Rafael E. Santos

Posts by Rafael E. Santos

Stevie Award winner Rafael E. Santos, with 27 years in tech leadership, led e-Builder's $500M acquisition. Now, he's revolutionizing testing with Testaify.

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There are so many testing combinations that no one person can do it all. This tester looks confused and frustrated.

What is the biggest challenge in functional test efforts?

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So many testing combinations must be tested that no one person can do ...

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Testing autonomously is only possible if AI conducts Discovery.

Everybody is Talking About Autonomous Software Testing

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Everyone's talking about using AI for testing, but the technology hasn...

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This image shows a heap of scrabble letters underneath a magnifying glass. Testing definitions are similarly chaotic.

Untangling Terms: Code Coverage, Test Coverage, and Testing Jargon

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We add complexity to testing by using different words to discuss key s...

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Imagine your journey to autonomous testing. This image features moody, ethereal faces with the blog title as a text overlay.

The Journey to Autonomous Software Testing (Part 2)

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The emergence of the Internet has much to do with the testing innovati...

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There are four, no, five schools of software testing that help us on the road to autonomous software testing.

There's Four, No, Five Schools of Testing

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Bret Pettichord describes testing using schools of thought: Analytical...

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Test automation is a sickness because it keeps us busy with scripts, not with talking about test strategy. We have to switch gears.

Why do we discuss test automation so much?

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Talking about software test automation gets in the way of talking abou...

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Welcome to the future. It's here, but it's not equally distributed, especially when it comes to software quality.

So, software quality assurance is better. Now what?

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Let's use the Marick Test Matrix to answer the question, Is software q...

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Is quality assurance better today than it was 20 years ago?

Is software quality assurance better today than 20 years ago?

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Is software quality assurance better than it was 20 years ago? Yes. Bu...

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Culture is the missing quality attribute that we don't consider when it comes to product quality.

A Quality Journey and the Missing Quality Attribute: Culture

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How does culture affect software testing and quality? Culture matters....

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Is it a finding or a defect, a butterfly or a cockroach? Whatever it is, savvy developers use their judgment to improve product quality.

Is it a Finding or a Defect?

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Is it a finding or a defect? When you face a software error, you must ...

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