Why You Should Shift-Right Your Testing

About this episode

The episode discusses the benefits of shifting testing to production rather than focusing solely on early testing phases.

Are your software tests a beautiful work of fiction? In this episode of Troubleshooting Agile, Squirrel and Jeffrey question the obsession with "shift left" and instead make the case for shifting right i.e. testing right in production where the real world happens. Join us for a discussion on AI logging, Etsy's continuous real-world tests, and why keeping your code in a sterile sandbox is costing you money. Links: CITCON 2026 Discussion “Why shift-right is a great approach for testing” https://citconf.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_shift-right_is_a_great_approach_for_testing - CITCON: https://citconf.com/ -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through difficult conversations. Over a decade later, they remain united in their passion for growing profitable…

People in this episode

Hosts: Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick

Topics covered

• shift-right testing
• production testing
• AI logging
• continuous testing
• agile methodologies

Keywords

• shift-right
• testing
• production
• AI logging
• Etsy
• agile

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Etsy, CITCON

Books & works: Agile Conversations

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