Back to the Roots: Testing in the Age of AI
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Jakub Janczyk
Help Scout
Senior Engineer/Tech Lead
SMART Test Automation - the experience of legacy transformation
July 10, 2026
10:20
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10:50
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30
min
Stage 1
What this session covers
How to start test automation from scratch - the legacy system example. How to make test automation matter - esp. when everything is always not enough - developer experience, SSDLC experience.
The importance of test pyramid, and why sometimes unittests are useless, and sometimes they are not. Basic truths why are we still forgetting about them - the context of 20yo product and replatforming and technology debt How much is enough - the core banking system - 3k, 4k, 5k or more?
We really did magic - it can be yours.
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