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Sérgio Freire

@darktelecom.bsky.social
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A creative thinker. Telco sw/hw/networking background. Nowadays trying to make great companies products even better with testing in Jira. Thoughts & views mine.

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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Exploratory #testing? What do I mean with it? Check out this summary by @rosiesherry.com on a mental model that I called the "The Learning Lollipop Model". Sounds tasty? Check it out! www.ministryoftesting.com/insights/the... #MoT @ministryoftesting.com #softwaretesting #quality
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The Learning Lollipop Model
Every question you ask during testing is the seed of the next one.
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hey everyone, another #opensource release for the #testing community. Bumped the compatibility with Playwright 1.60 on the playwright-junit-reporter with version 0.13.0! github.com/Xray-App/pla... #softwaretesting #playwright #xray #jira #testautomation @xrayapp.bsky.social @playwright.dev
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Release 0.13.0 · Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter
What's Changed bump support for Playwright 1.60; fix #47 by @bitcoder in #48 Full Changelog: 0.12.0...0.13.0
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Join me today on this free webinar "Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray". I'll blend a bit development and testing, together :D www.ministryoftesting.com/partner-even... @ministryoftesting.com #testing #softwaretesting #quality #rovodev #atlassian #mot #AI #xray
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Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
Shipping fast shouldn't mean shipping blind.
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Merry Christmas / happy holidays :) To all my friends in the community and elsewhere: I wish you a wonderful, peaceful and joyful time! #christmas #xmas #softwaretesting #Xray @xrayapp.bsky.social #quality #AI #fun @atlassian.bsky.social
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
My present to you is a small yet important fix to properly support #Quarkus and enabling these teamsto also integrate with @xrayapp.bsky.social on #Jira. Time to implement "supersonic" #Java tests and track them :) github.com/Xray-App/xra... #testautomation #testing #QA #softwaretesting #Xray
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Release 1.0.1 · Xray-App/xray-junit-extensions
What's Changed Add repository link in pom.xml to allow automatic fetching of changelogs by @b-heimann-senacor in #83 Fix running Quarkus tests using maven by @bitcoder in #86 New Contributors @b...
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Leaving @agiletdzone.bsky.social. Always love to visit Potsdam so I went for a very quick quick walk before departure. I love the event and every year I make some new friends. Also good to revisit the old ones, sometimes it is hard to find the time to be with everybody :) see you soon ;) #agiletd
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Michael Kutz @mkutz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Slides are online at slides.com/mkutz/wtfm
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WTFM – Where's the F****** Manual
Key Learnings: 1. Understand what makes writing documentation so daunting. 2. Acquire some simple guidelines and techniques to detect knowledge that needs to be documented in what way. 3. Learn how to...
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
1st prize on the #bug bash on the #AI hackathon at @agiletdzone.bsky.social ! Cecilie Haugstvedt Risko Ruus Hiroshi Maekawa and Jens Hoeft #AgileTD #testing #softwaretesting
Team named FAST that won the bug bash at the AI hackathon
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Probably the most awaited talk I want to attend this year at @agiletdzone.bsky.social :) @profesordragan.bsky.social #agileTD #testing #ai #agenticai
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João Proença @jrosaproenca.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Code quality and maintainability will become more important than ever before... (with AI) @oredev.org
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Michael Kutz @mkutz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
If you are at #AgileTD, do feel free to propose a session for this year’s open space with @jrosaproenca.bsky.social and @alexschl.bsky.social. It doesn’t matter if you want to present something or simply discuss a topic, just post it on Slack 👉 agiletdzone.slack.com/archives/C08...
João on stage promoting the open space at #AgileTD
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What a great talk by this great person at @agiletdzone.bsky.social on OSINT not sharing the name on purpose and I did my best to mask stuft :) #security #AgileTD
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Since I'm at @agiletdzone.bsky.social , feel free to connect and reach out on case you have questions, feedback on @xrayapp.bsky.social or just want to talk on general about testing and how to improve #quality :) #AgileTD #testing #softwaretesting
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Starting the day with an overwhelming talk on #AI at @agiletdzone.bsky.social with Jonathon Wright. I need to rewatch it later at a bit slower pace :) Will have a look at these standards later on among many tools that were hihghlighted! #AgileTD #testing #qa #softwaretesting
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Just released a new update for the integration between Xray and JUnit adding the support for JUnit 6! xray-junit-extensions was finally bumped to 1.0.0 :) Check the release notes github.com/Xray-App/xra...! Have fun :) #testautomation #xray #junit #junit6 #QA #quality #softwaretesting #testing
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Release 1.0.0 · Xray-App/xray-junit-extensions
What's Changed update deployment due to deprecation of OSSRH by @bitcoder in #79 JUnit6 compatibility by @bitcoder in #81 Full Changelog: 0.12.0...1.0.0 What's Changed update deployment due to d...
