BLITZ without skipping QA: quality gates for a 4-week MVP
MVP quality gates that fit a 4-week build: signed scope, a golden set for the AI feature, CI tests, a security pass, and a go/no-go. Plus what to defer.
Software Development
DPDP proof packs: artefacts auditors and boards ask for
After the DPDP roadmap, readiness is artefacts you can show. A proof-pack inventory for logs, purpose registry, DSR SLAs, retention, and board-ready evidence.
Moving off a legacy platform without breaking what works
Big-bang rewrites break the paths that still earn money. A safer legacy system migration keeps the old platform earning while you grow a new edge beside it: coexistence, parity contracts, traffic shaping, sync with reconciliation, and rollback that is a config change.
How QA moved in the AI era
Releases got faster and bugs got sneakier. How QA roles, tools, and techniques moved from classic automation to AI-assisted testing, eval harnesses, and the work we still keep human.
The verification tax is the real agent bill
Agentic coding made generation cheap. The bill moved to CI, browser gates, review tokens, and avoidable reruns. How we cut that tax without softening quality.