Dean does QA
Episodes
Why Engineers Are Banned From Using AI at Apple & Why Being 'Late' to the AI Testing Trend is a Strategic Win
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the race for AI dominance, the Quality Assurance (QA) and Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) communities are lagging behind, with only 16...
You're Worried About AI Taking Your Job? Here's How Salesforce Proves Software Testers Aren't Going Extinct.
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The air is thick with a familiar, anxious question: "Is my job next?" For Software Testers and QA Professionals, the rapid rise of Generativ...
Google Showcases How AI Agents Are Delivering an 88% ROI and Rewriting the Rules of Software Testing
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI hype cycle is over. A recent Google Cloud report, "The ROI of AI 2025," reveals that a new era of sophisticated AI agents is deliveri...
The 100-Page KPMG Prompt That's Redefining AI for Business, and Why Prompting is a Must-have Skill in AI
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A viral LinkedIn post about a 100-page KPMG AI prompt drew widespread laughter, but it fundamentally missed the point. In this episode, we dive into t...
Coinbase's CEO Fired People Over AI. Was He Right? The Surprising Truth About MIT's 95% Failure Rate
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A viral headline claims 95% of enterprise AI pilots are failing. But is this a sign of an overhyped bubble, or a just misunderstanding of a necessary ...
Booking.com for AI Agents: Why Your Next User Is a Robot and The Challenges of Testing Probabilistic AI Systems
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your next website visitor a human or a robot? It's a question that sounds like science fiction but is a live challenge for every software prof...
OpenAI Just Declared War on the Big 4: Is Your Consulting Firm Next?
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might think you've heard it all about OpenAI's move into enterprise consulting. "Just another tech company offering services,"...
Klarna's $40B AI Gamble: Why Even Tech Giants Are Bringing Humans Back + What It Means for YOUR Business!
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The promise of AI: unprecedented efficiency and massive cost savings. But what happens when the AI dream meets the messy reality of human interaction?...
Game over for NVIDIA? Reddit Says This AI Memory Hack Saves You Millions on AI Infrastructure
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you tired of skyrocketing AI infrastructure costs? What if a viral Reddit idea could change everything? In this episode, we dive into Memvid, a gr...
What Amazon Knows About MCP That You Don’t: 3 Game-Changing AI Techniques for DevOps
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever encountered the acronym "MCP" in the context of AI for DevOps and felt a little lost? You're not alone! While seemingly a...
Your SDLC is Dead, How Outbrain & UiPath are Building Flawless Software, Faster with Agentic AI
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We dive deep into the world of Agentic AI and its radical impact on software development. We uncover how leading companies like Outbrain and UiPath ar...
According to Yahoo, AI Forces Software Testers to Shift Left into Extinction
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world of software development is rapidly changing, driven by "Shift Left" methodologies and the powerful influence of Artificial Intelli...
Meta Proves the Testing Pyramid Is Dead with Sapienz AI
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we examine how Meta's autonomous testing agent, Sapienz, is redefining software testing strategy and rendering the classic Testi...
Goldman Sachs Boosts Test Coverage by 40% Using RAG AI. Is Your QA Next?
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deep into how cutting-edge AI techniques — Self-RAG (Self-Reflective Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and Agentic RAG — ar...
AI-powered Software Testing: Lessons from Siemens & Shopify
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the software testing landscape. We start with Shopify’s 2025 dire...
Will AI Kill or Create Jobs in Software Testing?
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is changing everything, including the world of software testing. In this episode, we break down the real impact of AI on testing careers: Will it e...
Digital Twins in Software Testing and the Elusive Replica of Human Expertise
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most provocative questions in the world of digital transformation: can AI-powered digital twins ever rep...
The Silent Collapse of SaaS: How AI Agents Are Rewriting the Software Playbook
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dean Does QA, I walk through the research and analysis behind my latest article on the dismantling of the SaaS model. From AI copil...
Generative AI’s Growing Pains in Historical Perspective
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are generative AI’s skeptics right to question its cost, energy use, and unclear business model? In this episode, we dig into the historical paral...
AI Advancements Revolutionizing Software Testing: GPT-4.5 and Multi-LLM
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is GPT-4.5 poised to revolutionize your testing pipeline? Join us in this episode as we delve into the latest multi-LLM advancements boosting QA autom...
AI-Driven Software Testing, What Companies Get Wrong!
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many ambitious AI-driven testing initiatives fail to deliver real ROI? In this episode, we explore the seven most common pitfalls—from ove...
Could Grok 3 Be the Future of AI-Driven Software Testing?
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on Dean Does QA as I explore Elon Musk’s newly released Grok 3 and its potential to rival established LLM heavyweights like GPT-4o and Gemin...
Enterprise-Ready or AI-First? The Two Paths of QA Evolution
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curious whether you should prioritize airtight compliance or cutting-edge AI in your testing strategy? In this episode, we dissect the pros and cons o...
The AI Maturity Gap in Software Testing: Who’s Leading?
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Dean Does QA, our AI hosts Dwane and Rachel tackle the question that’s on everyone’s mind: Who’s actually winning the race in...
The Impact of the EU’s €200B AI Investment on Software Testing
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Dean Does QA, we unpack the European Union’s groundbreaking €200 billion investment in AI and what it means for the fut...
Why AI in Software Testing is the Future
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this very first episode of Dean Does QA, our AI-hosts Dwane and Rachel represent Dean to explore why AI is quickly becoming the new standard in sof...