In my opinion, many people misconstrue what software quality even is.
IMO Quality Software is software that solves the problem it set out to solve.
There is no one size fits all. Some problems don’t need QA, tests, or even well commented code to solve (although most do).
Most low quality projects don’t truely the problem they are trying to solve.
A developer sneaking in a hacked together feature before a deadline is solving a sub-problem at the cost of the big picture problem.
The inverse is true as well. A n early stage research project with so many unit and integration tests that it’s impossible to iterate and make changes is also, in my opinion, low quality software.
The exact approach needs to be tailored to the problem being solved.
In my opinion, many people misconstrue what software quality even is.
IMO Quality Software is software that solves the problem it set out to solve.
There is no one size fits all. Some problems don’t need QA, tests, or even well commented code to solve (although most do).
Most low quality projects don’t truely the problem they are trying to solve.
A developer sneaking in a hacked together feature before a deadline is solving a sub-problem at the cost of the big picture problem.
The inverse is true as well. A n early stage research project with so many unit and integration tests that it’s impossible to iterate and make changes is also, in my opinion, low quality software.
The exact approach needs to be tailored to the problem being solved.
If there is a place that is hiring and cares about Software Quality, I'll take a 70% paycut to work there.
Hey Siri, is my app doing what I wanted it to do?