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Date: "2024-08-29"
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# Podcast recording — 2024-08-29
Recorded episode with Priya Sharma. Great conversation.

## Notes
- Episode theme: part two with Priya — deep dive into testing strategies for mobile apps, including the role of visual regression testing and real-device testing farms
- Building on the previous episode about release workflows, Priya explained her team's testing pyramid for mobile: heavy unit tests at the base, integration tests with mocked backends in the middle, and a lean set of end-to-end tests on real devices at the top
- Her candid assessment of the limitations of emulator-based testing versus real-device testing was particularly valuable — she shared specific bugs that would have shipped to production if they had relied solely on simulators
- Another strong session; the continuity from the first recording made the conversation feel more like a masterclass than an interview
- Key quote: "If you are only testing on emulators, you are testing your assumption of what a phone is, not what your users actually have in their hands"
- Audio quality matched the first session — clean and professional throughout

## Follow-up
- [ ] Send thank-you email to Priya with links to both episode recordings
- [ ] Draft show notes connecting both episodes as a mobile engineering series
- [ ] Schedule editing with [[person-paco-furiani]] — coordinate release with part one
