Article
From QA Engineer to Agent Operator
A 5-level on-ramp to agentic AI for people who already know the one thing the model doesn't — how to tell "correct" from "plausible."
13 min #Quality Assurance#AI Agents
Let's talk about Quality Engineering & Testing
BAD quality
I'm Igor Goldshmidt — quality freak, testing geek, and (fine) big boss. Twelve years building quality functions in Israeli hi-tech, now figuring out hands-on what QE becomes when AI agents crash the workflow.
More than 12 years experience / 7,500+ followers / Testing Cup champion '18 CRAZY
I treat quality as architecture and process, not defect-finding. I design test strategies and release pipelines, build QA teams from zero, and advise engineering leaders on how the role changes in an agentic-AI world. I'd rather ship a working pipeline than a slide deck about one.
Fresh ink
See all writing →Best practices in agile testing and QE — plus the occasional Monya story when the lessons need a little humor.
Article
Two Days, AWS Bedrock, and the Moment Claude Figured It Out Before I Did
A field story about Hermes, reasoning models, and the illusion of 'plug-and-play AI' — for R&D leaders, QA/Test managers, and engineers who were promised 10x, 20x, 50x.
9 min #AWS Bedrock#Claude
Article
LangTalks 2026: When Engineers From the Future Gather in One Room
A conference, a great breakfast, 1,000 engineers, and a few talks that changed how I think about AI development.
6 min #AI Engineering#Conferences
Agents & skills
See all agents →A working catalog of the AI agents and skills I build and run — quality, research, and content tooling — each card linking straight to its source.
Agent
Agile Tester Agent
A whole-team agile tester teammate that walks an iteration end-to-end, guides story refinement, maps coverage, and runs exploratory sessions.
#Agile Testing#QA
Skill
Exploratory Charter Generator
Generates structured session-based exploratory testing charters complete with missions, heuristics, personas, and soap-opera scenarios.
#Exploratory#Session-Based
Skill
Example Mapping
Turns raw stories into concrete examples, clarifying questions, BDD acceptance criteria (Given/When/Then), and a ready verdict.
#BDD#Requirements
Skill
Testing Quadrants Mapper
Maps features across the four testing quadrants to create a complete coverage plan, surfacing forgotten test types and tool advice.
#Test Coverage#Test Strategy
The rest of it
Community
Founding-team volunteer at Ach Gadol and pilot lead for the Soldiers' Clubs — built the first club and helped scale to five nationwide.
AI / R&D
QrchestrAI — independent research on Quality Engineering for agentic AI: 40+ discovery interviews and hands-on experiments.
Speaking & Teaching
Conference speaker across Europe and Israel, and Academic Leader of the testing course at Masa Israel Journey.
Need a QA leader — not full-time?
Talks, mentoring, and senior QE consulting. Boutique and senior-only — no funnel, just the work.