S1.E32: The power of observability and Exploratory Testing with Charity Majors

QA Therapy

"Monitoring is for your known unknowns. Observability is for your unknown unknowns." But what does that really mean? And where does exploratory testing fit into all of this? ⚡

In this episode of QA Therapy, we sit down with Charity Majors, co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb, to dive into the evolving role of testing, monitoring, and observability in modern software development.

💡 What you’ll learn:

✅ Why monitoring helps catch the known unknowns—things you expect might break.

✅ How observability uncovers the unknown unknowns—the surprises you never saw coming.

✅ Where exploratory testing fits in today’s fast-moving development cycles.

✅ How QA, DevOps, and Engineering are merging into a continuous process of learning and adaptation.

It’s not just about bugs, crashes, or outages—it’s about understanding what you’re unleashing into the world. 🚀 This episode will challenge how you think about quality, reliability, and testing.