Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) has a reputation problem.
It's noisy, slow, and often ignored by developers — especially in fast-moving CI/CD pipelines.

In this episode of the TestGuild Podcast, we explore developer-focused DAST and why traditional AppSec tools struggle to gain adoption in modern DevOps teams.

You'll learn:

• Why most DAST tools fail inside real-world CI/CD workflows
• What "shift-left security" actually means beyond marketing buzzwords
• How developer-first DAST reduces false positives and improves signal quality
• Where AI genuinely helps in security testing — and where it's mostly hype
• Practical steps QA, DevOps, and engineering leaders can take to reduce risk this quarter

Our guest, Gadi Bashvitz, CEO at Bright Security, shares lessons from decades in cybersecurity, including building security tools that developers actually use — without slowing delivery.

If you're responsible for test automation, DevSecOps, or application security, this episode will help you rethink how DAST should work in 2026 and beyond.

In this episode of the TestGuild DevOps Toolchain podcast, Joe Colantonio sits down with Brad Groux, technologist, AI strategist, and CEO of Digital Meld, to explore what it really takes for businesses to adopt AI successfully.

Brad shares practical insights on:

• How to prepare your people, processes, and data before bringing in AI tools like Copilot or ChatGPT

• Separating hype from reality when evaluating AI and automation solutions

• Building an AI stack on a budget that empowers mid-sized businesses to compete

• Why "start small, think big" is the winning mindset for sustainable digital transformation

• The role of responsible AI and how leaders can balance innovation with ethics

Whether you're a QA leader, automation engineer, or business exec, this episode will give you a grounded blueprint to cut through the noise and unlock the real value of AI in your organization.

In this episode of the TestGuild DevOps Toolchain Podcast, host Joe Colantonio sits down with Jennifer Rahmani, Co-founder and COO of Thoras.ai, a company redefining how infrastructure scales with AI-driven predictive technology. Drawing from her years as a DevOps engineer in the defense tech sector, Jennifer shares how she and her twin sister turned real-world frustrations into a reliability-first platform that eliminates the guesswork from scaling.

We discuss how Thoras.ai integrates with Kubernetes to predict workload demand minutes—or even hours—in advance, allowing teams to maintain high availability without overspending. Jennifer explains why they use the right AI for the right use case, how their predictive autoscaling works in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, and how it helps SREs avoid downtime during unpredictable events like Black Friday or major product launches. Whether you're dealing with noisy data, high cloud bills, or sleepless nights worrying about reliability, this episode delivers practical insights for making smarter scaling decisions.

Curious if AI will automate your contract testing—or wreck it?

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In this episode of the DevOps Toolchain Podcast, I sit down with Matt Fellows, co-founder of Pacflow and core maintainer of the PACT framework (now under SmartBear). We dive into the evolution of contract testing, how agentic AI tools like Copilot and Cursor are shaping testing workflows, and what the next 3–5 years might look like for API validation.

We also get real about:

• Why test quality matters more in an AI-driven pipeline
• How autonomous testing may reshape developer tooling
• Whether AI-generated tests are improving code or just spreading bugs faster

Whether you're leading a QA team, building APIs, or navigating the DevOps–AI intersection, this episode has hard-earned insights from someone shaping the tools used by teams around the world.

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Today, we're diving into a hot topic for many in the software industry: leaping testing to DevOps. Joining us is Maciek Konkolowicz, a senior DevOps manager at an AI-driven test automation platform, who brings more than a decade of experience ensuring software quality and accelerating delivery.

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Maciek shares his journey from functional test automation to DevOps leadership, offering real-world insight into what motivated his career shift, the skills and mindset that helped him thrive, and how the lines between testing and DevOps continue to blur with today's continuous learning culture. Whether you're thinking about making a similar move or looking to support testers within your DevOps team better, this conversation is full of actionable advice and inspiration.

Stick around to hear Maciek's tips on upskilling, working at AI-powered companies, and why keeping your "sunglasses" on, rather than blinders, might be the smartest career move you make this year.

How do you go from idea to impact—without wasting time or overbuilding too early?

In this episode, Joe Colantonio is joined by Mac, CTO at Wednesday Solutions, to dive deep into what it really takes to scale software smartly and sustainably. They explore the mindset and systems needed to go from MVP to product-market fit, how to think about scaling for 3 years (not forever), and the biggest distribution mistakes startups make.

You'll also hear hard-earned lessons on using AI tools effectively, when to skip hyped tech (like serverless), and why building great software isn't enough—you need distribution and insight to win.

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