How do you shift left to ship fast when you work in a highly-regulated environment? In this episode, Thomas To explains how they built a modern testing culture to do just that. Drawing on his background at test automation company Katalon, Thomas details how "shift left" is primarily a cultural and mindset challenge, not just a technical one.

He shares practical insights on empowering developers to own quality, which in turn elevates the QA role to one of enablement and platform engineering. This cultural foundation becomes critical for shipping fast in a complex public safety domain, where testing in cloud-native environments involves navigating strict global regulations and data-access hurdles.

In this episode, you will learn about:

• What a "shift-left" culture really means: empowering developers and evolving the role of QA.
• How Axon's quality mindset is essential for navigating the complex testing challenges of a regulated, cloud-native environment.
• The practical use of AI and LLMs to facilitate the shift-left movement and help developers build quality in.