From Logs to Tests: A Practical Guide to Production-Driven QA Coverage in Regulated Environments
In this article, Tanvi Mittal explains how to exploit production logs to detect issues that were not covered by pre-release test suites.
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Beyond Unit Tests: Using AI to Find Secret Failures in Distributed Systems
As distributed systems are too complex for deterministic testing, AI can help. In this article, Naveen Prakash proposes an approach based on the ideas of chaos engineering and AI-assisted testing. The focus shifts from testing individual pieces to understanding what happens when many services run together under unpredictable conditions.
Do Software QA Engineers Need a Personal Brand?
In their discussions, software testers and QA engineers often neglect the aspect of soft skills. In this article, Anna Kovalova discusses the importance of personal branding in the software quality assurance domain. It is useful to both work with your colleagues and navigate the eventual job market.
Manual Testing as the Human-in-the-Loop Control Layer for AI
Some engineering work is easy to describe precisely: Write a PDF parser or implement IMAP correctly. Write a compiler against a defined language spec. The work may still be hard, but the target is clear enough that a machine can keep trying, checking, and improving.