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← all postsThe Test Pyramid in 2026: What's Left of It After a Decade of Microservices and Agent-Written E2E
Which floors of the classic test pyramid still make sense, where the drawing plainly lies, and what a healthy test distribution looks like in a typical web project - no dogma, just heuristics.
Risk-Based Testing in Practice: How to Decide What NOT to Test
A simple impact-times-probability matrix, a real release walkthrough where half the scope shipped without tests, and how to communicate those decisions to the business.
The Holak (and Gomulski) Scale 3.0 - fewer levels, more meaning
An update to the AI adoption maturity model, co-created with Konrad Gomulski. Version 3.0 simplifies the scale to five levels and stops treating a level as a label for a person - it moves the diagnosis onto a specific context: a task, a team, a process or an organisation.
When to automate tests, and when automation is a waste of time
Test automation isn't always the right answer. Here's when it's worth automating, what to leave manual, and how to make conscious QA decisions.
Holak Scale v2.1e - enterprise. An AI adoption maturity model for organizations
12 maturity levels of AI in the workplace - from resistance, through agent workflows, to a purpose-built agentic OS for concrete business outcomes. Version v2.1e splits the enterprise path from the private one.