Welcome to my blog! I’m Yaju Arya, blending 17+ years of expertise in QA, GenAI, and Technical Product Management to deliver actionable insights, innovative strategies, and real-world solutions for tech enthusiasts and professionals.
In late 2021, I developed a web-based practice management system for a small clinic in the Los Angeles area. I identified operational inefficiencies after doing discussions with their team. Clinic Challenges Engaging with the clinic owner and staff members revealed critical pain points: Staff were manually scheduling appointments and doing billing. This led to errors [...]
Testing a web app from start to finish isn’t just about spotting bugs—it’s about building something users can’t put down. I’ve spent 16+ years shipping 60+ releases, and I’ve seen how solid testing makes all the difference. In this guide, I’ll share an example-based approach—what your startup can do, and how I did it while [...]
There’s this company, let’s call it AcmeAI, a new AI startup building a SaaS tool to tame data workflows. Their remote engineering team—dotted from Seattle to Singapore—wants to ship fast. But their first sprint? A disaster: bugs everywhere, users griping. Bugs hit every team—even Slack patches up all the time. AcmeAI’s crew figured out quick: [...]
Building tech products like CLI tools, SaaS apps, or data platforms is tricky—you can have awesome code, but if users don’t get it, they’re gone. I’ve spent 16+ years at places like RudderStack and GoalSmacker figuring out how to make these products stick with people. Ever wonder why some tools take off while others flop, [...]
Startups need to move fast and grab the best people, but managing a team spread across the world can feel like a puzzle. I’ve spent 16+ years at tech companies like RudderStack and GoalSmacker figuring this out, and I’ve learned how to make remote teams work together smoothly to help a startup grow. Remote work [...]
For tech startups, QA isn’t just about finding bugs—it’s about shipping a product that users trust. Over 16+ years, including stints at RudderStack and GoalSmacker, I’ve seen how a few smart practices can turn a rushed process into a smooth one. At RudderStack, we built a data platform under tight deadlines; at GoalSmacker, we pivoted [...]
Demos can make or break a tech company—I turned them into a million dollar plus revenue driver at RudderStack, where I stepped up to bridge tech and revenue. It wasn’t a cakewalk: full days in India, late nights for US teams, and relentless troubleshooting kept me on my toes. But I was there—charged up at [...]
Startups move fast, but they don’t always have the resources to match. At RudderStack, where I was donning multiple hats, I faced a classic crunch: a hiring freeze clashing with our need for tech talent to fuel a growing data platform. Our solution was a multiple-cycle intern program that turned thousands of candidates into 10 [...]
In the whirlwind of a tech startup, inefficiencies can stall even the most promising products. At RudderStack, I tackled a twin challenge: a barrage of support tickets overwhelming our customer-facing teams and QA hurdles threatening our release pace for a real-time data platform. My weapon of choice? Prompt engineering with AI. By rethinking documentation and [...]
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