Basal John

Writing

Notes on quality as a system.

  • Read: Nobody Was Looking

    September 2026

    Nobody Was Looking

    When agents write more code than people can inspect, quality has to move from universal review to independent evidence and risk-based decisions.

  • Read: Code got cheap. The organisation didn't.

    September 2026

    Code got cheap. The organisation didn't.

    A number from Google is usually quoted with four words missing, and those four words are the argument.

  • Read: What Playwright failures are actually telling you

    September 2026

    What Playwright failures are actually telling you

    Most Playwright failures are not defects. They are the suite reporting on its own architecture, and on how testable the application underneath it really is.