The QA Guy

Testing starts with the mind, not the tool.
The QA Guy

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Test Automation
March 7, 2024
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Why Green Automation Reports Don’t Always Mean Quality

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“Automation tells you that your scripts passed. It doesn’t tell you whether your customers are happy.” Every morning, thousands of QA teams open their dashboards. 412 Tests Passed.0 Failed.Build Successful.100% Green. The Slack channel celebrates.The CI/CD pipeline moves forward.The release

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QA Mindset
December 26, 2022
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Test Like a User, Think Like a Hacker

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“Users show you how software is used. Hackers show you how software is abused. Great testers understand both.” One lesson I’ve learned after 13 years in software testing is this: If you only test like a user, you’ll miss security

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QA Mindset
October 26, 2022
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Automation Doesn’t Replace Thinking

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“A test script can click every button on the screen. But it cannot ask, ‘Does this actually make sense for the user?’” After spending more than 15 years in software testing, I’ve seen one common misunderstanding. People think automation is

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Software Testing
November 28, 2020
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Risk-Based Testing That Actually Works

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“Testing isn’t about finding every bug. It’s about finding the bugs that matter before your users do.” One of the biggest misconceptions in software testing is this: A good tester tests everything. No. An experienced tester knows that’s impossible. After

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QA Mindset
September 3, 2020
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Testing Starts With the Mind, Not the Tool

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“A tool can execute instructions. Only a tester’s mind can ask the right questions.” After spending more than fifteen years in software testing, I’ve learned one lesson that no certification, framework, or automation course teaches. Testing is not about Selenium.It

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