As a QA engineer, I’ve always understood that software testing isn’t just about clicking buttons and verifying outputs—it’s about understanding the entire system. Early in my career, when tests failed, I often relied on screenshots, logs, and manual exploration to figure out the root cause. This worked most of the time, but intermittent failures, …
Debugging at the Network Level: A Game-Changer for QA Insights Read More »
As a QA engineer, I’ve spent countless hours running tests, logging defects, and communicating with developers. Over time, one truth became painfully clear: a failed test without evidence is almost useless. Screenshots, logs, HAR files, and execution videos are not just nice-to-haves—they are the backbone of trust, accountability, and efficiency in QA. Early in …
Why Test Evidence Is the Real Game-Changer for QA Teams Read More »
As a QA engineer, one of the most critical responsibilities is ensuring that new changes don’t break existing functionality. This is where regression testing comes in. A regression suite acts as the safety net, catching defects before they reach production. However, I quickly learned that a regression suite is only as valuable as its …
As a QA engineer, one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned is that defects are not just problems—they’re opportunities. Every bug reported in a release represents a gap in coverage, a scenario that wasn’t previously considered. Early in my career, once a defect was fixed, it was often left at that—verified manually and …
Automated Tests: Turning Reported Defects into a QA Best Practice Read More »
As a QA engineer, one of the most nerve-wracking aspects of test automation used to be handling credentials. In the early days of our CI/CD pipelines, testers often used personal or shared accounts to execute automated tests. At first glance, it seemed convenient: everyone had access, and tests ran as expected. But over time, the risks became …
Smarter QA with NWB Accounts: No More Data Breaches in Pipelines Read More »
As a tester, one of the most frustrating parts of my day used to be release sign-off. It wasn’t just the testing itself—it was the ritual of meetings, emails, manual report compilations, and chasing teams for evidence. Every release felt like a herculean task, not because the software was complicated, but because the process of signing …
Automating Release Sign-Offs: No More Endless Meetings Read More »
Early in my journey as a tester, I quickly realized that not all test failures are created equal. Some were real bugs—valid defects that needed fixing—but many others were false failures, caused not by the application itself, but by chaotic deployment schedules, unstable environments, or overlapping builds. These false failures were draining. I spent …
How Scheduling Deployments Saved Our QA from False Failures Read More »
As a QA professional, one of the most important aspects of my job is to provide clear, concise, and actionable evidence of what went wrong during test execution. In the early days of test automation, this was limited to screenshots. Screenshots captured what was on the screen when a failure occurred—useful, but often lacking critical context. Over time, …
Screenshots to Videos: The Evolution of QA Evidence Read More »
In the world of QA, debugging can often feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Test failures happen for a myriad of reasons, and when those failures happen in complex environments, finding the root cause can feel like an endless chase. As a tester, I’ve dealt with my fair share of frustrating, seemingly random test failures. Sometimes it’s clear—an element isn’t found, …
HAR Files: The Underrated Debugging Tool Every QA Should Use Read More »
As a QA professional, one of the most frustrating and overwhelming experiences I’ve had is dealing with clueless deployments. I’m not talking about simple deployment errors or occasional misconfigurations; I’m talking about full-scale chaos when a deployment is pushed to production without proper communication, visibility, or coordination with the QA team. In those early …
The QA Nightmare of Clueless Deployments (And How We Fixed It) Read More »