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Always a great day to make another open-source release for the #opensource #testing community. Bumped compatibility with Playwright 1.56 on the playwright-junit-reporter version 0.10.0 :) Check it out :) github.com/Xray-App/pla... #softwaretesting #playwright #xray #jira @xrayapp.bsky.social
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GitHub - Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter: Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter
Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter. Contribute to Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Ben Dowen is sharing his experience on #quality engineering #testing #testbash @ministryoftesting.com
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Isabel Evans presenting the IDEA-T concept based on research in the #testing space #testbash @ministryoftesting.com
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
@jitgos.bsky.social Sharing more info on the crowstrike bug and how to improve #quality in multiple ways in complex social technical systems #testing #testbash
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Starting the day at #TestBash to learn more about #testing and #quality, first session with the great speaker Elizabeth Zagroba
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Just made a quick sightseeing in the beautiful Carisbrooke Castle and tomorrow I'll meet many #testing friends at the pre #TestBash event at Brighton. I hope to share and learn with many of you from this great @ministryoftesting.com community! See you soon! #softwaretesting #quality #xray
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Just released a new version of the Javascript/TypeScript library that provides a client API for interacting with @xrayapp.bsky.social right from your code. It's mainly a maintenance release; check xray-automation-js v0.4.0 :) #xray #testautomation #softwaretesting github.com/Xray-App/xra...
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Release 0.4.0 · Xray-App/xray-automation-js
What's Changed update deps; fix #17 by @bitcoder in #18 small hack to fix including of some missing types; fixes #14 by @bitcoder in #19 proper handling of json content for test and testexec; fix ...
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Just released a new update for the integration between @xrayapp.bsky.social and @junit.org! Kudos to the #opensource contributors! Update to xray-junit-extensions 0.11.0! More info: github.com/Xray-App/xra... #testautomation #xray #junit #junit5 #QA #quality #softwaretesting #testing
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Release 0.11.0 · Xray-App/xray-junit-extensions
What's Changed Add support for customizing test case and class names through XrayTestMetadataReader. by @vcardenas in #71 Read tags in XrayTestMetadataReader by @Trigtrig in #68 bump Junit depende...
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Just released playwright-junit-reporter 0.9.0 which enables adding information to Test Run custom fields in @xrayapp.bsky.social , so you can provide extra information right from your Playwright #testautomation code! Check it :) github.com/Xray-App/pla... #softwaretesting #playwright #xray #jira
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GitHub - Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter: Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter
Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter. Contribute to Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
@playwright.dev v1.55 was released few hours ago, and I just released a new, compatible version of playwright-junit-reporter that provides a close integration with @xrayapp.bsky.social ! Enjoy, and happy #testing! github.com/Xray-App/pla... #testautomation #playwright #softwaretesting #xray
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GitHub - Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter: Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter
Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter. Contribute to Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
@playwright.dev 1.54 was just released and so was the new version (0.7.0) of the playwright-junit-reporter, boosting the integration between #Xray and #Playwright! Check it out at github.com/Xray-App/pla... #testautomation #softwaretesting #testing #QA
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GitHub - Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter: Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter
Playwright JUnit Enhanced XML reporter. Contribute to Xray-App/playwright-junit-reporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Anne Marie Charrett @annemariecharrett.com · 29/05/2025
My book, The Quality Coach's Handbook, will be available for purchase on the 31st of May. Pre-register here (you'll be in good company 🙃) leanpub.com/qc
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The Quality Coach's Handbook
The book explains the quality coach role, provides quality coach workshops with instructions and templates, and offers ideas on how to think about quality in modern engineering companies. While many a...
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Just released version 0.5.0 of our integration with latest version 1.51 of #testing framework #Playwright! This allows users to use most recent innovations to perform their automated tests, integrating these results into Jira and @xrayapp.bsky.social lnkd.in/dEUywJX7 #testautomation
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LinkedIn
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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
China has been producing open source models that surpass the performance of OS models from other countries on a number of metrics. Today, the model QwQ is measured to outperform OpenAI o1 and Anthropic Sonnet. Chat is here: huggingface.co/chat/models/... Blog here: qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwq-32b...
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QwQ: Reflect Deeply on the Boundaries of the Unknown
GITHUB HUGGING FACE MODELSCOPE DEMO DISCORD Note: This is the pronunciation of QwQ: /kwju:/ , similar to the word “quill”. What does it mean to think, to question, to understand? These are the deep wa...
