Practical QA guides, written to be useful
In-depth, no-fluff guides on breaking into testing, automation, interviews and AI for QA — drawn from 26+ years of hands-on software testing and QA leadership.
How to Become a Software Tester in 2026 (No Experience Needed)
A practical, step-by-step roadmap into software testing from zero — what to learn, in what order, the tools that matter, and how to prove you can test. No computer science degree required.
Read guidePlaywright Interview Questions: 5 Questions Hiring Managers Really Ask
The five Playwright interview questions hiring managers use to tell whether you understand automation engineering — with weak vs strong answers and the thinking behind each one.
Read guideAI Prompts for QA Engineers: A Practical Testing Workflow
A practical library of AI prompts for testers — requirements analysis, test design, API testing, debugging, risk-based testing and Playwright — plus a workflow to use them without outsourcing your judgement.
Read guideWhat Is Software Testing? A Beginner’s Guide for 2026
A clear, beginner-friendly explanation of software testing — what it is, what testers actually do, manual vs automation, the testing lifecycle, and how to get your first QA job in 2026.
Read guideWhat Should You Automate? A Simple Test Automation Decision Framework
A simple frequency × risk framework for deciding what is actually worth automating — which tests to automate first, what to keep manual, and a checklist to run before you write a Playwright test.
Read guideWhat QA Hiring Managers Look For: A 5-Point Framework
The five things a hiring manager of 25+ years actually looks for in a QA interview — curiosity, business impact, communication, judgement and a thinking mindset — with red flags, green flags and how to prepare.
Read guideHow to Write a Good Test Case (With Examples)
A practical guide to writing clear, useful test cases — the seven parts of a strong test case, a worked example, the beginner mistakes to avoid, and how to think like a tester.
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