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The Critical Role of Observability in High‑Throughput Transaction Systems

This blog explores why observability becomes a critical safety mechanism in high-throughput transaction systems, where failures propagate faster than teams can manually respond.

carabills47a77b925b13th February 2026

AI Testing

How Do You Test AI Systems?

This blog provides a high-level, non-technical overview of how we at Nimble Approach approach testing and quality assurance (QA) for AI-enabled software systems

carabills47a77b925b30th January 2026

AI Testing

Why Token Awareness Matters: A Developer’s Hard-Learned Lesson in AI Efficiency

In this post, I break down how an ordinary proof-of-concept spiralled into a 66-million-token incident - and what it taught me about the real costs of modern AI…

carabills47a77b925b16th December 2025

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AI Testing

Why Mutation Testing Is Essential for Trustworthy AI

As we look to incorporate AI into our products, services and daily workflows, it’s easy to assume that the models are inherently Secure by Design. But deeper integration…

carabills47a77b925b1st December 2025

AI Testing

Why You Need to be Doing Security Testing For Your AI (And How to Do It)

As we look to incorporate AI into our products, services and daily workflows, it’s easy to assume that the models are inherently Secure by Design. But deeper integration…

carabills47a77b925b26th November 2025

AI Testing

How to Use Test-Driven Development (TDD) for better AI coding outputs

AI coding assistants can generate code in seconds, but without the right guidance, small mistakes can derail a project. Pairing them with Test-Driven Development gives structure, clarity, and…

carabills47a77b925b26th November 2025

Data Testing

Why Your RAG System Fails – and How Semantic Chunking Fixes It

This article breaks down why naive, fixed-size chunking leads to poor retrieval, how semantic chunking solves the problem, and what tools and methods you can use to implement…

carabills47a77b925b24th November 2025

AI Testing

How AI Can Help Shape the Future of Testing

In this blog, we take a closer look at how AI can help teams move faster without compromising on quality. From analysing code to tracking exploratory testing sessions,…

carabills47a77b925b18th November 2025

Data Testing Tips

Why I love Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Other Data Engineers Should, too

Discover why Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a game-changer for Data Engineers. George Verney, Head of Data at Nimble Approach, shares practical examples and insights to help you write…

nimbleapproach201618th June 2025

Inside Nimble Testing

How Do You Test Star Wars?

Hollywood is full of lessons in software testing! Join Nimble Approach’s Test Engineers as they analyse Star Wars' biggest testing failures and explore better testing strategies.

nimbleapproach201620th March 2025

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Testing

The Critical Role of Observability in High‑Throughput Transaction Systems

How Do You Test AI Systems?

Why Token Awareness Matters: A Developer’s Hard-Learned Lesson in AI Efficiency

Why Mutation Testing Is Essential for Trustworthy AI

Why You Need to be Doing Security Testing For Your AI (And How to Do It)

How to Use Test-Driven Development (TDD) for better AI coding outputs

Why Your RAG System Fails – and How Semantic Chunking Fixes It

How AI Can Help Shape the Future of Testing

Why I love Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Other Data Engineers Should, too

How Do You Test Star Wars?

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