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The Hidden Costs of Test Maintenance & Strategies To Lower Its Burden

Test automation is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. But beneath the promise of faster releases and streamlined testing lies a reality few anticipate: automation isn’t a set-it-and-forget-it solution. Beneath the surface, test maintenance poses some hefty hidden costs. If not handled well, these costs can snowball, derailing both budgets and timelines.

Stubbing And Verifying: My Journey To Smarter Testing

Let’s talk about stubbing and verifying – two critical tools that transformed how I approach testing. Early in my career, testing was often frustrating, slow, and full of surprises, most of them bad. I used to think testing meant running my app against real systems and crossing my fingers that everything worked. Spoiler: it rarely did. Here’s the thing: testing doesn’t have to be painful.

The 10 Best Invoice Processing Software in 2025

Invoice management is an important task regardless of the size of your business, but it can quickly become overwhelming due to the sheer volume of invoices, varying formats, and the need for accurate tracking and timely payments. Manual processes with paper invoices are time-consuming, often leading to errors, delays, and difficulty in maintaining organized records. However, with the right invoice processing software, you can streamline invoice management, saving time and reducing errors.

Navigating the Future: Principles of Responsible AI | Gaurav Khurana | #testflix2024

In an era increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, ensuring ethical development and testing practices is more crucial than ever. In this thought-provoking session, Gaurav Khurana will explore the core principles of Responsible AI, including transparency, accountability, fairness, and privacy. These principles act as a foundation for building trust, mitigating algorithmic biases, and ensuring responsible data usage, ultimately fostering an AI ecosystem that prioritizes human welfare and respects privacy rights.

Frankenstein Tests | Gil Zilberfeld | #testflix2024 | #testingcommunity

In this session, Gil Zilberfeld highlights a critical challenge in test automation—the creation of "Frankenstein tests." These tests combine programming languages, frameworks, and domain-specific languages into a mishmash that is difficult to read, interpret, and maintain. While this approach may seem functional initially, it often leads to complex, fragile tests that become a burden as projects evolve. Gil emphasizes the importance of addressing this issue to prevent the "monster" of unmanageable tests from overwhelming your testing strategy.

Predictive Models Are Nothing Without Trust

Airports are an interconnected system where one unforeseen event can tip the scale into chaos. For a smaller airport in Canada, data has grown to be its North Star in an industry full of surprises. In order for data to bring true value to operations–and ultimately customer experiences–those data insights must be grounded in trust.

Mastering Multi-Cloud with Cloudera: Strategic Data & AI Deployments Across Clouds

In today’s dynamic digital landscape, multi-cloud strategies have become vital for organizations aiming to leverage the best of both cloud and on-premises environments. As enterprises navigate complex data-driven transformations, hybrid and multi-cloud models offer unmatched flexibility and resilience. Here’s a deep dive into why and how enterprises master multi-cloud deployments to enhance their data and AI initiatives.

Building a Gen AI Wine Country Visit Assistant with Fivetran and Google Cloud

Discover how to build a powerful Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) application that that changes the way you explore California’s wine country. Using the latest technologies from Fivetran and Google Cloud, this tutorial will guide you through the creation of a Gen AI-powered travel assistant that integrates structured data with advanced Gen AI capabilities.