Who's behind vibe·qa

vibe·qa is run by Eduard Kotmel — a QA engineer who has spent more than two decades making software behave, across organizations of every shape and size.

From small teams to global enterprises like Monster, across startups, agencies, and public institutions — Eduard has tested in nearly every environment software gets built in. That means more than a long résumé: it means having seen what works and what quietly fails, and knowing which is which before it costs you a release.

Twenty-plus years also means range. He's worked through every methodology the industry has cycled through — from heavyweight waterfall and formal test governance to fast, scrappy agile — and across a wide spread of programming styles, stacks, and languages. Different tools, different cultures, same goal: software you can ship with confidence.

If it exists in QA, it's been done here

There isn't a corner of the quality space Eduard hasn't worked in:

• Manual & exploratory testing — the human eye that catches what scripts miss.
• Test automation — UI, API, and end-to-end suites that actually get maintained.
• Performance & load testing — finding the breaking point before your users do.
• Test strategy & governance — coverage that's structured, not a pile of one-off scripts.
• Test data & environments — realistic data, on demand, via API.
• Acceptance, integration & defect analysis — the full lifecycle, end to end.
• AI-assisted QA — modern tooling to generate and maintain tests faster, with a tester's judgement kept firmly in the loop.

Why that matters for you

Most QA help is either a junior running checklists or a tool you still have to drive yourself. vibe·qa is neither: it's one experienced pair of hands that has already solved the problem you're facing — packaged so you get the whole quality layer without hiring and managing a team for it.