HOW TO NOT DIE BY A THOUSAND CUTS. OR, HOW TO THINK ABOUT SOFTWARE QUALITY

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Traditional approaches to software quality assurance often fail, leading to a "death by a thousand cuts". Instead, quality should be everyone’s job, so each person involved in a product’s lifecycle needs to care about a product’s quality. Understanding the broader system (company, market, and customers) is essential to building a high-quality product. Strictly linear design-to-production processes lead to compounding risk as errors and delays accumulate. Feedback loops are important to have.