Jit Gosai
@jitgos.bsky.social
Principal Tester @BBC TV& Radio (iPlayer & Sounds) across Mobile, Web and Smart TV #Manchester tweeting about all things tech #mobile #testing #software #design
One of the best parts of working in MediaCity is that I can walk to work on the canal
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
One of the best parts of working in MediaCity is that I can walk to work on the canal
Tell you what really annoys me. When you go out for coffee, sit in and they give it you in a takeaway cup.
If I’d known that I would have gone somewhere else
If I’d known that I would have gone somewhere else
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tell you what really annoys me. When you go out for coffee, sit in and they give it you in a takeaway cup.
If I’d known that I would have gone somewhere else
If I’d known that I would have gone somewhere else
And if you click through to the second day you can see pictures of me making weird facial expressions on stage 😂
What I learned at Öredev:
Day 2:
- navigating Complex software systems @jitgos.bsky.social
- dark patterns
- visualising test coverage & quality criteria @martin-n.bsky.social
- CTO guide to presenting at the board
Day 3:
- live exploratory testing
- access points in testing
- test ops
👇 👇👇
Day 2:
- navigating Complex software systems @jitgos.bsky.social
- dark patterns
- visualising test coverage & quality criteria @martin-n.bsky.social
- CTO guide to presenting at the board
Day 3:
- live exploratory testing
- access points in testing
- test ops
👇 👇👇
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
And if you click through to the second day you can see pictures of me making weird facial expressions on stage 😂
Reposted by Jit Gosai
Today is the last day to submit a session proposal for next year's Agile Manchester conference: agilemanchester.net/call-for-ses...
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
Call for Sessions
Our Agile Manchester 2026 Call for Sessions is open
agilemanchester.net
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Today is the last day to submit a session proposal for next year's Agile Manchester conference: agilemanchester.net/call-for-ses...
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
Reposted by Jit Gosai
Really enjoyed listening to @jitgos.bsky.social talk about managing uncertainty in complex systems - and how to handle this.
@oredev.org
@oredev.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Really enjoyed listening to @jitgos.bsky.social talk about managing uncertainty in complex systems - and how to handle this.
@oredev.org
@oredev.org
I was just asked if I’m over 25, and I’m like, 'Get in!' But then I thought, hold on, there’s a trade-off to this. But I can’t think what
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
a bob 's burgers movie poster with a cartoon character
ALT: a bob 's burgers movie poster with a cartoon character
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I was just asked if I’m over 25, and I’m like, 'Get in!' But then I thought, hold on, there’s a trade-off to this. But I can’t think what
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Whether it’s team safety, neurodiversity, or delivery speed, the pattern is the same: the system sets the limits.
People do their best work when the environment makes good outcomes the most likely outcome.
Improving quality isn’t about finding better people; it’s about building better systems.
People do their best work when the environment makes good outcomes the most likely outcome.
Improving quality isn’t about finding better people; it’s about building better systems.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Whether it’s team safety, neurodiversity, or delivery speed, the pattern is the same: the system sets the limits.
People do their best work when the environment makes good outcomes the most likely outcome.
Improving quality isn’t about finding better people; it’s about building better systems.
People do their best work when the environment makes good outcomes the most likely outcome.
Improving quality isn’t about finding better people; it’s about building better systems.
We often use metrics to prove progress, but they can just as easily hide the real story.
The best metrics act as signals. Clues about how healthy the system is, not scorecards to optimise.
The goal isn’t to “fix the number”, it’s to understand what the number is trying to tell you.
The best metrics act as signals. Clues about how healthy the system is, not scorecards to optimise.
The goal isn’t to “fix the number”, it’s to understand what the number is trying to tell you.
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We often use metrics to prove progress, but they can just as easily hide the real story.
The best metrics act as signals. Clues about how healthy the system is, not scorecards to optimise.
The goal isn’t to “fix the number”, it’s to understand what the number is trying to tell you.
The best metrics act as signals. Clues about how healthy the system is, not scorecards to optimise.
The goal isn’t to “fix the number”, it’s to understand what the number is trying to tell you.
Some of these cats are interesting 😂 via Substack notes substack.com/@coolstories...
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some of these cats are interesting 😂 via Substack notes substack.com/@coolstories...
Yep this happened 😆 via Benedict Evans newsletter:
Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video in which he flies in a jet over US cities and bombs anti-Trump protests with excrement. You get what you voted for - a shitposter-in-chief
news.sky.com/video/donald...
Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video in which he flies in a jet over US cities and bombs anti-Trump protests with excrement. You get what you voted for - a shitposter-in-chief
news.sky.com/video/donald...
