A Gate That Works, and a Gate That Only Looks Like One
RPIQ, what belongs at each stage of a quality gate pipeline, and the four questions that separate a gate with teeth from expensive decoration.
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The arc ended on a stage: what a room of testers did to the thesis
The slides and the full talk breakdown live on the other track. This isn't that post. This is the other thing that happened at CAST26, and the reason this series ended on a stage at all: seven posts' worth of argument, finally standing in front of a room that got to push back.
CAST 2026 - Open season: what a room full of sceptics taught me about the quality gate
I promised you this recap two weeks running. Here it is — and I'm glad I waited, because it took me a fortnight to work out what the conference was actually about for me, and it wasn't the talk I gave.
I Wrote a Chapter About Trust. A Machine Helped Me Test the Argument.
Post 1 of 5 — announcing "AI Transformation" and my chapter, "Quality at Machine Speed". Some news I've been sitting on for a while: this August, I'm becoming a published book author.
Quality at machine speed: ~70,000 tests, static analysis, and the review bias nobody warns you about
Quality at machine speed: ~70,000 tests, static analysis, and the review bias nobody warns you about
CAST part3: Building the team: from 17 role-based agents to task-based Agent Teams
Somewhere in Phase 4 of this build, my job changed. I stopped prompting an assistant and started managing a team — one you can't see, that never sleeps, and that will confidently agree with itself right off a cliff if you let it.
The Critical Role of Software Maturity: Beyond Code Quality to Strategic Excellence
Understanding Software Maturity: More Than Just Good Code
Software maturity is a strategic imperative that separates industry leaders from the rest. It's a holistic measure of an organization's ability to consistently deliver high-quality, reliable, and adaptable software solutions.
At its core, software maturity represents the
