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stingraycharlesyesterday at 11:16 AM2 repliesview on HN

> Good QA people know how to find regression and bugs _that you didn’t think about_ which is the whole reason why it shouldn’t be under “engineering”

I don’t understand the reasoning here why QA shouldn’t be engineering.


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9wzYQbTYsAIcyesterday at 11:24 AM

> I don’t understand the reasoning here why QA shouldn’t be engineering.

Who watches the watcher, right?

That aside, the core idea is the same as the principles of independent audit, peer review, or even simply just specialization.

Red team / Blue team?

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liampullesyesterday at 11:29 AM

Frankly, calling software development engineering is quite debatable. We should be calling less things engineering that aren't actually engineering qualifications.

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