Tests in Production

12 Nov 2024

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image meme tiles, left tile shows fierce dragon with the text "testing on my laptop", right tile shows 8-bit google dinosaur which is shown when the internet is not working with the text "testing in production".
In testing, QA engineers often encounter bugs that seem severe or exaggerated, leading them to prepare for worst-case scenarios and tackle every potential problem like it’s a huge threat (the "fierce dragon"). 8-bit Dinosaur in Prod by contrast, the same bug in production might look trivial or even go unnoticed. The 8-bit Google dinosaur, which you see when you lose internet, represents how a bug that QA saw as a “dragon” is perceived as almost laughably small or insignificant by end-users or production teams.
Aj Wilson
Quality Engineering Manager II / Technical Development Lead / Chief Quality Officer
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Intellectual (non practicing)| Neurospicy | UN Women Volunteer | Above all Curious & Challenging - Quality and Testing Leadership for 20+ years.

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