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Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Testkube

16 episodes

3 days ago

How do you shift left to ship fast when you work in a highly-regulated environment? In this episode, Thomas To explains how they built a modern testing culture to do just that. Drawing on his background at test automation company Katalon, Thomas details how "shift left" is primarily a cultural and mindset challenge, not just a technical one. He shares practical insights on empowering developers to own quality, which in turn elevates the QA role to one of enablement and platform engineering. T...

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How do you shift left to ship fast when you work in a highly-regulated environment? In this episode, Thomas To explains how they built a modern testing culture to do just that. Drawing on his background at test automation company Katalon, Thomas details how "shift left" is primarily a cultural and mindset challenge, not just a technical one. He shares practical insights on empowering developers to own quality, which in turn elevates the QA role to one of enablement and platform engineering. T...

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Episodes (16/16)

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Shift Left, Ship Fast: Building a Modern Testing Culture

How do you shift left to ship fast when you work in a highly-regulated environment? In this episode, Thomas To explains how they built a modern testing culture to do just that. Drawing on his background at test automation company Katalon, Thomas details how "shift left" is primarily a cultural and mindset challenge, not just a technical one. He shares practical insights on empowering developers to own quality, which in turn elevates the QA role to one of enablement and platform engineering. T...

3 days ago

20 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Modernizing CI/CD: Integrating Automated Testing with Cargo, Tilt, and Playwright

On this episode of the Cloud Native Testing podcast, Ole Lensmar welcomes Matt McLane from Doc Network to discuss how they completely transformed their development and testing lifecycle. Matt details their journey away from a slow, manual deployment process—which involved risky ad-hoc testing on a staging environment connected to production—to a modern, automated workflow built for quality and speed. By implementing tools like GitHub Actions, Argo CD, and Cargo, they built a pipeline where te...

1 month ago

23 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Kubernetes Rightsizing and Performance Testing

What's the connection between your performance tests and your monthly cloud bill? As it turns out, a lot. While many teams struggle with ever-growing Kubernetes costs, the solution isn't just about cutting expenses—it's about improving reliability. In this episode, Ole is joined by Yasmine, COO of CloudBolt, to explore the complex world of Kubernetes rightsizing. Drawing from her experience at Stormforge, Yasmine unpacks the evolution from using performance testing to generate optimization da...

1 month ago

24 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Scaling Testing for the Age of AI-Generated Code

In this episode, the main conversation is between host Ole Lensmar and guest Atul, who are joined by special guest Dmitry, the CEO of Testkube. Together, they dive deep into the evolving landscape of software testing, framed by Atul's fascinating journey from manual QA to a cloud native developer advocate. The conversation kicks off with Atul sharing his unique career path, highlighting how starting in manual testing gave him a foundational understanding of system failure points—an invaluable...

2 months ago

24 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

How Cloudflare Tests in Production for Unbreakable Performance

In this illuminating episode, we pull back the curtain on Cloudflare's intricate approach to testing at a truly global scale. Join us as Sachin from Cloudflare's team shares invaluable insights into how they leverage their vast, distributed network to push the boundaries of reliability and performance. We'll explore the critical role of SLOs (Service Level Objectives) and SLIs (Service Level Indicators) in measuring Cloudflare's service reliability, and why error budgeting is essential for ma...

3 months ago

31 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Breaking Things on Purpose: The Real Power of Chaos Engineering with Benjamin Wilms

In this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast, Ole Lensmar sits down with Benjamin Wilms, founder and CEO of Steadybit, to explore the role of chaos engineering in building resilient cloud-native systems—from early-stage startups to global enterprises. Benjamin shares how his journey from consulting to founding Steadybit was shaped by one key lesson: the best learning happens when systems fail. He explains how chaos engineering can shift from a manual, reactive effort to a repeatable pr...

3 months ago

24 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

The Swagger Revolution: How API Specs Became a Testing Superpower with Tony Tam

In this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast, Ole Lensmar sits down with Tony Tam, creator of Swagger API (now known as the OpenAPI specification) and a pioneer in API specification standards, to explore the unexpected ways Swagger transformed software testing. Tony shares the origin story of Swagger: from its roots in solving REST client generation to how it became a foundational tool for testing, documentation, and collaboration across teams. He explains how OpenAPI specs gave rise t...

