Basal John

Selected work

A small number of things, described honestly.

Each entry names the constraint, what I decided, what changed in the system, and what I would do differently. Company-specific detail is anonymised on purpose.

  • Read: From test execution to release confidence

    Case study

    From test execution to release confidence

    Turning a quality function that ran tests into one that made ownership, gates and release decisions explicit across product teams.

  • Read: Making browser automation dependable

    Case study

    Making browser automation dependable

    How I approach Playwright architecture, locator strategy and CI feedback so that a red build means something and a green one can be trusted.

  • Read: Automation that keeps human judgment

    Viewpoint

    Automation that keeps human judgment

    A working principle for AI-assisted engineering: let tooling investigate, draft and challenge, and keep publication, approval and merge with a person who can be asked why.