Evidence over theatre
Every demo must show traces, logs, or diffs—not vibes.
Story
Built for Singapore release cadences, not generic slide decks
Excelmegonflux Academy began as a weekend guild for testers tired of brittle suites. We kept the small-class format even as corporate tables joined, because triage practice collapses when thirty people share one mentor. Today we still cap tables, rotate mentors from active delivery roles, and refresh labs whenever Playwright, Cypress, or contract tooling shifts materially.
Principles we argue about on purpose
Queues that respect people
Synthetic data keeps exercises honest without borrowing customer stories.
Stillness in the schedule
Buffers between labs exist so you can actually refactor, not just attend.
Timeline
2019 — First guild weekend
Twelve testers rebuilt flaky checkout suites using open tools only.
2022 — Corporate tables arrive
Procurement-ready language and sandbox contracts formalised without losing cohort intimacy.
2025 — Career track launches
Structured roadmap linking labs, portfolio evidence, and certification planning for automation engineers.
Team
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Priya Menon
Lead instructor · release quality
Coaches trace-first triage for distributed logistics teams.
Noah Tan
Lead instructor · API quality
Builds contract labs that survive refactors without drama.
Amelia Goh
Lead instructor · UI automation
Pairs designers with component harnesses that stay fast.
Marcus Lee
Lab mentor · pipelines
Former SRE helping QA own humane pipeline gates.
Farah Ibrahim
Lab mentor · mobile
Keeps device labs stocked with real hardware, not emulators only.
Ravi Krishnan
Lab mentor · telemetry
Teaches evidence-first incident narration for testers.
Chen Bo
Lab mentor · performance
Prefers honest latency charts over hero peak numbers.
Sofia Ng
Lab mentor · accessibility
Runs pairing scripts that respect assistive tech users.
Ethan Wong
Lab mentor · legacy suites
Modernises Selenium without rip-and-replace fantasies.
Grace Lim
Career coach · corporate enablement
Designs facilitation decks L&D teams actually reuse.
Harini Rao
Curriculum designer
Maps modules to SkillsFuture-friendly outcomes statements.
Joel Sim
Curriculum designer
Maintains anonymised datasets for all sandbox labs.
Ingrid Koh
Career coach
Runs mock interviews focused on portfolio evidence, not buzzwords.
Diego Alvarez
Career coach
Supports regional candidates navigating hybrid attendance.