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# Rahul Srivastava

@rahulsriv · Dubai, UAE · Joined March 2026

### [When AI Runs the Tests, What Is the Quality Engineer For?](https://nohappypath.com/when-ai-runs-the-tests-what-is-the-quality-engineer-for?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If AI is going to execute most of what quality engineering used to execute, what does the QE space actually look like on the other side of that shift?

9 min read · [nohappypath.com](https://nohappypath.com/when-ai-runs-the-tests-what-is-the-quality-engineer-for?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 11](https://hashnode.com/posts/when-ai-runs-the-tests-what-is-the-quality-engineer-for/6a01c166fca21b0d4b10a1f9)

### [The Test Pyramid Doesn't Survive Contact with an LLM](https://nohappypath.com/the-test-pyramid-doesn-t-survive-contact-with-an-llm?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The test pyramid was built for deterministic software. LLM systems break it. Here is the five-layer AI Quality Stack that replaces it.

8 min read · [nohappypath.com](https://nohappypath.com/the-test-pyramid-doesn-t-survive-contact-with-an-llm?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 8](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-test-pyramid-doesn-t-survive-contact-with-an-llm/69fde26af239332df4c476a7)

### [The Layer You Think You Climbed](https://nohappypath.com/the-layer-you-think-you-climbed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If you think AI moved you up to higher-value work, there is a good chance you just got faster at the work that's disappearing

8 min read · [nohappypath.com](https://nohappypath.com/the-layer-you-think-you-climbed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 11](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-layer-you-think-you-climbed/69da3cd7c8e5007ddba13886)

### [Shift Left and Continuous Testing: Stop Treating Quality as a Phase](https://nohappypath.com/shift-left-and-continuous-testing-stop-treating-quality-as-a-phase?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most teams confuse shift left with earlier QA and continuous testing with faster automation. Here is what both actually mean in practice

12 min read · [nohappypath.com](https://nohappypath.com/shift-left-and-continuous-testing-stop-treating-quality-as-a-phase?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 2](https://hashnode.com/posts/shift-left-and-continuous-testing-stop-treating-quality-as-a-phase/69ce8b9b0ff860b6def9a469)

### [The Traditional Quality Model Is Costing You More Than You Think](https://nohappypath.com/the-traditional-quality-model-is-costing-you-more-than-you-think?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Why the traditional quality model is a debt machine and how to stop paying interest

5 min read · [nohappypath.com](https://nohappypath.com/the-traditional-quality-model-is-costing-you-more-than-you-think?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-traditional-quality-model-is-costing-you-more-than-you-think/69c597d610e664c5da2d5dea)