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A discussion on TWIT had me wondering what 'Grey Box Testing' was. Luckily, some lovely people were on hand to answer my question!

I am a big believer that confidence is built on actively doing things. Particularly, doing things you never done before, there is no much evidence it will work or people who would confirm your theo...

"I love when I see my junior testers ask for help, and the senior goes, I actually don't know either. Let's go find out together." shares Jenny. So cool to see Nataliia Burmei and Jenny Bramble...

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It’s only a few years ago I realized I can no longer sleigh down snowy hills with my kids. I have to either stand and watch or go down my own sleigh next to them. They are on their own now - I can ...

When you shift from “Here’s what I think we should do” to “What would change if we understood why this keeps happening?”, you stop being the tester with opinions and start being the person who unlo...

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Excel: Why using Microsoft's tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost

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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29

Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?

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Community Thoughts: What Goes On in QA Team Meetings

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Software Testing Heuristics: Mind The Gap!

75+ Testing Practice Websites to Master Software QA in 2024

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STEC in the sunshine!

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That just-finished-a-talk feeling

Snapped just after Kat Obring finished her talk at Leeds Testing Atelier, one of the most packed sessions of the day, with people standing at the back to hear her speak. Kat is pictured here wit...

Meeting the Rosie Sherry

A lovely moment from Leeds Testing Atelier; folks excited to meet, in their words, "the Rosie Sherry!" Rosie is pictured here with Layla Abbott and another attendee, both newer to testing and pa...

Getting under the surface with subcutaneous testing

Costa Giannakopoulos introduced the term and concept of subcutaneous testing, an approach that sits just beneath the UI layer to test application logic directly. He shared examples using PactumJ...

A glimpse of life as a Research Software Engineer in academia

Sorrel Harriet gave a fascinating look into the world of the research software engineering role. She shared what it’s like to support universities in building better software, and how coaching, ...

Empowering teams through self assessment

Clement Pickering shared how a simple self-assessment tool can help teams reflect, grow, and move towards a fast, effective delivery culture. Drawing on work at Conflux, Clement showed how self-...