How Long Will Testing Take? open.substack.com/pub/lifeofqa/p…

Checklists feel safe. Testing rarely is. Real testing lives in the questions, the doubt, the messy thinking we don’t put in reports. That spiral isn’t confusion. It’s judgment at work.

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Testing Is a Social Activity — Not a Solo Act #Testing #SoftwareTesting #SoftwareEngineering lifeofqa.com/p/testing-is-a…

5 Uncomfortable Truths About Software Testing open.substack.com/pub/lifeofqa/p…

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These were the most read LifeOfQA posts in 2025. None of them promise faster automation. All of them question how we think about testing. If that’s your problem too, start here: • Critical Thinking in Testing lifeofqa.com/p/critical-thi… • How Testers Should Use AI (Without Fooling

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When Restraint Failed Me open.substack.com/pub/lifeofqa/p…

When Automation Creates Confidence Instead of Safety open.substack.com/pub/lifeofqa/p…

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Most read on LifeOfQA last week: “When Automation Creates Confidence Instead of Safety.” Green pipelines don’t mean users are safe. Dashboards don’t prove risk is understood. Automation can reassure teams while real failures stay invisible. If you care about the difference

Are You Testing Features or Testing Decisions? open.substack.com/pub/lifeofqa/p…

Hello everyone! 👋 The 204th issue on #SoftwareTesting is out. 👉 softwaretestingnotes.substack.com/p/issue-204-so… Great articles and resources by Pricilla Bilavendran, LifeOfQA, theQualityDuck, @RyanCraven_QA, The Green Report, Andrew Orobator and more ! 👏 #QA #testing

If your testers need test cases to begin, they weren’t onboarded to think. They were trained to follow. Here’s how I approach onboarding differently: open.substack.com/pub/lifeofqa/p…