So you been around the company block enough times to recognize the seasons of the place. Summer, Crunch, Performance-review, Financial Year.You have probably seen P-1 incidents and P-I planning co...

On the 15th of January 2026 myself and Ujjwal Kumar Singh joined a call and pressed record. We were curious to see what would happen. A few weeks later I’d done the same with Neil Taylor and Clare ...

"I've configured things you people wouldn't believe. IIS settings on multiple local builds. I watched Test pipelines glitter in the dark near the QA Release gate. All those moments will be lost in ...

I can across Maaike Brinkhof's most recent blog post this morning and from the front cover picture I knew I was in for the read I needed. It is always comforting to come across someone articulating...

In episode 134 of TWIQ, Louise Woodhams shared her win: she found a defect before it hit production. This particular issue was related to permissions, and if it had gone out, it would have given ev...

Writing Automation has made me realise after 10 plus years I am actually a good tester.I am however possibly the worst developer known to man and should not be allowed.Life giveth and it taketh awa...

I got this little ladybird friend last week to celebrate/mark it being 10 years this year of me being a software tester.I did wade into this career by accident and for the most part it feel like th...

Thought I'd riff on Louise's post about progress over perfection.One thing I like to do is look at the person I was 1, 2, 5 or 10 years ago.Often this is literally thinking back and remembering. Ot...

I had a terrible day yesterday. This morning however I got and did write 20 tests directly in Cypress. A few months ago the thought of having to do that would have filled me with dread and I w...

When you sign up to a tech conference and your discipline isn't on the list of "Tech Disciplines" but Crypto is -.-

Writing things into the ether is helpful. Louise explains this topic.

As I screwed up making coffee this morning and have to drink out of Robert’s mug.I am reminded that cute designs can also have a terrible user experience as this little bear’s ears stab me in the f...