Cloud Native Testing Podcast

The Cloud Native Testing Podcast , sponsored by Testkube, brings you insights from engineers navigating testing in cloud-native environments. Hosted by Ole Lensmar , it explores test automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes, shifting left, scaling right, and reliability at scale through conversations with testing and cloud native experts. Learn more about Testkube at http://testkube.io

Cloud Native Testing Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Testkube, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #20

  Why Testers Make the Best "Vibe Coders"

  May 27, 202628 minS1

  <p>In this episode of the <b>Cloud Native Testing Podcast</b>, host Ole Lensmar (CTO at Testkube) sits down with Lakshmi, one of the latest veterans to join the Testkube team. Together, they explore how the AI revolution is fundamentally changing the relationship between development and QA—and why testers might just be the ultimate "vibe coders."</p><p>Lakshmi shares his journey from electrical engineering and performance testing at Comcast to building his own AI-driven translation app without touching an IDE. The conversation dives deep into why the tester's mindset—always looking for edge cases, failure points, and hidd...

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  Episode #19

  Bridging the Gap: Production Readiness and AI with Dev Plaza’s Sahana Nagabhushan

  Mar 20, 202623 minS1

  <p>In this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast, Ole Lensmar sits down with Sahana Nagabhushan to tackle the complexities of software lifecycle inefficiencies and developer productivity.</p><p>Drawing from her extensive product management experience at Fidelity Investments and Workday, Sahana breaks down why companies burn millions of dollars and years of engineering time building custom Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) like Backstage. Instead of relying solely on generic frameworks, she advocates for implementing a "production readiness layer"—a critical bridge between writing code and shipping it confidently to live environments.</p><p>Ole and Sahana also dive deep in...

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  Episode #18

  API Mocking, Contract Testing, and the AI Shift with Yacine from Microcks

  Feb 6, 202626 minS1

  <p>Welcome to the first edition of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast for 2026! In this episode, host <b>Ole Lensmar</b> is joined by <b>Yacine Kheddache</b> to dive deep into <b>Microcks</b>, a CNCF Sandbox project dedicated to API mocking and simulation.</p><p>As cloud-native architectures grow more complex, the need to decouple services during development is critical. Yacine explains how Microcks serves as a "Swiss Army Knife" for developers, offering a single solution to mock and test REST, gRPC, GraphQL, and Event-Driven protocols (like Kafka and NATS). They discuss the tool's evolution from a centralized...

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  Episode #17

  Cloud Native Testing and AI - Why Tests provide the Context

  Nov 14, 202520 minS1

  <p>In this episode, Ole Lensmar joins Richard Li, founder of Polar Sky, to explore how testing strategies must evolve for the age of AI. They discuss the journey of cloud-native tools like Telepresence and Richard's key insight for agentic coding: using automated tests as the "context" to guide AI behavior, rather than relying on complex prompts to describe system rules.</p><p>The conversation also digs into the mechanics of building AI-driven software, emphasizing why "evals" are critical for measuring success. Richard shares practical strategies for treating evaluations as data management problems and explains how his team uses simple...

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  Episode #16

  Shift Left, Ship Fast: Building a Modern Testing Culture

  Oct 31, 202521 minS1

  <p>How do you shift left to ship fast when you work in a highly-regulated environment? In this episode, Thomas To explains how they built a modern testing culture to do just that. Drawing on his background at test automation company Katalon, Thomas details how "shift left" is primarily a cultural and mindset challenge, not just a technical one.</p><p>He shares practical insights on empowering developers to own quality, which in turn elevates the QA role to one of enablement and platform engineering. This cultural foundation becomes critical for shipping fast in a complex public safety domain, where...

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