QA and Testing
Bugs found in production cost far more than bugs found in review. We build the testing discipline — automated suites, device labs, performance gates — that keeps them out.
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{ 01 } — QA process
Quality is a pipeline, not a phase.
Testing bolted on at the end finds problems too late to fix cheaply. We wire quality gates into every stage — commit, merge, release — so releases are boring by design.
Plan
- Test strategy & coverage map
- Risk-based prioritization — money and auth first
- Test pyramid agreed — unit, integration, end-to-end
- Environment & test-data setup
- Acceptance criteria written before code
Automate
- Unit & integration suites
- End-to-end UI automation
- API contract tests
- Visual regression checks
- CI quality gates that block, not warn
Verify
- Manual & exploratory testing
- Real-device matrix runs
- Performance & load tests against baselines
- Flake triage — quarantine, fix, or delete
- Release sign-off reports
Automation is for what must never break again — the regression suite that runs on every commit. Human testers are for what no script anticipates: the odd input, the strange sequence, the flow only a distracted user finds.
We split the work along a test pyramid, deliberately: many fast unit tests, fewer integration tests, a thin layer of end-to-end checks. Machines guard the known, people probe the new, and every release ships with a coverage report instead of crossed fingers.
Flaky tests are managed like debt, with a budget: a test that fails randomly is quarantined the day it flakes, then fixed or deleted — because a suite the team ignores is worse than no suite at all. Trust in the pipeline is the real deliverable; green must mean green.
{ 03 } — What we test
Everything between commit and customer.
Functional & regression
Automated suites that guard every release against yesterday’s bugs.
API & contract testing
Interfaces verified on both sides — so integrations fail in CI, not in production handshakes.
Performance & load
Know your breaking point before launch day finds it for you.
Mobile & device testing
Real-device runs across the matrix your users actually own.
Security-minded QA
Auth flows, permissions, and input handling probed deliberately.
Exploratory testing
Structured human curiosity — charters, timeboxes, and the odd inputs no script anticipates.
{ 04 } — Toolchain
The QA toolchain we run.
Automation where repetition lives, humans where judgment lives — the mix is deliberate, and the tools are mainstream enough to hand over.
{ 05 } — Ways to engage
Three ways to buy quality.
Coverage audit
Two to three weeks reviewing what is tested, what is not, and what bites first — ends with a coverage map and a prioritized automation plan.
- Fixed price, fixed scope
- Coverage map of the real risk
- Automation plan your team can run
Automation build-out
We build the regression suite, wire it into your CI, and hand it over documented — your pipeline, your tests, your green.
- Suite built in your repositories
- CI gates configured and tuned
- Handover with training included
Embedded QA retainer
Ongoing QA capacity inside your team — suites maintained, releases signed off, flake budget enforced.
- Monthly capacity, your cadence
- Release sign-off every cycle
- Suites maintained, not abandoned
{ 06 } — What ships
What a QA engagement ships.
A test suite nobody trusts is furniture. Every engagement ships the suite and the discipline that keeps it credible.
What is tested, at which layer, and why — with the gaps ranked by risk instead of discovered by users.
In your repositories, running in your CI, guarding every merge — documented well enough to extend without us.
Real-device runs across the matrix your users actually own — not the two phones on the tester’s desk.
Load and stress results recorded per release — so “it feels slower” becomes a graph, not an argument.
What ran, what passed, what is known-open, and the shipping risk — the same format every release.
Quarantine rules, severity definitions, and who decides — so the pipeline stays trusted long after handover.
{ 07 } — The symptoms
Signs quality is leaking.
Quality problems announce themselves in the release calendar long before they show in the product.
{ 08 } — What changes
Releases that are boring on purpose.
Before
Releases are scheduled around fear.
After
Releases ship on cadence — gates decide readiness, not nerves.
Before
Customers find the bugs first.
After
Regression suites find yesterday’s bugs before the build leaves CI.
Before
Regression testing takes longer than the sprint.
After
The regression pack runs on every commit — in minutes, unattended.
Before
The test plan is one senior engineer’s memory.
After
A written strategy and coverage map anyone can execute.
Before
“It works on my machine” settles arguments.
After
Device-matrix runs and performance baselines settle them instead.
Where this applies
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Frequently asked questions
Yes — independent QA on third-party or in-house builds is a standard engagement, starting with a coverage audit.
Both, split by purpose: automation for regression and contracts, humans for exploratory and usability — the strategy document says which and why.
Playwright and Jest for web automation, platform-native tooling for mobile, k6 for load — pragmatic, mainstream, and handover-friendly.
With a budget and a rule: a test that fails randomly is quarantined the day it flakes, then fixed or deleted. A suite the team has learned to ignore is worse than no suite.
No — it completes it. Developers own the unit layer; we build the pyramid above it — integration, end-to-end, devices, performance — and the gates that make all of it count.
A signed-off report: what was run, what passed, what is known-open, and the risk assessment for shipping.