# How Google Tests Software  Author:: James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo ## Highlights > Google often builds the “minimum useful product” as an initial version and then quickly iterates successive versions allowing for internal and user feedback and careful consideration of quality with every small step. Products proceed through canary, development, testing, beta, and release channels before making it to users. ([Location 637](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007MQLMF2&location=637)) > The ongoing effort to automate to within the “last inch of the human mind” is currently the design spec for the next generation of test-engineering tools Google builds. ([Location 715](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007MQLMF2&location=715)) --- Title: How Google Tests Software Author: James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo Tags: readwise, books date: 2024-01-30 --- # How Google Tests Software  Author:: James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > Google often builds the “minimum useful product” as an initial version and then quickly iterates successive versions allowing for internal and user feedback and careful consideration of quality with every small step. Products proceed through canary, development, testing, beta, and release channels before making it to users. ([Location 637](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007MQLMF2&location=637)) > The ongoing effort to automate to within the “last inch of the human mind” is currently the design spec for the next generation of test-engineering tools Google builds. ([Location 715](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007MQLMF2&location=715))