadership Stuff

Welp - Alan asked Brent how it was going, he said it was review season, and then 40 minutes of babbling commenced

Nov 03, 2024•44 min

Episode 209: AI and Testing?

It's hard to tell what we talked about in this episode. But it involved a sleep-deprived Alan, and Brent, the Cat-Lady.

Sep 22, 2024•58 min

Episode 208: Brain Refactor w/ Dagna Bieda

The wonderful Dagna Bieda joins us to talk about her new book, Brain Refactor. Buy the book at https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Refactor-Engineering-Fulfillment-Opportunities/dp/B0DB69G798/ and learn more about Dagna at https://www.themindfuldev.com/

Sep 08, 2024•55 min

Episode 207: No, GenAI isn't replacing your team

We talk about this article - https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/06/10/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/ - which is good, but hyperbolic at times.

Aug 25, 2024•48 min

Episode 206: Crowd-Crash

Just like millions of others, we feel the need to talk about crowdstrike - just a bit. Then we talk about leadership, engagement, and potential new podcasting ventures.

Jul 28, 2024•49 min

Episode 205: We're Afraid of AI

It's another episode of the AI Testing Podcast, where we discuss the advancements of AI, parallels to nuclear war, and what humans will do in the future. Links - OpenAI reportedly nears breakthrough with “reasoning” AI, reveals progress framework The Day After...

Jul 15, 2024•43 min

Episode 204: The Three Ways of Devops & MT

We talk about a lot of stuff - because that's what we do. Somewhere in there, we talk about the overlap between the ways of devops and MT, and Brent threatens to rewrite the first principle.

Jun 22, 2024•49 min

Episode 203: Podcast Alan

We talk about "Podcast Alan", and a bit about Alan's day job. Once again, going with the minimal editing approach.

Jun 08, 2024•50 min

Episode 202: The Return

It's been a long break. Again. But there are reasons. This time, we take a mailbag question and talk about the challenges of organizational change.

May 26, 2024•50 min

Episode 201: Aftermath

In the aftermath of the episode 200 extravaganza, we talk about Fallout (the show), and take a mailbag question that evolves into yet more discussions on AI.

Apr 29, 2024•44 min

Episode 200: IT'S EPISODE 200

We recorded this episode live - sort of. We have guests. We have fun. We get bobbleheads. We talk about AI. It's EVERYTHING you could ask for on our 200th episode AND 10th anniversary.

Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min

Episode 199: Ten Years Gone

For the first time in ten years, Brent and Alan both listen to the very first episode of AB Testing (so you don't have to).

Mar 31, 2024•44 min

Episode 198: Fiefdoms

We talk about fiefdoms - but mostly we end up talking about the growth mindset.

Mar 28, 2024•48 min

Episodde 197: Wait - Test is Alive Again

Somewhere in the middle of a whole lot of tangents, we take a walk though James Whittaker's post on The Resurrection of Software Testing - https://medium.com/@docjamesw/the-resurrection-of-software-testing-634423cd8411

Mar 25, 2024•49 min

Episode 196: A Chat with Kat Obring

We had a great time with a wonderful guest. Big thanks to Kat Obring for hanging out with us. Sign up for Kat's newsletter here - https://katobring.podia.com/ You can find Kat on linkedin here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katjaobring/ And even more about Kat and her business here - https://kato-coaching.com/

Mar 11, 2024•46 min

Episode 195: AI and Alicorns

We start with a bit of a retro of the last few episodes and once again head off into the weeds of AI.

Feb 12, 2024•39 min

Episode 192: Bryan Finster

We are joined by Bryan Finster who talks about his journey with CD, Developer Testing, and he shares all kinds of fantastic information on delivering quality software. You can read his 5-minute devops blog at blog.bryanfinster.com see his podcast (vcast?) on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@devhopspodcast9535) and see some of his work on CD at minimumcd.org

Jan 15, 2024•53 min

Episode 191: 2023 Year End Extravaganza

It's our annual year end episode where we discuss our predictions from a year ago, reflect on the last year, and think a bit about what may happen in 2024.

Dec 11, 2023•47 min

Episode 190: We Could Be Heroes

We talk a bit about our friend chat GPT, and then talk about heroes in the workplace. There's an obvious cross-over to Alan's post on angryweasel.substack.com that's worth checking out.

Nov 19, 2023•43 min

Episode 189: Brent being Brent

We're back and recording on a new platform - except when we aren't. In this episode, we talk about...not AI...and instead talk about the Peter Principle and Brent finally reading the Phoenix Project.

Nov 05, 2023•38 min

Episode 188: AI Testing with Jason Arbon

We talk with Jason Arbon about - you guessed, AI. Unfortunately, this recording only contains two thirds of our discussion, since zencastr decided to do its own thing.

Oct 23, 2023•33 min