Field Notes
Field notes
Notes on test strategy choices and QA automation trade-offs drawn from consulting work with Australian product teams.
Articles stay close to decisions teams actually face: what to automate, when to stop, and how to argue for a hold without theatre.
When a green suite still misses the defect class that hurt you
Green CI is not the same as coverage of the failure mode that reached customers last quarter.
How deep should API contract checks go before a migration?
A practical depth guide for contract testing when two brands share inventory during a catalogue cutover.
Writing a test strategy people will open in planning
Keep the document short enough for a planning meeting and sharp enough that someone can disagree with it.
Quarantine, fix, or delete: deciding the fate of a flaky suite
A decision order for flaky automated checks that blocks release trains without protecting customers.