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Testing In The Time Of AI

Testing In The Time Of AI

When Effort Isn’t Enough: A Systems Approach To Leadership

Last week I was feeling positive and excited for AI.And then last night I was feeling meh about it.I recognised this is a pattern for me. That goes round and round. A constant mood change. Exciteme...

Yay AI. Meh AI.

Yay AI. Meh AI.

In recent years I've steered to using the Honeycomb model (made popular from Spotify). Integration testing has become much faster to execute and easier to maintain.What is your preferred testing mo...

Test Pyramid / Honeycomb / Trophy or Custard Slice?

Test Pyramid / Honeycomb / Trophy or Custard Slice?

"I tend to refer to it as A trifle. All bits of a trifle are good by their own but equally can all go bad in fun and gross ways. UNIT tests are Jelly. Integration/feature tests are your spongy cake layer. API tests are you tasty custard. UI tests are y..."

Progress over time

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Inspired by the following challenge: Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything.Thought I'd put myself out there to try my best to answer any question about life as being a very famous Bug in the MoTa...

AMA about Being Famous

AMA about Being Famous

Community stars and ducks are a great combination in the MoTaverse. Celebrating 2222 stars 

4 little ducks 2222

4 little ducks 2222

Luna - our white Lion from Sirius, protector of the realm.Munja (eng. Flash) - our Black Lightning, a shadow hunter.

Luna & Munja (Flash) - Guardians of the MoTaverse

Luna & Munja (Flash) - Guardians of the MoTaverse

Progression Not Perfection

Progress over time

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...

Progress over time

Progress over time

Progress over time

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...

Progression Not Perfection

Progression Not Perfection

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...

Progression Not Perfection

Progression Not Perfection

Progression Not Perfection

Progression Not Perfection

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...

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...

Today I’m launching something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. A new personal blog about testing, quality, and finding better ways of working.The first post starts with a line from Winnie-...

Blog launch: Weave - Threads of Software Quality

Blog launch: Weave - Threads of Software Quality

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I took advantage of free Lovable credits on Sunday to get a vibe coded prototype of a resource that I've spent the past 6 years building in Notion.Partly, I was curious on how easily I could replic...

I vibe coded a website and I spent half of my time doing quality checks

I vibe coded a website and I spent half of my time doing quality checks

This Week in Quality

Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality

As I try to get myself back to running after getting a calf injury that just won't go away, I moved to the local outdoor gym to keep my fitness up and build up my strength again. Whenever I get a r...