4 months ago

24 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Testing Cloud-Native Applications in Regulated Environments with Cherif Sahraoui

In this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast, Ole Lensmar sits down with Cherif Sahraoui, QA Lead & Consultant working with 50Hertz, to explore the complexities of testing cloud-native applications in highly regulated industries like energy. Cherif shares how his team manages application testing across both cloud and on-prem environments, why manual and exploratory testing still play a crucial role, and how tools like Testkube, Terraform, and ArgoCD help automate quality at scale. ...

4 months ago

25 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Governance Isn’t a Dirty Word: Making Policy Part of the Dev Flow with Joe Karlsson

In this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast, Ole Lensmar sits down with Joe Karlsson, Developer Advocate at CloudQuery, to discuss how testing and governance intersect in today’s fast-moving cloud-native environments. They explore what it takes to catch issues like cloud drift, overly permissive configurations, and deprecated services—before they become costly outages. Joe shares real-world insights from his work helping teams bake governance into CI/CD pipelines without slowing down ...

5 months ago

25 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

The Intersection of Platform Engineering and Testing with Daniel Bryant

In this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast, Ole Lensmar sits down with Daniel Bryant, Engineer, Speaker, and Head of Product Marketing at Syntasso, to explore how testing is evolving in modern cloud-native environments. They dive into the critical role platform engineering plays in shaping a healthy testing culture, and how teams can strike the right balance between enforcing standards and empowering developers. Daniel shares hard-won insights on testing in production, infrastructure...

5 months ago

25 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Beyond Pipelines: Designing a Testing Culture That Actually Works in Cloud Native with Joseph Karp

In this episode, Ole Lensmar talks with Joe Karp, DevOps Architect at UWM, about what it really takes to build a testing culture inside a modern, cloud-native organization. Joe shares how his team intentionally designed clear ownership between developers, QA engineers, and platform teams—and why empowering devs to own their testing is key to scaling quality across hundreds of services. From infrastructure-level chaos testing to critical-path monitoring in production, Joe walks through the too...

6 months ago

33 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Modeling Over Mocking: Building Realistic Test Systems for Cloud Native Apps with Oleg Nenashev

In this episode, Ole sits down with Oleg Nenashev—CNCF Ambassador, open source advocate, Jenkins Maintainer, and Lead Developer Advocate at Gradle—to unpack the evolving world of cloud native testing. From the rise of integration testing to the role of tools like Testcontainers and WireMock, Oleg shares why modeling realistic systems is more powerful (and more reliable) than traditional mocking. They explore the complexities of testing in Kubernetes and why Java is experiencing a renaissance ...

6 months ago

30 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Why Ephemeral Environments Are a Game-Changer for Testing with Ramiro Berrelleza

In this episode, Ole sits down with Ramiro Berrelleza, CEO and co-founder of Okteto, to explore the evolution and impact of ephemeral environments in cloud-native development. They discuss the challenges of testing in traditional setups, how Kubernetes enables ephemeral environments, and their growing role beyond testing—spanning customer research, support, and more. The conversation also dives into data management strategies and the seamless integration of ephemeral environments into the dev...

7 months ago

30 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

AI’s Impact on Testing: Enhancing Quality Without Losing Control with Laurent Py

In this episode, Ole and Laurent Py of Packmind explore how AI is reshaping software development, particularly in quality assurance and testing. The discussion delves into AI’s dual role in testing—both as a tool for generating tests and as a complement to human critical thinking. They also examine the ongoing importance of exploratory testing, the impact of AI on test execution efficiency, and the challenges junior developers face in an AI-driven landscape. The conversation wraps up with ins...

7 months ago

26 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

The Shift in Software Testing: What Cloud-Native Means for QA with Mario-Leander Reimer

Send us a text In this episode, Ole speaks with Mario-Leander Reimer, Managing Director of QAware, about the evolution of testing in cloud-native environments. They discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by shifting left in testing, the responsibilities of developers and QA teams, and the importance of continuous testing. The conversation also touches on the need for holistic quality insights, the role of specialists in quality assurance, and the significance of exploratory testin...

8 months ago

31 minutes

Cloud Native Testing Podcast

Welcome to the Cloud Native Testing Podcast!

Send us a text Welcome to the Cloud Native Testing podcast! Meet your host Ole Lensmar—creator of SoapUI, CTO of Testkube, and a long-time advocate for better software testing. We’ll explore the challenges of testing in cloud-native environments, the role of observability, automation, and emerging trends that are shaping the future of testing. Whether you're a tester, developer, or platform engineer, this podcast is for anyone looking to extend their testing strategies into today's clou...

8 months ago

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