Blacksmith, a cloud for validating code through drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions runners, raised a $45 million Series B led by Peak XV Partners, with existing investors Y Combinator and GV also participating. The round values Blacksmith at $550 million.
When today’s applications run on various browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.) on different mobile or desktop devices with specific screen settings. This is why you need to perform cross-browser testing for your automated tests. This article lists the main desktop or online cross-browser testing tools available today.
Confluence can store QA docs, but it seldom helps testers find the right one when release pressure hits. The problem is rarely the editor. It is that test plans, environment runbooks, and release checklists drift out of date faster than anyone updates them, and a wiki that merely holds pages cannot tell you which ones still reflect reality.
AI-written code can sail straight through your CI pipeline — lint clean, tests green, coverage above threshold — and still ship a bug nobody thought to test for. This article breaks down why AI code passes Continuous Integration (CI) checks built for a different generation of bugs, and lays out a short list of concrete, budget-free gates that catch what your CI pipeline can’t see today.
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.
In 2026, the U.S. B2B technology market clearly illustrates a challenge faced by many growing startups: even a technically strong product may not be ready to meet the requirements of large enterprise customers.
Software quality has become one of the most important factors in modern application development. Users expect stable, secure, and responsive products regardless of the platform they use. As software systems become more complex, testing and quality assurance play a critical role in preventing defects, improving reliability, and ensuring a consistent user experience throughout the development lifecycle.
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