During Agile Testing Days, Tamara Josten will make sure you make the most of your breaks and return to the next session refreshed and relaxed! We care about your mental well-being, which is why we've included this session every day of the conference. Read more: agiletestingdays.com/2026/session...

Even in this heat - don't forget to reset and get some fresh air. We care about your well-being and believe in the power of fresh air, which is why we've included a Fresh Air Session by Søren Wassard every day of the conference.

Anyone here practicing spec-driven development with AI agents/tools? @janetgregoryca.bsky.social and I present a holistic approach to SDD in our latest @agiletfellow.bsky.social blog post. agiletestingfellow.com/blog/post/a-... #HolisticTesting #ContinuousDelivery

Spec-Driven Development is the hot new thing in vibe coding. Write a perfect spec, let the agent work, sit back. Sounds familiar? We called it Waterfall. We hated it. We sucked at it. Why do we think we're suddenly ready for it now?

The Waterfall Strikes Back

As of when writing this post in the first days of April 2026, the vibe coding community is buzzing about "Spec-Driven Development." Write a perfect specification, let the AI agents loose, sit back, and watch the magic happen. Revolutionary, right? For me, it feels like a déjà vu from the 2000s. Back then, we called it Waterfall or V-Model. The idea was the same: define everything upfront, hand it over to the people who build it, and collect your finished product at the end.

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"Are we building the right thing?" is a question as old as engineering itself. GenAI made it easier than ever to skip. Time to start asking again.

Are We Building the Right Thing, or How GenAI Made Us Forget to Ask

I was listening to the A/B Testing podcast the other day, episode 229, where Alan Page had my friend Chris Armstrong on as a guest. At one point they were talking about Verification and Validation. Two concepts that have been around forever. Two simple questions, really. "Are we building the thing right?" That's verification. "Are we building the right thing?" That's validation.

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The IT consolidation was coming long before ChatGPT. AI just gave it a narrative. And the people who actually understood the systems? They're updating their LinkedIn.

The Convenient Scapegoat?

When it takes a team two weeks to add a button, the problem isn't the button. And the solution isn't AI. I've been there. Literally. A simple button on a screen. Two calendar weeks. And if you're on the outside looking in, you think: what are these people doing all day? Are they incompetent? Lazy? You see a button. You think it's a button problem.

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The new ThoughtWorks Tech Radar reads like a warning letter. Cognitive debt. Broken productivity metrics. Terms nobody agrees on. If you've been reading my posts, none of it will surprise you. It's always nice to get evidence that I'm not completely crazy and making all of this up.

🥰 The postcard and bookmarks from @thebodyserve.bsky.social are the BEST. And the sticker on the envelope even better. Thanks for the lovely note Jonathan and James! 🤩💜 Looking forward to great episodes this year!

NEW: #AUSOpen Preview! "He Knows His Angles" A snow day in Toronto gave us time to get this out one day earlier! ☃️ Draws, crowning a new hottest player, dragging the Pacers, catching up w/ qualifying and "Opening Week," which is sadly not opening week thebodyserve.podbean.com/e/he-knows-h...

Stay up to date on tennis in about 5 minutes a day! Tick Tock Tennis Daily Intel: Fast Facts for Tennis Nerds Player profiles, match recaps, ranking updates, all in a quick, scannable format. Oh, and it's free! (Unless you want to donate!) Subscribe at www.ticktocktennis.com

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Fast Facts for Tennis Nerds

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Gáspár Nagy and I had a short, fun conversation with @lisacrispin.bsky.social and @janetgregoryca.bsky.social of The Testing Fellowship. And they recorded it :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOYv... #BDD

"Effective Behavior-Driven Development" with Seb Rose and Gáspár Nagy

YouTube video by Agile Testing Fellow

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🎄✨ #AdvenTesters - Day 2: The #FroGSConf Organisers Celebrating Elizabeth, Huib, @sannetized.bsky.social & @joeposaurus.bsky.social champions of participant-driven spaces like FroGS Conf. Their next Open Space is today: 3pm CET (online, free) frogsconf.nl Thank you for your amazing work! 💚

Friends of Good Software conference

Friends of Good Software (FroGS) - Monday 2 December 2024 3pm CET (open space)