Donald Trump posts AI video mocking 'No Kings' protesters
Millions of people have joined so-called 'No Kings' rallies across the US, to demonstrate against Donald Trump's policies.
news.sky.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Yep this happened 😆 via Benedict Evans newsletter:
Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video in which he flies in a jet over US cities and bombs anti-Trump protests with excrement. You get what you voted for - a shitposter-in-chief
news.sky.com/video/donald...
Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video in which he flies in a jet over US cities and bombs anti-Trump protests with excrement. You get what you voted for - a shitposter-in-chief
news.sky.com/video/donald...
The best teams don’t avoid failure, they learn from it.
They talk openly, analyse fairly, and improve deliberately.
Experience becomes knowledge.
They talk openly, analyse fairly, and improve deliberately.
Experience becomes knowledge.
Linky #17 - Learning by Doing
It’s conference season again, which means plenty of ideas, experiments, and conversations about how we build quality into our systems. This week’s picks explore how we learn best from hands-on…
qualityeng.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The best teams don’t avoid failure, they learn from it.
They talk openly, analyse fairly, and improve deliberately.
Experience becomes knowledge.
They talk openly, analyse fairly, and improve deliberately.
Experience becomes knowledge.
I don’t usually get sucked in, but this site does it so well. By the time I’d scrolled to the end, I just wanted to know where I could get one from 😆
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October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don’t usually get sucked in, but this site does it so well. By the time I’d scrolled to the end, I just wanted to know where I could get one from 😆
www.firebellytea.com/pages/autowh...
www.firebellytea.com/pages/autowh...
Don’t mess with this train 😆
but who is she!?!
but who is she!?!
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Don’t mess with this train 😆
but who is she!?!
but who is she!?!
As systems get more AI-driven, our job shifts from control to observation.
Quality comes from noticing patterns, behaviours, and surprises — not just checking for pass/fail.
Quality comes from noticing patterns, behaviours, and surprises — not just checking for pass/fail.
Linky #17 - Learning by Doing
It’s conference season again, which means plenty of ideas, experiments, and conversations about how we build quality into our systems. This week’s picks explore how we learn best from hands-on…
qualityeng.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
As systems get more AI-driven, our job shifts from control to observation.
Quality comes from noticing patterns, behaviours, and surprises — not just checking for pass/fail.
Quality comes from noticing patterns, behaviours, and surprises — not just checking for pass/fail.
Good engineering rarely comes from speed or certainty.
It comes from curiosity, experimentation, and learning through experience.
Slow down, ask better questions, and quality follows.
It comes from curiosity, experimentation, and learning through experience.
Slow down, ask better questions, and quality follows.
Linky #17 - Learning by Doing
It’s conference season again, which means plenty of ideas, experiments, and conversations about how we build quality into our systems. This week’s picks explore how we learn best from hands-on…
qualityeng.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Good engineering rarely comes from speed or certainty.
It comes from curiosity, experimentation, and learning through experience.
Slow down, ask better questions, and quality follows.
It comes from curiosity, experimentation, and learning through experience.
Slow down, ask better questions, and quality follows.
Not those types of gays and not those types of balls 😆
October 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Not those types of gays and not those types of balls 😆
Reposted by Jit Gosai
@jitgos.bsky.social
Sharing more info on the crowstrike bug and how to improve #quality in multiple ways in complex social technical systems
#testing #testbash
Sharing more info on the crowstrike bug and how to improve #quality in multiple ways in complex social technical systems
#testing #testbash
October 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
@jitgos.bsky.social
Sharing more info on the crowstrike bug and how to improve #quality in multiple ways in complex social technical systems
#testing #testbash
Sharing more info on the crowstrike bug and how to improve #quality in multiple ways in complex social technical systems
#testing #testbash
Spent the day sightseeing in Edinburgh before LAScot tomorrow. After 33k steps covering approx 15ml I’ve managed to see quite a lot 😅
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Spent the day sightseeing in Edinburgh before LAScot tomorrow. After 33k steps covering approx 15ml I’ve managed to see quite a lot 😅
Best YouTube comment of the day 😂 🐻 🎧
September 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Best YouTube comment of the day 😂 🐻 🎧
Psychological safety isn’t about comfort.
It’s about safety in discomfort - in dissent, in conflict, in being “wrong” while striving for “right”.
More reflections in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
It’s about safety in discomfort - in dissent, in conflict, in being “wrong” while striving for “right”.
More reflections in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
Linky #15 - Beyond Root Causes and Simple Fixes
Why complexity, safety, and human context still matter in software and testing
qualityeng.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Psychological safety isn’t about comfort.
