Oleksandr Romanov
Senior Software Engineer in Test
He/him
I am Open to CV Reviews, Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, Podcasting, Review Conference Proposals
14+ years in testing and engineering | Co-host at Testing Minutes podcast | Writing and podcasting about test engineering, performance, AI, blockchain, and distributed systems | Views are my own
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 96%
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 88%
Activity
earned:
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
earned:
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
earned:
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
contributed:
Judy and Clare trade spicy hot takes, from notification overload and 'done > perfect' learning, to a passionate deep dive on accessibility as a moral (and business) imperative.
earned:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ.
Contributions
Judy and Clare trade spicy hot takes, from notification overload and 'done > perfect' learning, to a passionate deep dive on accessibility as a moral (and business) imperative.
Oleksandr said:
My hot take of the week: If you don't fully understand the thing you want to test and measure - you might get the results that are surprising but yet mysterious. So - first - unders...
A playful backronym coined live in the TWiQ chat as a testing-world companion to the DRY/WET family of terms, standing for "Test Everything Twice." as a counterpart to WET (Write Everything Twice), it captures the idea of deliberate, thorough verification rather than assuming a single test pass is sufficient. Like WET and DRY, it works best as a conversational shorthand for a mindset rather than a strict rule.
Yesterday, I found an interesting video about the reality of using AI in software teams. The title is "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams."
Top insights 💡 We know...
Ikigai (生き甲斐, lit. 'a reason for being') is a Japanese concept of an individual's definition of the meaning of their life.Héctor García and Francesc Miralles included a Venn diagram of Ikigai in their book: "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life". This diagram includes four elements: what a person likes, what a person is good at, what the world needs, and what can be rewarded. When these four elements overlap, that person has found their ikigai.
Top 5 things:
The more people use AI, the less they tend to ... think and connect to their work.
AI tools can ... hurt trust within colleagues.
AI tools can ... state factually wrong things even m...
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