QA
Quality is a practice, not a phase. Practical guidance on test strategy and the testing pyramid, automation versus manual testing, performance and load testing, and building quality in so fewer bugs ever reach your users.
7 articles · written by senior engineers
Pharma Software & GxP Validation: What Developers Must Know
Pharma software lives under GxP and validation rules that shape how you build, test and document everything. Here's what developers must know to get it right.
A Test Automation Strategy: What to Automate First
Automating the wrong tests is worse than not automating at all. Here's a practical test automation strategy: what to automate first, and what to leave manual.
API Security Best Practices: Auth, Rate Limiting & More
APIs are now the front door to your data — and a favourite target. Here are the API security best practices that keep that door locked, from auth to rate limiting.
CI/CD Pipeline Best Practices
A good CI/CD pipeline turns shipping from a stressful event into a non-event. Here are the practices that make pipelines fast, reliable and safe.
A Secure-Coding Checklist for Web Applications
Most web breaches exploit a handful of avoidable coding mistakes. Here's a practical secure-coding checklist that closes the gaps attackers rely on.
Manual vs Automated Testing: Finding the Right Mix
Manual or automated testing? It's not either/or. Here's what each is best for, and how to find the mix that catches bugs without wasting effort.
Performance Testing: Load, Stress & Soak Explained
Will your system survive real load? Performance testing answers that before your users do. Here's load, stress and soak testing explained.
QA — frequently asked questions
What's the difference between manual and automated testing?
Manual testing is people exploring the software and catching things a script wouldn't; automated testing runs repeatable checks fast on every change. You need both — automate the regression-heavy paths and use manual and exploratory testing for usability and edge cases.
What should we automate first?
Follow the testing pyramid — lots of fast unit tests, fewer integration tests, and a small number of end-to-end tests on your critical user journeys. Automating the highest-risk, most-repeated paths gives the best return.
How much testing is enough?
Enough to ship confidently without gold-plating. Focus coverage on the flows where a bug costs the most — payments, data integrity, security — and accept lighter coverage on low-risk areas. The goal is fewer production incidents, not a 100% coverage number.