# QE program

Published articles for QE program.

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## QE Platform Strategy: 3 Paths and Where Each Hides Its Cost

DevFeed: [QE Platform Strategy: 3 Paths and Where Each Hides Its Cost](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/qe-platform-strategy-3-paths-and-where-each-hides-its-cost-12640.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.postman.com/qe-platform-strategy-3-paths-and-where-each-hides-its-cost/>)

Author: Rick Crawford

Published: 2026-08-31T17:37:05Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Postman Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/postman-blog.md>)

Topics: [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-testing.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [general](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/general.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [qe-program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qe-program.md>), [quality-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality-engineering.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdlc.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

### AI overview

This opinion article compares three QE platform strategies: continuing with the current approach, building an internal platform, or integrating specialized tools. It explains the hidden costs of each path, including test maintenance, delayed releases, escaped defects, long-term platform maintenance, dependency updates, security patches, and the need to modernize for AI-assisted testing.

### Source excerpt

In Part 1 I named the six structural problems compounding inside QE programs as AI accelerates development. In Part 2 I walked... The post QE Platform Strategy: 3 Paths and Where Each Hides Its Cost appeared first on Postman Blog.

## 5 QE Pipeline Metrics That Show Where Quality Is Leaking

DevFeed: [5 QE Pipeline Metrics That Show Where Quality Is Leaking](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5-qe-pipeline-metrics-that-show-where-quality-is-leaking-12631.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.postman.com/5-qe-pipeline-metrics-that-show-where-quality-is-leaking/>)

Author: Rick Crawford

Published: 2026-08-21T15:00:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Postman Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/postman-blog.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Postman](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postman.md>)

Tags: [api-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-testing.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [false-positives](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/false-positives.md>), [general](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/general.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [qe-program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qe-program.md>), [quality-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality-engineering.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdlc.md>), [shift-left](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shift-left.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>)

### AI overview

This developer article presents five quality-engineering pipeline metrics aligned with Design, Gate, Validate, Monitor, and Improve stages. The supplied text details package adoption, gate coverage and flake rate, and defect escape rate, explaining how they reveal uneven coverage, ineffective merge gates, false positives, and defects reaching production.

### Source excerpt

In the last post I described six problems that compound when development outruns the QE infrastructure underneath it. Most leaders recognize all... The post 5 QE Pipeline Metrics That Show Where Quality Is Leaking appeared first on Postman Blog.