Drop your emoji below :backhand_index_pointing_down: and share your reason — let’s see how everyone feels about testing today!

:puzzle_piece: - Testing is the final piece in the Product puzzle. Without it, everything might seems complete, but it’s not.

:bar_chart: - testing is about producing/presenting information about the product under test: known working, known issues, remaining uncertainty - all the information needed to decide whether or not to release in this state

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:smiling_face_with_horns: Hehe, there is no such thing as a fault free code and we’ll gonna nail them faults down.

:poop: Testing finds stuff many feared to touch Testing lacks appreciation The lack of unity and shared understanding within the general community

:see_no_evil_monkey: Its when I share multiple missing requirements - lol

:hugs: Testing is caring about your product, your team and your customers.

:flashlight: Or could be a projector. Because we expose things that would rather stays in the shadows. We put defects in light before they’re a failure.

:woman_detective: a detective (some forms of the emoji come with a magnifying glass) Finding crucial things that others missed. Catching when people slip up and tell you what they really did. Searching for the truth when the information doesn’t match.

@ramanan49 :magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Magnifying glass – searching for bugs or issues

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rosie (Rosie Sherry) 24 October 2025 12:14 13

- bugs are everywhere

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