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Lessons from building software quality culture at scale, leading high-performance squads, and integrating AI into real engineering workflows. Practical, opinionated, and grounded in real experience.

3 articles

November 5, 2023 The First 90 Days as an Engineering Lead: What I Got Wrong Honest lessons from the transition from senior IC to engineering lead — the mistakes that cost weeks, the mental model shifts that unlocked leverage, and what I'd do differently.
engineering-leadershipcareermanagementteam-building
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September 20, 2023 Why Your QA Team Is the Wrong Solution to Your Quality Problem A QA team that catches bugs is a symptom, not a solution. Here's how to fix the actual problem — and what happens to your release velocity when you do.
qualityengineering-cultureprocessstartup-engineering
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March 12, 2023 Mobile Automation at Scale: What Nobody Tells You About Appium The real lessons from building and maintaining a mobile automation framework for 3 apps across millions of users — including the parts that break in production that tutorials never cover.
automationappiummobile-testingengineering
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Muhammad Mujtaba Building scalable products. Leading engineering excellence.
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