Writing on engineering, delivery, quality, and the systems behind reliable products.

Passing tests are useful evidence, not proof that a release is safe. Real release confidence comes from understanding coverage, risk, environments, and other metrics.

An unexpected email quota alert led to a wider security review. Here is what I found, what I changed, and what I learned from the process.

Quality Assurance is being phased out in favour of Quality Engineering. Here's my personal view on what that shift could actually mean in practice - and why it matters.

Is QA dead? Not quite. But the low-value parts of testing are disappearing fast. Here's what modern QA actually looks like in 2026.