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 the last 2 years, the way software is developed has seen a shift that couldn’t have been imagined before. Thanks to AI, now anyone with an idea can create software, provided it doesn’t involve rocket science. Platforms like Product Hunt and Reddit have numerous stories of indie creators turning simple apps into successes, for [...]
Introduction: GenAI as a QA Ally Generative AI (GenAI) tools are the in-thing right now. Even in software testing, they have use cases of automation and accelerating QA processes. Recently, a senior manager at Microsoft told me that they had experimented with AI for dev testing. It sparked my curiosity and so I decided to [...]
Introduction: Mastering Appium for Mobile Automation Appium is used for mobile automation testing. Using Selenium WebDriver protocol, it supports both Android and iOS, for native as well as hybrid apps. It operates on a client-server architecture and offers multi-language coding (we’ll use JavaScript here). Assuming you’ve installed all libraries and set capabilities—key-value pairs defining your [...]
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 [...]
Testing a web app thoroughly can make or break your startup’s success—it’s the difference between a product users love and one they ditch. I’ve spent 16+ years shipping 60+ releases, and I’ve learned that knowing the right types of testing is key to catching bugs early and keeping users happy. In this guide, I’ll share [...]
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 [...]
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