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Day 2: Ester Greenwood Nominated by Willem Keesman. Ester has strengthened their internal community and delivered a standout Noordertest talk. Willem says he is proud to have her on the team. #AdvenTesters

Day 3: @kato-coaching.com Katja blends deep technical skill with practical, forward thinking quality coaching. Her courses give immediately usable ideas and her focus on culture and collaboration sets her apart. A true thought leader in modern quality. #AdvenTesters"

Wow! Congrats on number 400! More awesome than ever. 💜

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NEW: TBS400!!!! Description below. Join us as we get caught up on the tennis happenings and celebrate our 400th 🥂 thebodyserve.podbean.com/e/photo-opps/

We can trace the current Republican law-breaking to Nixon. When we didn’t put Nixon in jail, it sent the message that lawbreaking is accepted as long as a Republican is president. The Republicans involved in Iran-Contra got off scot free. We haven’t even bothered investigating Bush Jr’s torture.

I don’t care if crime is popular with 32.8% of Americas. They still shouldn’t get to overthrow our society. I’m not a career politician. I haven’t resigned myself to this injustice. I believe we can still have laws. My campaign makes the case that society is worth defending: bethfordemocracy.com

Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress

Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.

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America deserves to be ruled by laws. That will require standing up to the criminal conspiracy that is the modern Republican Party. Including its representatives on the Supreme Court. But it also means standing up to a Democratic Party that fears enforcing laws might cost them votes & donations.

I donated again to @beth4ma.bsky.social ‘s campaign today. Please help if you can. Speak up while we still can.

Beth Andres-Beck@beth4ma.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We could feed every American for less than what we spend on our military. It isn’t a question of resources. It is a question of priorities.

We could feed every American for less than what we spend on our military. It isn’t a question of resources. It is a question of priorities.

NEW: #399 "The Cusp Boys" - Rybakina books her Finals spot and dips immediately - Jannik takes a break from Davis Cup and gets roasted (Sinner al forno) - Kostyuk decides to dabble in a little late-season transvestigation - And more! thebodyserve.podbean.com/e/the-cusp-b...

Stay safe, Austin. Do not be deterred. #NoKings

Margot Susca@margotsusca.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end” —Anthony Kennedy www.kut.org/politics/202...

"Surging" National Guards into Austin, TX during an international sports event (Formula 1 race) is.... what? Showing the rest of the world how far the USA has turned toward tyranny. The world supports the right to peaceful demonstration against government policy. Go in peace #NoKings

APTN Investigates@aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Ann Maje Raider is executive director of the Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society (LAWS). She helps support Kaska families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in the Yukon. Justice for my Sister - Watch here: youtu.be/h_tzi4-pnu8?...

The best—and most fun to do—interviews are conversations. Keith Klain interviewed me yesterday for his Quality Remarks podcast qualityremarks.com/qr-podcast-f...

It's not that we can't afford for human rights and welfare like decent healthcare, it's that we can't get people to pay sufficient tax to do so. We saw exactly this same pattern of increasing populism with increasing inequality long before there was an Internet, in the late 1800s through WWI.

I 💜 seeing software folks use the word "holistic" in a lot of contexts. Delivering quality new stuff to customers frequently, confidently, sustainably takes the whole team working together around the whole SDLC. Our Holistic Testing Model helps craft a good strategy. agiletester.ca/holistic-tes...

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Available for purchase online.    Holistic testing is a comprehensive term to encompass testing throughout the development cycle from the start of an idea, through to customer interaction with a deliv...

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I'm loving the new book _Nature's Blueprint for Business_ by Ines Garcia, shared my thoughts here: lisacrispin.com/2025/10/02/l... Highly recommended!

Lessons from nature to improve how we work - Holistic Testing with Lisa Crispin

A book explaining how to look at nature's edges and boundaries to learn how to identify and grow new relationships and improve organizations

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This is not a drill

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Trump: You know, our inner cities, which we'll be talking about because it's a big part of war now, a big part of war.

Our latest Donkeys & Dragons @agiletfellow.bsky.social video chat is up! Janet Gregory and I had such a mind-blowing (for me) conversation with Karen Spanier about helping women thrive in key career turning points. I'm shocked how many women's careers are derailed by perimenopause! lnkd.in/eK-wjf2b