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Quality falls through the gaps — Jit Gosai
How to build feedback and confidence across team boundaries
10 links from the Observatory this week:
Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good. — GitHub
We built a plugin for the GitHub Accessibility Scanner to make sure your alt text is actually accessible. Here’s how it works.
Qpilot - AI agent that runs your manual test cases in a real browser — BroxHQ
AI agent that runs your manual test cases in a real browser
Quality Talks: The Next Chapter - Ep 1 — Stu Day and Chris Pratt
Quality Talks enters a new chapter! Stu is joined by new co-host Chris Pratt as they talk about career change, finding the right role and what it really means to start something new.
Apparently We Need a Testing Mindset After All — Keith Klain
For years, those of us who view testing as skilled knowledge work were told there’s no such thing as a “testing mindset.” We’ve also endured criticism that independent testing is just self-interested consultants preserving a business model.
Testing Knowledge Isn’t (Just) a Testing Skill — Jeff Nyman
The first and second posts in this series were about one person occupying two roles on the same project, sometimes switching between them within a single bit of work. That’s interleaving, and it works because the switch is cheap: same person, same context, same code sitting right there to look at. But most of the testing world doesn’t look like that. Most of it looks like two different people, on two different sides of a task, who never actually swap seats. I want to look at what “the role, not the person” demands in that arrangement: not interleaving so much, but cooperation. And I want to do it with something small enough to show in full.
Are Test Management Tools Becoming Obsolete? — Emna Ayadi
A few weeks ago, I asked a simple question on LinkedIn: What is your team’s approach to test management today?
Honestly, I expected paid enterprise tools to be the clear winner.
The results surprised me:
How to Make Your SKILL.md Interactive — Filip Hric
I've been recently playing with Matt Pocock's grill-me skill, which I found to be very useful. If you haven't checked it out yet, you definitely should.
The basic idea of grill-me is to help you come up with a plan by asking you a bunch of questions. The agent will do a round of questions and ask you about more and more details until it is able to create a comprehensive plan.
AI success depends on data foundations — James Heward
The conversation around AI is often dominated by models, tooling and the latest advances in generative and agentic AI. Organisations are understandably keen to understand how these technologies could improve operations, unlock efficiency or create new opportunities.
Looking Back on a Reorganisation — Nicola Lindgren
It’s been about 5 months since I was initially told that my role was disestablished and a new organisation structure would be in place in a few months in our department. It’s been about 3 months since I knew for sure I would be leaving the company. And it’s been 2 days since I handed in my laptop, work phone and work badge.
Free QA Skills — Quality Max
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