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QA Metrics That Still Mean Something in the AI Era
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QA Metrics That Still Mean Something in the AI Era

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Metrics exist to answer two questions: how good is the software we deliver, and is our testing approach actually working? AI-generated tests broke the old answers to both. QA metrics were never really about numbers. They exist to answer two questions. First, how good is the software we are delivering to customers? Second, is our testing approach actually working, or are we just going through the motions? share share share share 

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What Makes a Digital Platform Reliable in a Fast-Moving Technology Landscape

August 7, 2026 0

Reliability is increasingly difficult to define as technology gets faster, more connected and more adaptable. A platform that’s available every second of the year can still fail its users. Even if it delivers consistent results and responds in a predictable manner, it can be unreliable for the people who manage and run it. You have probably seen this happen.

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