November 5, 2026
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Precision matters

Developers & Dokters #10

Precision matters

😷 Doctor: “Before a treatment reaches the patient, I want to know whether it suits the person as a whole.”

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🤓 Developer: “Before a new feature reaches users, we test all the important steps according to our test protocol. Only then do we move the whole thing one step closer to the user.”

Both bring something to someone who has to be able to rely on it: a treatment for a patient, a new feature for a user. A doctor looks at the person as a whole, not just the complaint. A developer first checks the individual parts: the test protocol determines which important steps must be verified before the whole moves one step closer to the user.

Things can go wrong when only the end result is looked at, without attention to the parts it is made of. Or when only the individual parts are checked, without looking at how they work together as a whole, or body.

The strength lies in combining both levels: the test protocol for the important steps, and a view of the whole to see how everything works together. Checking the small things prevents big misses.

That’s why we don’t just test whether the functionality works, but whether every important step does what it should, before anything reaches users. In healthcare, where reliability comes first, that’s not an unnecessary extra step but a basic requirement.

🟢 TodayTomorrow creates human-centered technology for the healthcare of tomorrow. In the Developers & Doctors series, we share fascinating insights into our collaboration with healthcare professionals.

Precision matters
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