Why BDD Often Doesn’t Make Sense Today (and How Its Original Intent Got Lost)

A friendly, pragmatic look at why BDD struggles in modern teams—how it evolved from TDD, how everyone’s roles changed, and why the original intent rarely survives today.

#BDD #TDD #Software Testing #Quality Engineering #Engineering Culture

AI in Quality Engineering: Boundaries After We Tried It

What emerged after experimenting with AI in Quality Engineering—where it helped, where it quietly caused harm, and the boundaries required to preserve confidence and ownership.

#Artificial Intelligence #Quality Engineering #Test Automation #Test Architecture #Engineering Leadership #Software Testing

API Longevity: Why Most APIs Fail After Version One

An examination of why APIs decay over time—not because of technology, but because of contract drift, unclear ownership, and shortcuts that quietly break trust as systems scale.

#api-longevity #api-design #api-contracts #api-governance #backward-compatibility #platform-engineering #distributed-systems #software-architecture #system-ownership #trust-in-apis

Why Most Quality Gates Are Ignored (and How to Design Ones Teams Actually Trust)

Examination of why quality gates are routinely bypassed, how progressive validation and ownership change behavior, and why decision-aligned gates scale better than binary rules.

#quality-gates #test-strategy #quality-engineering #test-architecture #engineering-leadership #software-testing