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Charles Penn
Senior Test Engineer
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Software tester in the Midwest of the US. Typically happy to discuss testing of any sort, geeky things, and parenting.
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RiskStorming: Artificial Intelligence
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RiskStorming: Artificial Intelligence image
RiskStorming; Artificial Intelligence is a strategy tool that helps your team to not only identify high value risks, but also set up a plan on how to deal
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right. image
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right.
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We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right. image
An exploration of shift right and how to practice it within testing
DORA AI Capabilities Model - good companion to Konstantinos' "Back to Basics" post on AI. image
DORA AI Capabilities Model - good companion to Konstantinos' "Back to Basics" post on AI.
Why “It Works on My Machine” Keeps Breaking Production image
Why “It Works on My Machine” Keeps Breaking Production
How I Built an Agentic SDLC Demo with Cursor, MCP Servers, Playwright, GitHub, and Vercel in Under an Hour. image
How I Built an Agentic SDLC Demo with Cursor, MCP Servers, Playwright, GitHub, and Vercel in Under an Hour.
Staying sane in a post-modern world, from Anne-Marie Charrett image
Staying sane in a post-modern world, from Anne-Marie Charrett
Leading Through Discomfort image
Leading Through Discomfort
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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700+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐ image
Grateful for the conversations, challenges, and the amazing testing community.
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700+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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700+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐
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Charles Penn
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
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700+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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700+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐
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Charles Penn
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700+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
is Open to Mentee
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
is Open to Work
Video Recording for Desktop Test ing image
Video Recording for Desktop Test ing
The Problem with Synthetic Users image
The Problem with Synthetic Users
Technical Debt Is a Myth Created By Bad Managers image
Technical Debt Is a Myth Created By Bad Managers
AI Testing Cycles: Testing When There’s No Single ‘Right’ Answer  image
AI Testing Cycles: Testing When There’s No Single ‘Right’ Answer
Traits of a good Tech Lead image
Traits of a good Tech Lead
Episode 83: Playwright - with Debbie O'Brien image
Episode 83: Playwright - with Debbie O'Brien
Block, anthropic-and openai launch the agentic ai foundation image
Block, anthropic-and openai launch the agentic ai foundation
The 2025 Quality Engineering Index: 100 Insights image
The 2025 Quality Engineering Index: 100 Insights
Signals in the Noise image
Signals in the Noise
When UI Automation Slowly Loses Trust image
When UI Automation Slowly Loses Trust
Diary of a QE Leader image
Diary of a QE Leader
The AI Security Industry is Bullshit image
The AI Security Industry is Bullshit
What Quality Engineers Actually Care About: Insights from 30 essays, 21 Linkys, and 33k+ Reads image
What Quality Engineers Actually Care About: Insights from 30 essays, 21 Linkys, and 33k+ Reads
Quality is a commercial choice: The case for pragmatism  image
Quality is a commercial choice: The case for pragmatism
Introducing SmartBear AI Labs: Imagining the Future of Software Quality  image
Introducing SmartBear AI Labs: Imagining the Future of Software Quality
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
thanked contributors on:
Tools to help you with security testing image
Strengthen your security testing by learning how simple tools can uncover vulnerabilities before attackers do.
Tools to help you with security testing image
Tools to help you with security testing
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Tools to help you with security testing image
Tools to help you with security testing
Communities of Practice, a live conversation image
Communities of Practice, a live conversation
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Charles Penn
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Join Drew Pontikis and Rosie Sherry
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Nice one for the Membership renewal!
Acceptance Criteria to code to Pull Request with Applitools or Testim? image
Acceptance Criteria to code to Pull Request with Applitools or Testim?
Advice for a large project image
Advice for a large project
The AI in testing worry list image
99 risks with the advancement of software testing an AI
Lesson 2 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started image
Lesson 2 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started image
Learn how to build security into your day-to-day testing!
STEC is complete 🎉: 19 modules, 59 voices, and a jam packed portfolio to show your growth image
Eighteen months, 19 modules, and 59 amazing contributors later, the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is complete! Looking back, my favourite part has been seeing so many community m...
Overcoming the trap of intellectual conformity: Tips for software testers image
Explore how to challenge unhealthy levels of team conformity and help your team make better decisions earlier
Finding bugs faster: A smarter way to debug integration failures image
Detect where integration failures start using a simple, fast and innovative 5-point parallel search method
From self-doubt to growth: My unusual journey into software testing image
Follow a personal journey of failure, growth, and rediscovery shaped by persistence and a supportive testing community
The TORCH technique for exploratory testing image
Shine a light. The TORCH technique for exploratory testing helps quality professionals bring structure and freedom to their exploratory testing sessions. So what?
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Charles Penn
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