Software Testing and Development Blog Posts

TLDR; I’ve been using AI to interact with a web application and find defects. And it does interact with the application, keep focus on the specific story context, then finds and raises defects.

TLDR; I’ve been using AI. I’ve changed my approach a lot as I’ve gained experience. AI has allowed me to experiment with more tools and process, and build more, than I could possibly have done without it. I’m experimenting to find new ways to use it better.

TLDR; API Spector is a new free HTTP and WebSocket Testing Tool.

This podcast episode is a Podcast team up - a chat with The Tech League podcast Toby Sears and Krisztian Fischer. This time Alan was the interview subject and the topic was AI in Software Testing and Development.

TLDR; Selenium WebDriver Course course has been released to YouTube as a 16 hour video. And split into 8 smaller 1-4 hour video chunks

This podcast episode is a chat with Dragan Spiridonov who created the Agentic QE fleet. Agentic AI for Quality Engineering. It can work with code, or websites. We will explore Agentic AI, what it means, and how to use it to improve your Software Development and Testing. Also introduce the Agentic QE Fleet and how it augments Claude Code and Claude Flow.

TLDR; We can only test to the level supported by our Ability, and the degree to which we are supported by tooling to Observe, Interrogate and Manipulate the System.

In January 2026, I was guest on the “How to Test This?” Podcast.

TLDR; When testing web apps we need to test the interaction between the browser implemented controls and our system. We don’t test the browser.

TLDR; Generate CounterStrings, random data from Regex, ranges of data, and strings made by concatenating repeated data.