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title: "Fixing the Brittle Test Suite: DevOps Playbook Insights"
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# Fixing the Brittle Test Suite: DevOps Playbook Insights

Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders — S4 Bonus: Fixing the Brittle Test Suite: The DevOps Playbook for Smarter continuous Integration with ProdPerfect’s Erik Fogg Press Play to Listen While You Browse S4 Bonus: Fixing the Brittle Test Suite: The DevOps Playbook for Smarter continuous Integration with ProdPerfect’s Erik Fogg Code Story | Startup Podcast for Technical Founders 0:00 43:20 1× Erik Fogg attended MIT, but failed his intro to computer science classes. It was at that point, that he punted over to mechanical engineering. So as you could guess, Erik is not the tech guy - but, he does know enough to be dangerous. He loves to work with his hands, and has a professional history in solving old problems in new ways. Speaking of working with his hands, he likes to create comic con gear (at the time of the recording he had a captain America shield made out of an old satellite in his office). He's also a huge comic book and sports card collector, and he actually mentors several startups involved in pricing & liquidity around collectibles. Outside of that, he hosts a podcast around the topic of politics, polarization, and tribalism. Early 2018, Erik's co-founder started working through the traditional problems of QA testing. After getting fed up with it, he decided that he just needed to build his own solution, and needed someone to help him turn it into a business. Erik joined the team, and has been changing the QA testing landscape ever since. This is the creation story of ProdPerfect . Sponsors. Acton Children's Business Fair Links Website: https://prodperfect.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikfogg/ Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Amazing tools we use: This podcast is hosted on RedCircle , a FREE platform for podcasts and brands to scale their message. Want to record your remote interviews with class? Then, you need to use Squadcast . Code Story uses the 1-click product ClipGain , sign up now to get 3hrs of podcast processing time FREE If you want an amazing publishing platform for your podcast, with amazing support & people – use Transistor.fm Credits: Code Story is hosted and produced by Noah Labhart. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pocket Casts , Google Play , Breaker , Youtube , or the podcasting app of your choice. Checkout our episode stacks on Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Latest Season of the Podcast is Sponsored By