00:00:00 - Introduction: The Intersection of QA and DevOps

00:01:06 - Guest Introductions: Meet the Experts

00:06:17 - Career Paths: How We Got into QA, DevOps & SRE

00:12:52 - Debunking Stereotypes: What People Think We Do

00:26:04 - The Evolving Relationship Between QA and DevOps

00:39:06 - What is DevOps? A Deeper Definition

00:44:53 - Common Clashes & Expectations Between QA and DevOps

00:54:35 - Is the Conflict Ego-Driven or Technical?

01:06:32 - Theory vs. Reality: Implementing Methodologies Like Agile & DevOps

01:13:10 - Understanding the ‘Shift Left’ Approach

01:21:01 - The Downsides of Shift Left: Increased Pipeline Time

01:29:17 - How Product Criticality Impacts Testing Strategy

01:34:32 - Q&A: Separating Development & Production Environments

01:36:30 - Q&A: Choosing the Right CI/CD Tool

01:39:08 - Q&A: Will AI Replace QA Professionals?

01:44:19 - Q&A: Transitioning from Test Automation to DevOps

01:50:42 - Q&A: DevOps vs. SRE - What’s the Difference?

01:57:05 - War Stories: When Production Breaks (Blameless Postmortems)

02:11:32 - Dilemma: Shipping on Time vs. Ensuring Quality

02:18:04 - Q&A: Communicating Technical Value to Non-Tech Stakeholders

02:19:14 - Q&A: Defining ‘Done’ - Key Metrics for QA & DevOps

02:23:30 - Q&A: What is Test-Driven Development (TDD)?

02:25:49 - Q&A: How Much DevOps Should a Software Engineer Know?

02:30:13 - Q&A: Future Episode on Platform Engineering?

02:31:31 - Conclusion & Final Thoughts