Ashlight — QA Consulting & Risk Strategy

Blaze the path with Ashlight

Deadline breathing down your neck?
Give me 10 days. I’ll steady your release train: clean handoffs, unblocked PRs, and a CI smoke test guarding your main flow.

In those 10 days you get: Release map • Definition of Done that sticks • Top-5 risks with owners • First smoke test in CI.

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Ashlight brings together practical testing, strategic process design, and a human-first approach to quality—eight core features that adapt to your team’s needs.

Quality Analysis

Pinpoint the issues blocking predictable releases — then fix them in priority order

Risk Assessment

Make risk calls you can defend—what ships now, what waits, and why.

Test Automation

Start where automation pays off: a fast, stable smoke in CI and a plan to add the next 3 tests.

Project Management

Lightweight docs that devs actually use—acceptance criteria, release notes, and triage rules.

Strategy Review

A frank look at where quality leaks—and the smallest changes that stop them.

Software Test LifeCycle

A usable STLC tuned to your stack—owned by your team, not a consultant.

Process Clarification

Blame the process, not people: we surface assumptions before they break releases.

Human-first

Ashlight doesn't rely on AI. A one-man shop with an AI partner to help track and maintain processes, but never to handle your data. All processes are created by hand for YOUR needs.

How Ashlight Works

Free Intro (30-minutes)

Map goals, constraints, and timelines. Confirm fit and pick the next step (½-day Discovery or 10-day Quick-Implant).

Discovery and Planning

We walk your product like a customer, then draft the working basics — a Release Map, a Definition of Done, and the Top 5 risks with owners — aligned to your current workflows.

Day One Baseline

Establish the QA Canvas, tighten handoffs, choose one critical user path, and prep test data/env. You get a clear “learning doc” and quick-wins list.

Ongoing Execution

Unblock PRs, clarify AC, and stand up the first smoke test in CI protecting your core flow. Pair with your team so they can own the plan after. If the value isn’t obvious, we stop.

I'm Ryan

A QA lead, strategist, and documentation nerd with over a decade of experience guiding teams through chaotic releases, tech debt cleanup, and complex new product launches.

Clients bring me in at inflection points — after layoffs, during growth, or when clarity can’t wait. Ashlight exists for those moments: not an agency, but one person fully invested in creating structure without adding drag. Teams leave with fewer hotfixes, cleaner handoffs, and a plan they own.

I pair hands-on QA support with long-term process strategy, so your team isn’t just testing better — they’re learning how to own the process. That means clean documentation, informed risk calls, strategic automation, and a Software Test Life Cycle tuned to your stack, your people, and your pace.

Whether you’re building from scratch or regaining control after change, Ashlight helps you move forward — and leaves behind a lantern to light the way.

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