What a Difference a Year Makes
A year ago I was unemployed. This year: a QA and TPM role, a masterclass on influence, and a MoTaCon talk six years in the making.
The Product-Minded QA
Quality beyond testing
Latest posts
Mystery Bread
When test coverage is your primary quality signal, you're reshaping bread that's already been baked. Here's what to do instead.
Half-Baked, Fully Shipped: My Therapist Accidentally Fixed My AI Strategy
Three job gaps, zero backup plans, one weird therapy realization, and what it all has to do with rethinking how to deliver software with AI.
Half-Baked, Fully-Shipped: Saving The Bees, One Bumblebee At A Time
A cold-stunned bumblebee, a backyard rescue, and fighting the urge to self-edit. Post about small, irrational acts of care
On Dream Teams: The Practical Part
What I actually try to do to help build dream teams, from intentional communication to making it ok to fail. (Spoiler: I mess up regularly.)
On Dream Teams
A reflection on what makes a team a “dream team” (shared care, honest disagreement, trust) and shifting from seeking great teams to building them
Minimum Viable Caring
Efficiency drives speed, but at what cost? Some inefficiencies are waste, others hold hidden value and worth protecting.
When Quality Work Doesn't Land (And Other Things I’ve Been Thinking About)
New MoT article, great reads on metrics, gender-inclusive accessibility, and testing leadership, and internet rabbit holes worth falling into.
Half-Baked, Fully Shipped: When Big Means Small (And Why Quality Definitions Matter)
My husband asked for the ‘big pillow’ but meant the small one. Turns out this explains how product teams talk past each other about quality.
Are Your Quality Metrics Lying to You?
Why green dashboards don't mean good products. How QA teams can measure what actually matters to users instead of optimizing for vanity metrics.
Found a Bug in the Wild. Also, a Racist.
A vacation story with two wild discoveries: a broken slot machine and a blackjack player who thinks women get tech jobs handed to them.
The Missing README for Your Team
"Working with Me" guides eliminate workplace guesswork, support neurodivergent teammates, and improve team collaboration. Here's how to start.
What I'm Into Lately (New Page)
I created a new page sharing what's actually catching my attention beyond work - books I'm reading, shows I'm watching, songs on repeat.
Half -Baked, Fully Shipped: Quality is Care (and AI Can't Care)
Why quality work is fundamentally about caring for users. That makes QA roles more essential in an AI-driven world, not less.
When Good Quality Ideas Don't Stick: Lessons from a Failed Framework That I Loved
Inside Dropbox's Quality Maturity Evaluation framework: how team discussions created value, why it didn't stick, and what I'd build now.