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Where are these people saying "the ideal is all the things all the time, we're the gatekeepers,"?
If anyone knows the limitation of QA, it's the people of QA themselves. Trust me, we know that common and non-sensical expectations for "full coverage" and "test everything" are a scourge.
Maybe I'm just lucky to not have worked with the types you describe, but in my experience a QA will be pushing a message of priority-based tradeoffs rather than an unrealistic all-or-nothing approach to quality.
Regarding the article itself, that it advocates being thoughtful about what you test it makes me think that maybe it was written by someone who actually understands QA.
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As a QA Engineer, I had to create an account to reply to this.
Where are these people saying "the ideal is all the things all the time, we're the gatekeepers,"?
If anyone knows the limitation of QA, it's the people of QA themselves. Trust me, we know that common and non-sensical expectations for "full coverage" and "test everything" are a scourge.
Maybe I'm just lucky to not have worked with the types you describe, but in my experience a QA will be pushing a message of priority-based tradeoffs rather than an unrealistic all-or-nothing approach to quality.
Regarding the article itself, that it advocates being thoughtful about what you test it makes me think that maybe it was written by someone who actually understands QA.