Welcome to Testing Tester

Testing in the real world: messy, human, worth it.

When I first started testing, I needed a placeholder name for a test user. I typed in “Testing Tester.” It made me smile—and it stuck.

Now, years later, it feels like the right name for this blog. Because testing doesn’t just apply to the product. It tests the tester, too.

This isn’t a blog about perfection. It’s not a place for bragging about frameworks or pretending we always know what we’re doing. It’s a place for honest reflections—for the messy, human side of quality work.

Testing has a way of shaping you. It asks for patience. For careful attention. For the courage to raise your hand and say, “This isn’t quite right.” The longer I do this work, the more I realize that testing is more than finding bugs. It’s a discipline of seeing clearly, of noticing what others miss, of holding both speed and care in tension.

Here, I’ll be writing about:

• What I’m learning on the job
• Things that break and why they matter
• The tension between human judgment and automated checks
• Life as a tester in a world obsessed with shipping fast
• The philosophy and practice of good work

I don’t have all the answers. But I do have questions—and a deep respect for this craft. If you’ve ever felt like quality work is invisible, or like you’re quietly holding a product together with curiosity and duct tape, you’re not alone.

Welcome to Testing Tester. Let’s see what we find.

— Beau