IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS

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Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.

16 articles

23 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

agile

QC English: How to Write Clear Bug Reports

Master the English phrases and structure for writing professional bug reports — the QC vocabulary every Vietnamese developer needs for international teams.

20 Jun 2026 · 5 min read

agile

Agile & QC English: Sprint Meetings, Bug Reports, and Estimates

Master English for Agile sprints: report bugs clearly, discuss estimates, handle scope changes. Practical phrases for Vietnamese developers in international teams.

10 Jun 2026 · 8 min read

agile

QC/Agile English: Writing Bug Reports and Discussing Defects Without Getting Ignored

A vague bug report gets deprioritized or misunderstood. A well-written one gets fixed. Here's the English structure for defect reports that developers actually act on — plus the vocabulary for sprint defect discussions, triage calls, and status updates.

08 Jun 2026 · 6 min read

agile

English for Incident Reporting: How to Communicate Outages and Bugs Clearly

When production goes down, your English needs to be as reliable as your monitoring. Practical phrases and templates for incident updates, postmortem communication, and escalating bugs to non-technical stakeholders — from a Vietnamese tech lead's perspective.

06 Apr 2026 · 6 min read

agile

Sprint Meeting English: How to Speak Up Confidently in Agile Teams

Master the phrases, vocabulary, and speaking patterns you need for daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and bug reports in international Agile teams.

30 Mar 2026 · 6 min read

agile

How to Report and Escalate Bugs in English: A Sprint Review Survival Guide

Practical English phrases for QC engineers and developers: how to describe bugs clearly, escalate blockers, and communicate defects during sprint reviews in international teams.

06 Mar 2026 · 11 min read

automation

The Complete Best Practices Checklist for Automation, AI, and Quality

The ultimate reference for test automation with AI. Comprehensive checklists covering mindset, Playwright setup, Page Objects, BDD, AI tools, prompt engineering, team collaboration, metrics, and common pitfalls. Part 10 of the QC team's guide to automation with AI.

05 Mar 2026 · 8 min read

automation

Measuring and Improving Quality — Metrics That Actually Matter

Move beyond vanity metrics. Learn to track test coverage, defect escape rate, flakiness, and automation ROI. Build a quality dashboard and run retrospectives that drive real improvement. Part 9 of the QC team's guide to automation with AI.

04 Mar 2026 · 9 min read

automation

Sharing the Work — How Dev and QC Teams Collaborate on Test Automation

A practical guide to Dev-QC collaboration on test automation: task splitting, repo structure, code reviews, PR workflows, handling broken tests, and building a Definition of Done. Part 8 of the QC team's guide to automation with AI.