QA Meet-up: testing convictions, AI security and the testing pyramid
The fifth meet-up with BrowserStack, hosted at spriteCloud HQ. Andrew Knight (The Automation Panda) flew in from the US, Nadim Mansour (AWS) covered generative AI in cloud security, and Elena Tanturovska (Brunel) challenged the classic testing pyramid.
About this event
Andrew Knight, better known as The Automation Panda, travelled from the US to share Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions, a set of hard-won principles for what makes testing truly effective. Nadim Mansour (AWS) followed with Automated Vulnerability Patching with Generative AI and Its Impact on Cloud and DevOps, showing how generative AI is changing security operations. Elena Tanturovska (Brunel) closed the evening with Rethinking the Testing Pyramid: A Modern Approach to QA, questioning whether the classic model still holds up.
Drinks and networking followed.
The hosts
spriteCloud is a specialist software testing and QA consultancy, founded in Amsterdam in 2009. The team of 50+ testers covers functional testing, test automation, performance testing, cybersecurity and agentic AI testing, embedded directly in client delivery teams across Amsterdam and Barcelona.
Towson helps organisations bring strategy and execution together, enabling people to understand the bigger picture, take ownership and move forward together. They combine organisational transformation, leadership and AI expertise through consulting, coaching and training.
Agenda
17:00 — 17:30
Welcome and food
Doors open, food and drinks before the talks.
17:30 — 20:00
Talks and discussion
Three talks on testing convictions, AI security, and the testing pyramid, followed by audience questions.
20:00 — 21:00
Drinks and networking
Wrap up the evening with the community.
Speakers
Andrew Knight — The Automation Panda
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions
Nadim Mansour — AWS
Automated Vulnerability Patching with Generative AI and Its Impact on Cloud and DevOps
Elena Tanturovska — Brunel
Rethinking the Testing Pyramid: A Modern Approach to QA