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Anne Marie Charrett @annemariecharrett.com · 25/11/2024
Nice post by Jit Gosai on "is it possible to automate all the things" open.substack.com/pub/qualitye...
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Can We Automate All the Things? Exploring the Limits of Testing in Software Systems
Can you automate all your testing? It depends on how certain you are about your software system's behaviour.
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Michael Kutz @mkutz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
All talks from Øredev – including my own "Untangle Your Spaghetti Test Code" – are now available on YouTube 🎉📺🍿 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Øredev 2024 - YouTube
Videos of talks given during the 18th iteration of Øredev Developers Conference, taking place in Malmö 6-8th November 2024. During Øredev 2024, we invited al...
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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation
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Risto Uuk @ristouuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I am excited to share our new research on a taxonomy of systemic risks associated with general-purpose AI. This work was done together with my great co-authors, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Daniel Guppy, Lode Lauwaert, Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Lucia Velasco, Peter Slattery, and Carina Prunkl. Read it here:
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A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI
Through a systematic review of academic literature, we propose a taxonomy of systemic risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI), in particular general-
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Trunk-Based Thierry (they/them) @tdpauw.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The slide deck for Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews is available online #AgileTD Once more, thank you for all your interesting questions and lovely feedback 😊 thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/0...
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Non-Blocking Continuous Code Reviews - a Case Study
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My journey at @agiletdzone.bsky.social is over for this year. It ended with a panel on AI with Tariq and Rahul. It was great to see many existing from this and on other #testing events, and new friends to add to that list. Thank you all and wish y'all a safe return back home! #agiletd
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Going over different #testing techniques with @mkutz.bsky.social and Janina Nemec, to remember that there is much more than checking just one example or two as seen in many test automation scripts code. Ways to augment our testing! #agiletd #softwaretesting #testautomation
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
If you are at @agiletdzone.bsky.social, it's time to come to the Xray booth for the raffle to win an iPad! The iPad will be drawn exactly at 11h30am! Come slightly before. In case you haven't filled the challenge, you still have time! #testing #agiletd
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Learning about #testing robots with the awesome and knowledgeable @irja.bsky.social #agiletd
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Glad to be with these two #testing friends and thanks so much for the feedback @tamarajosten.bsky.social on my webinars! I deeply deeply appreciate it!! Made my day! @chrissbaumann.bsky.social #agiletd
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Some tips about achievement improvements #agiletd
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Ready for the last day at #agiletd ? First keynote of the day with Chris Stone pm scaling improvement #testing #agile
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Trunk-Based Thierry (they/them) @tdpauw.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The slidedeck of Continuous Integration! Raising the Bar is available online. #AgileTD thinkinglabs.io/talks/2024/1...
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Continuous Integration! Raising the Bar
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Exploratory Testing, that topic that I love. This time about exploratory ensemble testing with @the-qa-guy.bsky.social #agiletd #testing
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@theywrestletest.bsky.social at #agiletd talking about who we are, about what motivates us as a person and as a tester. All the questions we could have #testing
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Are you at #AgileTD and you wanna win an iPad? Just pass in the Xray booth, solve a puzzle and come back tomorrow for the raffle! Don't miss this. It's fun and you can get an iPad ;) #testing #challenge
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@emilybache.com sharing knowledge on Agile Technical Practices including #TDD, along with some book references #agiletd #testing #softwaredevelopment
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just had a full house during my talk on the topic of AI and Exploratory Testing at @agiletdzone.bsky.social :) Glad to share some pros and cons on using AI on certain use cases. Hope y'all have enjoyed! #testing #agiletd #agile #quality
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Lisi Hocke @lisihocke.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just gave my #AgileTD talk "A Security Champion’s Journey - How to Make Things a Bit More Secure than Yesterday Every Day". What a great audience, loved their enthusiasm and thoughtful questions! 🤩 Slides can be found here: www.slideshare.net/slideshow/a-...
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A Security Champion’s Journey - How to Make Things a Bit More Secure than Yesterday Every Day (Agile Testing Days 2024)
A Security Champion’s Journey - How to Make Things a Bit More Secure than Yesterday Every Day (Agile Testing Days 2024) - Download as a PDF or view online for free
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MoTaverse @ministryoftesting.com · 20/11/2024
Yes, you can add your Bluesky profile to your MoT profile 🎉
A screen shot of Rosie Sherry's MoT Profile which includes social links, Bluesky being one of them
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Sérgio Freire @darktelecom.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Failing less by failing faster by @titusfortner.bsky.social . Interesting thought that the test suite hasn't finished until we have evaluated all the failure. #testing #agiletd #testautomation
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