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Hosted by Kacper Ciepielewski · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 18 episodes
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No fluff, no corporate jargon. Just straight talk about QA careers, test automation, and the reality of the IT industry. Whether you are a manual tester trying to escape tutorial hell, or an automation engineer tired of maintaining flaky tests, this is your reality check. Hosted by Kacper from the Testeroni YouTube channel.
Kacper Ciepielewski hosts Testeroni: The No-BS QA Podcast, a technology show with 18 episodes published.
Generative AI tools like Cursor and Copilot can write automated tests in five seconds flat. But without a strict architectural strategy, they are just building a massive factory for technical debt. In this episode, we’re
Playwright is currently the undisputed king of test automation. But switching to it blindly won't fix your flaky, unstable test suite. In this essay, we’re taking a hard look at the current industry hype surrounding fram
Agile promised us a world focused on individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Instead, we got the commercialized rigor of Scrum - a system that often prioritizes sprint velocity over deep engineering though
Nietzsche once said that God is dead. In 2026, I look at our CI/CD pipelines, our flaky tests, and our bloated frameworks, and I can't help but feel the same way about Automation. It’s dead. And we are its murderers.For
Are your automated tests taking hours to run? Do they fail randomly because of a UI change on the homepage? In this episode, we tackle the #1 architectural mistake junior Test Automation Engineers make: using the UI to s
Every bootcamp tells you to build a massive test automation portfolio on GitHub to get hired. Here is the reality check: hiring managers do not have the time to clone your repository, install your dependencies, and revie
You passed the exam, memorized all the definitions, and got the certificate. So why are you still failing technical interviews? In this episode, we break down the reality of QA certifications in 2026. We discuss why hiri
Youknow the syntax, you watched the tutorials, but you still cannot pass the technical interview. In this episode, we break down why learning testing tools is not enough to get an automation job. We cover system thinking
Are you stuck in "Tutorial Hell"? You watch endless courses, you understand everything the instructor says, but the moment you open a blank code editor... your mind goes blank. In this episode, I explain why passive lear
"It works on my machine!""Just re-run it, it's a network glitch."If you say these things, your test automation suite is in trouble. Flaky tests (tests that randomly pass or fail) are the #1 reason why companies lose trus
Thinking about switching to Test Automation? Be careful who you listen to. The internet is full of "Gurus" and Bootcamps selling you dreams or paralyzing you with fear. In this episode, I debunk the 3 Biggest Lies about
We tend to glorify Automation Engineers and look down on Manual Testers. The industry tells us: "If you don't code, you are obsolete."I disagree. In this episode, I argue why Manual (Exploratory) Testing is actually inte
Is learning Test Automation financially worth it in 2026? We often talk about passion and quality, but let's talk about the market reality. The gap between Manual QA and Automation Engineer salaries is widening every yea
Is your 2026 goal to become a Test Automation Engineer? If you look at job offers, you might feel paralyzed. They want a "Junior" who knows Java, Kubernetes, AWS, and Security Testing. That creates noise. And that noise
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