In this solo episode, Joe Colantonio shares four powerful free TestGuild tools designed to help testers, automation engineers, and QA leaders work smarter. Discover how to instantly find the right testing tool for your team, assess automation risk, check your site's accessibility, and benchmark your automation maturity — all in one session.

Whether you're looking to improve test coverage, adopt better practices, or simply save time, these tools were built with you in mind.

What You'll Learn: – How to choose the right test automation tool fast – How to identify and reduce testing risk – How to check your site's accessibility compliance – How to assess your team's automation maturity level

Try the tools free:

Tool Matcher: https://testgld.link/toolmatcher Accessibility Scanner: https://testgld.link/scanner Risk Calc: https://testgld.link/riskcalc Automation Readiness Quiz: https://testgld.link/scorequiz

️ Join us for the 10th Annual Automation Guild Conference: https://testgld.link/IrHaNIVX

In this Halloween special, Joe Colantonio and Paul Grossman discuss the evolution of automation testing, focusing on the integration of AI tools, project management strategies, and the importance of custom logging. Paul shares insights from his recent job experience, detailing how he inherited a project and the challenges he faced. Paul also goes over his Optimus Prime framework and uses it to explore various automation tools, the significance of dynamic waiting, and how to handle test case collisions. The discussion also highlights the role of AI in enhancing automation frameworks and the importance of version control in software development.

In this episode, Joe Colantonio talks with Vasusen Patil, Co-Founder and CEO of Donobu, about how their platform extends Playwright with AI-powered "Vibe Testing." You'll discover how this approach blends visual assertions with contextual understanding to build resilient, low-flake tests that keep shipping smooth.

You'll take away:

What "Vibe Testing" really means and why it's a game-changer

How AI-authored Playwright tests can self-heal without false positives

The key to balancing autonomy with tester control

Why Donobu's local-first model keeps your data safe while cutting test flakiness under 2 %

How to try Donobu's free Playwright AI toolkit

If you want to see where test automation is heading next — and how to future-proof your QA career — don't miss this one.

Scaling CI/CD for mobile apps is hard. Faster test runs often lead to more tests, more infrastructure, and more complexity. So how do you keep your pipelines healthy and reliable while still shipping at speed?

In this episode, we sit down with Anton Malinski of Marathon Labs to explore the real-world lessons he's learned building and optimizing mobile CI/CD pipelines. You'll discover:

• How to scale mobile test automation without introducing friction
• What "healthy CI growth" looks like in practice
• Why real devices still matter, even with a massive emulator fleet
• How backend mocking and dedicated mobile API gateways transform shift-left testing
• Practical advice for teams evolving from weekly releases to on-every-commit confidence

Whether you're a QA leader, automation engineer, or DevOps practitioner, this conversation gives you the insights and metrics you need to take your mobile testing pipelines to the next level.