Do We Test Just to Find Bugs?
In a world where testing is mainly test execution, it is reasonable to expect that when people test, they simply expect to find bugs. "We test to find bugs" is the answer given in job interviews. An answer repeated in onboarding materials, embedded in KPI frameworks, and implicitly assumed in every conversation about when software is ready to ship. It is so thoroughly taken for granted that questioning it sounds absurd, like questioning whether hammers are for hitting things. Testing does find b
