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Thanks to Karlo Šmid for the photo. Used with permission. The Idea I wanted to give a five minute lightning talk in April at Testival Meetup #80 . AI is a topic everybody talks about these days. I play a few instruments. I’ll ask an AI for advice on how to write a song. Then, iterate with the AI over the song, live, in front of the audience. When I practiced it, it took hours, not minutes. I did…
Introduction In April 2026 I have attended Testival meetup #80 ( testival.eu , meetup.com ). It was a pretty big meetup, more than sixty people. Since there were so many people, the usual introduction at the beginning took about twenty minutes. A lot of people have very poor microphone skills. It was a big room with a lot of people. If you didn’t speak directly into the microphone, nobody could…
Last month we didn’t have a regular Testival meetup, so we had the second Testival book club . The attendance was lower than the last time . This time only three of us came. It is my fault. I organized the meetup on very short notice. March was really busy. We were talking about Taking Testing Seriously: The Rapid Software Testing Approach by James Bach. I was the only one that finished the book.…
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Draft This post is a draft. Please come back in a week or two and it will be updated. I try to write at least one blog post every month. For months where I fail to meet even that very low bar, I publish whatever I have at the end of the month. I do my best to finish the post as soon as possible. Usually in the next few days, or weeks. Introduction I have been reading James Bach’s blog for years,…
This week we had the first ever Testival book club . About ten people came to discuss Taking Testing Seriously: The Rapid Software Testing Approach by James Bach. We did our usual introductions, had some pizza and discussed the book. Less than half of the attendees started reading the book. Most of the people just started reading recently, so they have read only the first few chapters. I was the…
Introduction Cal Newport is one of my favorite authors. I have read almost all of his books. Some of them several times. I also really like his podcast Deep Questions . I have read this book at least two times. I have listened to it in late 2022 as an audio book and I have read it in early 2025 as an ebook. I wish I had read this book when I was much younger. Probably in high school. I hope my…
Meetup For me the meetup started with a beautiful bike ride to the venue. As usual, Karlo Šmid joined me on the bike ride after the meetup. We had some time for a longer chat. About thirty to forty people were at the meetup. An average for our meetups. There were even several people online. (We usually don’t have an online option.) There were a couple of talks and several lightning talks. Sanjin…
I’m taking a photo of Karlo, who’s taking a photo of Michael. To make it even more fun, you can see Michael, Karlo and me on the big screen. Introduction At the beginning of the month, a member of the Testival community posted in our Slack that Michael Bolton is giving a talk in nearby Ljubljana, Slovenia. This was not the first time I would see Michael speak. He was already in Zagreb (Croatia,…
Meetup During summer there are no official Testival meetups, but a few of us meet every month for drinks. In July and August 2025 we had Testival meetups #74 and #75 . It’s always great to meet with the Testival organizers and community. In this photo by Niko Mađar (used with permission) you can see all Testival organizers and one community member.