Tests that catch real bugs.
Automated regression, manual exploratory and accessibility audits — wired into your CI pipeline so a failing build is a real signal, not noise. We treat QA as a discipline, not a checklist at the end.
Tests that always pass are worse than no tests at all — they create false confidence and slow every PR.
We build test suites the way we build production code: with budgets, ownership and a cost of maintenance. The pyramid is shaped by real risk, the flake rate is a metric we report, and the release gate is something the team actually trusts. Shipping should get faster, not slower, after we leave.
Map the risk first
Before we write a test, we map what would actually break the product, the revenue and the user. Tests follow that map — not coverage targets.
Automate what repeats
Anything a human runs twice should be a script. We build the pyramid bottom-up: fast unit, then API, then a small set of E2E that prove the journey.
Make CI the gate
Test runs live in CI, not on a laptop. A red build is a real signal — and flake gets ticketed and fixed, not waived.
Leave a runnable system
Suites, configs, dashboards, owner doc and a flake budget. Your team runs it on day one of the handover, not month three.