Anthropic had a rough week. And the part that stings isnāt just that something went wrong - itās how they handled it. A map file, a DMCA frenzy, and a Python loophole On March 31st, Anthropic accidentally shipped Claude Codeās TypeScript source code via a map file left in their npm package. The leak was spotted almost immediately, and GitHub repositories mirroring the code started receiving DMCA takedowns shortly after. What followed was a fairly aggressive takedown campaign by Anthropic. One...
7 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
Hello Reader, If youāve been reading this newsletter for a while, you know that quality engineering is the hill Iāll always choose to stand on. And this week, I get to share something personal that ties directly into that. Iām joining Qodo Iāve been following Qodo for almost a year now, and Iāve been getting more and more impressed every day. So Iām thrilled to share that Iām joining Qodo as a DevRel engineer. Qodo is an enterprise multi-agent platform for AI-driven code reviews. As AI...
15 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
Hey Reader, An interesting thought is popping up in conversations around AI agents: the environment around the thing matters more than the thing itself. Last week I read about Harness engineering and it felt very familiar. As if it was tapping into instincts I already had. If youāve ever debugged a flaky test only to find the problem was in the setup, not the assertion, that instinct will feel natural. But at the same time it also feels like an unfamiliar territory. It borrows the same...
21 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
Hello Reader, AI can generate code, arguably with a pretty decent quality. Thatās not news anymore. The question thatās been forming in my head all week is different: how do we decide what should go into production? Writing code is not the hard part (arguably, it never was). The hard part is making sure the right code ships and the wrong code doesnāt. And right now, that selection problem is becoming the defining challenge of AI-assisted development. Last week has definitely showed this....
29 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 5 min read
Hey Reader, If youāre reading this, chances are you care about quality. Coming from QA, I never stop looking at the apps I build and systems I use through the lens of quality. Now, with more and more code being written by AI, this question matters more than ever. Many people wonder whether AI is even capable of delivering quality. I think it is. Though itās worth remembering that quality is multidimensional. You can always have more or less of it. When it comes to AI and specifically LLMs,...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read
Hey Reader, Itās been a while since Iāve issued a newsletter, but Iām hoping to get back on track. There are just so many interesting things happening in the world of IT that I want to share with you all. But Iāve decided to change my approach to writing this newsletter a little bit. In the past, my main goal was to come up with some idea or some thought and basically write a post. This put a lot of pressure on me and I never wanted to force myself into writing a newsletter when I had nothing...
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Filip Hric 22th July 2025 AI, BDD, and Why We're Bad at Predicting the Future Hello Reader,Lately, it seems the conversation around AI has shifted. We're moving past the initial "what can this chat window do?" phase and into the more practical, and sometimes awkward, integration into our development lifecycle. To me, one of the most interesting moments recently is that we're seeing major players like Amazon use BDD for AI-driven requirement planning. Plus the whole ecosystem of AI builder...
9 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Filip Hric 13th May 2025 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (TECHNICAL) Hey Reader!Thereās an ongoing debate in the QA world on whether it makes sense to get technical or not. I remember having a fairly heated debate on this last November at Agile Testing Days in Potsdam. My talk titled "Test like a developer, develop like a tester" argued that we should put the effort as testers to become experts in the software we test. And yes, that includes having a fair bit of developer knowledge. Jason Arbon called...
11 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Filip Hric 23rd April 2025 AN APP CAN BE A HOME-COOKED MEAL He Reader,Today Iād love to share with you one of the best blogposts Iāve ever read. It warmed my heart and inspired me greatly. The blogpost is called "An app can be a home-cooked meal". Give it a read. It taps into something thatās really close to my heart - using your talents to make a world a better place - starting with your family. While you can be a world-renowned chef, it will always feel different when you cook a meal for...
12 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read