Susanne Abdelrahman (she/her)
@theproductmindedqa.bsky.social
QA nerd. Mama. Sci-fi reader. Baker of delicious pies. Lover of naps, sunshine, and macarons (not in that order). Always learning.
I write about quality and the sometimes invisible work of making software less awful at https://TheProductMindedQA.com
I write about quality and the sometimes invisible work of making software less awful at https://TheProductMindedQA.com
Coming up for air after a busy summer +
wrapping up my first 2 weeks at my new job 🎉
Getting it all down in a blog post soon (🤞) until then, here’s a cool photo I just took of a spider web covered in rain drops against the garage shingles that my kids are painting 😍
wrapping up my first 2 weeks at my new job 🎉
Getting it all down in a blog post soon (🤞) until then, here’s a cool photo I just took of a spider web covered in rain drops against the garage shingles that my kids are painting 😍
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Coming up for air after a busy summer +
wrapping up my first 2 weeks at my new job 🎉
Getting it all down in a blog post soon (🤞) until then, here’s a cool photo I just took of a spider web covered in rain drops against the garage shingles that my kids are painting 😍
wrapping up my first 2 weeks at my new job 🎉
Getting it all down in a blog post soon (🤞) until then, here’s a cool photo I just took of a spider web covered in rain drops against the garage shingles that my kids are painting 😍
When teams hire QA folks hoping for quick quality wins without also making room for quality work to *actually* work, it’s not surprising when "moar automation" doesn’t add up to real quality.
July 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When teams hire QA folks hoping for quick quality wins without also making room for quality work to *actually* work, it’s not surprising when "moar automation" doesn’t add up to real quality.
Not a cure all but damn if it doesn’t help.
July 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Not a cure all but damn if it doesn’t help.
At my son’s 5th grade graduation ceremony, outdoors, beautiful weather, feeling so grateful ❤️
No face pic because I’m definitely crying. But shoe game is on point 💅
No face pic because I’m definitely crying. But shoe game is on point 💅
June 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
At my son’s 5th grade graduation ceremony, outdoors, beautiful weather, feeling so grateful ❤️
No face pic because I’m definitely crying. But shoe game is on point 💅
No face pic because I’m definitely crying. But shoe game is on point 💅
A reminder that adulthood means you can eat a comically large bowl of soup If you want to.
May 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A reminder that adulthood means you can eat a comically large bowl of soup If you want to.
It hit a little harder because just yesterday I screenshotted this quote from Insight Timer
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It hit a little harder because just yesterday I screenshotted this quote from Insight Timer
This poem that @susancain.bsky.social shared in her newsletter this morning (thequietlife.net/p/if-you-don...) really resonated.
That moment of standing on the edge of change, scared but also knowing you can’t go back…
That moment of standing on the edge of change, scared but also knowing you can’t go back…
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This poem that @susancain.bsky.social shared in her newsletter this morning (thequietlife.net/p/if-you-don...) really resonated.
That moment of standing on the edge of change, scared but also knowing you can’t go back…
That moment of standing on the edge of change, scared but also knowing you can’t go back…
Anyway, I found this poem that I wrote on a day that I was feeling everything too deeply.
It makes me a little sad that I still feel this way about the world sometimes.
It makes me a little sad that I still feel this way about the world sometimes.
April 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Anyway, I found this poem that I wrote on a day that I was feeling everything too deeply.
It makes me a little sad that I still feel this way about the world sometimes.
It makes me a little sad that I still feel this way about the world sometimes.