It’s about safety in discomfort - in dissent, in conflict, in being “wrong” while striving for “right”.
More reflections in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
It’s about safety in discomfort - in dissent, in conflict, in being “wrong” while striving for “right”.
More reflections in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
Incidents in complex systems rarely have a single cause.
That’s why blameless postmortems beat root cause analysis, they make sense of failures in context instead of chasing one neat answer.
I wrote more about this in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
That’s why blameless postmortems beat root cause analysis, they make sense of failures in context instead of chasing one neat answer.
I wrote more about this in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
Linky #15 - Beyond Root Causes and Simple Fixes
Why complexity, safety, and human context still matter in software and testing
qualityeng.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Incidents in complex systems rarely have a single cause.
That’s why blameless postmortems beat root cause analysis, they make sense of failures in context instead of chasing one neat answer.
I wrote more about this in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
That’s why blameless postmortems beat root cause analysis, they make sense of failures in context instead of chasing one neat answer.
I wrote more about this in this week’s Linky: qualityeng.substack.com/p/linky-no-15
One idea I’ve been exploring:
🛠 Tools build quality into products (teams)
📐 Frameworks build quality into processes (managers)
💡 Philosophy builds quality into people and culture (leaders)
When these align, you get a healthier system.
❓Where’s the biggest gap in this chain?
🛠 Tools build quality into products (teams)
📐 Frameworks build quality into processes (managers)
💡 Philosophy builds quality into people and culture (leaders)
When these align, you get a healthier system.
❓Where’s the biggest gap in this chain?
August 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
One idea I’ve been exploring:
🛠 Tools build quality into products (teams)
📐 Frameworks build quality into processes (managers)
💡 Philosophy builds quality into people and culture (leaders)
When these align, you get a healthier system.
❓Where’s the biggest gap in this chain?
🛠 Tools build quality into products (teams)
📐 Frameworks build quality into processes (managers)
💡 Philosophy builds quality into people and culture (leaders)
When these align, you get a healthier system.
❓Where’s the biggest gap in this chain?
A culture of quality isn’t built from the top down.
It needs:
🔼 Leaders setting values that matter.
🔽 Teams feeding back what works (and what doesn’t).
↔️ Peers sharing learning across silos.
✨ What’s one feedback loop about quality that works well where you are?
It needs:
🔼 Leaders setting values that matter.
🔽 Teams feeding back what works (and what doesn’t).
↔️ Peers sharing learning across silos.
✨ What’s one feedback loop about quality that works well where you are?
August 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A culture of quality isn’t built from the top down.
It needs:
🔼 Leaders setting values that matter.
🔽 Teams feeding back what works (and what doesn’t).
↔️ Peers sharing learning across silos.
✨ What’s one feedback loop about quality that works well where you are?
It needs:
🔼 Leaders setting values that matter.
🔽 Teams feeding back what works (and what doesn’t).
↔️ Peers sharing learning across silos.
✨ What’s one feedback loop about quality that works well where you are?
We often talk about “quality ownership,” but what if we reframed it?
Instead of asking who owns quality, we could ask:
➡️ Where is your greatest influence on quality right now?
🔎 How would your approach to quality shift if you thought less about roles and more about spheres of influence?
Instead of asking who owns quality, we could ask:
➡️ Where is your greatest influence on quality right now?
🔎 How would your approach to quality shift if you thought less about roles and more about spheres of influence?
August 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We often talk about “quality ownership,” but what if we reframed it?
Instead of asking who owns quality, we could ask:
➡️ Where is your greatest influence on quality right now?
🔎 How would your approach to quality shift if you thought less about roles and more about spheres of influence?
Instead of asking who owns quality, we could ask:
➡️ Where is your greatest influence on quality right now?
🔎 How would your approach to quality shift if you thought less about roles and more about spheres of influence?
💭 Who really owns quality in your organisation?
Teams build it into products. Managers into processes. Leaders into culture.
Each level matters, but in practice, it’s rarely this neat .
Where do you see quality being built or missed?
Teams build it into products. Managers into processes. Leaders into culture.
Each level matters, but in practice, it’s rarely this neat .
Where do you see quality being built or missed?
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
💭 Who really owns quality in your organisation?
Teams build it into products. Managers into processes. Leaders into culture.
Each level matters, but in practice, it’s rarely this neat .
Where do you see quality being built or missed?
Teams build it into products. Managers into processes. Leaders into culture.
Each level matters, but in practice, it’s rarely this neat .
Where do you see quality being built or missed?