A few years ago, a popular casino operator in Macau (also known as the “Gambling Capital of the World” and the “Vegas of Asia”), quietly powered down an entire section of its gaming floor overnight. There were no announcements and no press statements. The slot machines simply went dark. The reason was not hardware failure. It was not a…
In almost every CXO roundtable, client workshop, or internal architecture discussion I participate in, the same question resurfaces around the long-standing debate of automated vs manual testing. Although the wording may vary from room to room, the underlying concern remains consistent: can automation testing completely replace manual testing in 2026? The question is understandable. Automation tools are more powerful…
Last year, one of our enterprise clients approached us after investing nearly $1.2 million in setting up a new test automation initiative. They had purchased licenses for leading automation tools, hired additional engineers, and built a robust Selenium-based framework. However, six months later, their leadership team was frustrated. The project looked great on paper, but they were struggling to…
A few years ago, one of our enterprise clients, a global fintech firm, told me during a boardroom discussion: “Your test automation framework cut down our release cycle by over 45 percent. We had never experienced that kind of velocity before.” That moment reinforced the reason why I chose this industry in the first place. While many top software…
Let me start with a bold statement: you don’t need a million-dollar QA budget to ship a rock-solid product. But you do need a smart, scalable, and affordable QA strategy that actually works. Here’s a stat that should grab your attention: according to the World Quality Report, bugs found after release cost up to 15x more to fix than…
