Software testing for the agentic era.
Hi, I’m Nick Baynham.
I’m a software testing and automation engineer focused on the next generation of quality systems: AI-assisted test design, agentic workflows, API-first automation, and practical quality signals that help teams ship with confidence.
Featured projects
All projects →Universal Testing Language
A test-intent DSL that translates to multiple automation frameworks. One specification, many runtimes.
Agentic Testing Workflow Prototype
An AI agent that helps with test generation, maintenance, and triage - with explicit guardrails and a human in the loop.
API Automation Framework
A pragmatic Python framework for API contract testing, fixture-driven data setup, and CI-friendly reporting.
Latest writing
All posts →Software testing for the agentic era
What stays the same, what changes, and what to build first when AI agents start participating in the testing loop.
May 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Why AI agents still need human testers
The cases where current agents miss, why they miss, and the kind of judgment that does not transfer.
May 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Agentic engineering antipatterns
Five failure shapes I keep seeing when teams adopt AI agents in testing and tooling work.
May 4, 2026 · 3 min read
Skills snapshot
Test automation architecture, API testing, Playwright, Python and TypeScript SDETs, CI/CD, AI-assisted test design, and pragmatic adoption of agentic workflows.