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Irfan Ahmad · India · Dev ∩ QA ∩ Ops

Hi, I’m Irfan

I’m a CheckOps engineer. I keep a directory of testing tools, the checklists teams actually run, and essays on checking versus testing — fourteen years of QA leadership, written for the AI era.

Irfan Ahmad

Tools directory

A filterable shelf of testing tools, from API clients to device labs.

Tech checklists

Launch, API, and release lists you can run against a real change.

Essays

Checking versus testing, and which free API tools are worth the time.

AI-era quality

What a QA lead still owns when drafts get cheap.

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Latest essays

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  1. 11 August 2024 · 6 min

    Testing vs. Checking: Why Your Software Needs Both

    Why 50% of Software Bugs Could Be Avoided With This Simple Strategy

  2. 25 May 2024 · 14 min

    Top Free API Testing Tools in 2024

    Top free automated api testing tools in 2024 to help you find the perfect fit for your API testing needs

Notes on quality, when there is something worth sending.

Tools, checklists, and the check-versus-test argument. No invented reader count.