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Charles Penn
Senior Test Engineer
He/Him/His

Software tester in the Midwest of the US.

Typically happy to discuss testing of any sort, geeky things, and parenting.

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Test Complete Overview
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Leading quality in a large team
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Conversational QA: From me to we image
Are conversations the key to QA-developer relationships?
Conversational QA: From me to we image
Conversational QA: From me to we
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Conversational QA: From me to we image
Conversational QA: From me to we
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Conversational QA: From me to we image
Conversational QA: From me to we
Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters image
Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters
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Charles Penn
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A virtual roundtable discussion focused on templates and charters
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Charles Penn
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Are you LLM rubber ducking? image
Read Melissa Fisher's blog post: My rubber duck buddy — LLM use case - accelerate your thinkingShe uses Co-pilot to get her thinking in order before landing on a test strategy. Very nice indeed!&nb...
Are you LLM rubber ducking? image
Are you LLM rubber ducking?
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Are you LLM rubber ducking? image
Are you LLM rubber ducking?
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
awarded Melissa Fisher for:
Are you LLM rubber ducking? image
Are you LLM rubber ducking?
Blog Post: It's Not About Faster, It's About Better image
Blog Post: It's Not About Faster, It's About Better
Blog Post: It's Not About Faster, It's About Better image
Blog Post: It's Not About Faster, It's About Better
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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My insights from "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams" image
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...
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My insights from "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams"
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
My insights from "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams" image
My insights from "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams"
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
awarded AI Chapter for:
My insights from "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams" image
My insights from "The Hidden Cost of AI Coding That's Destroying Engineering Teams"
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray image
Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Leading quality in a large team image
Leading quality in a large team
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
contributed:
Leading quality in a large team image
Learn how to survive and adapt as a solo test lead on a large, long-running project.
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
commented on:
Simon,

I've experimented with this a few times!

Currently, I am in favor of the Round Earth Test Strategy found her... image
"Simon, I've experimented with this a few times! Currently, I am in favor of the Round Earth Test Strategy found here: https://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/4947 I've been toying with the idea of modeling it after a hot air balloon, but I might be ..."
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
commented on:
Ady,

I define system testing as any testing that exercises the application under test as a user in order to verify t... image
"Ady, I define system testing as any testing that exercises the application under test as a user in order to verify that it works properly. A system is any piece of software a user interacts with. (note that this doesn't always mean the user is a huma..."
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
commented on:
(Cont.)
If you build up system level tests, you can update the code underneath with more confidence (and build up you... image
"(Cont.) If you build up system level tests, you can update the code underneath with more confidence (and build up your other levels of testing while you're at it!). We've actually seen this situation at our company already, and I can imagine a lot of ..."
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
commented on:
Rosie,

You could certainly argue (and I would) that Systems Testing is going to stay at least as important, if not m... image
"Rosie, You could certainly argue (and I would) that Systems Testing is going to stay at least as important, if not more so in the age of AI. One example I can think of is if you're brought in to work on an existing system that was heavily written usi..."
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
commented on:
Hello all!

I'm sorry for the delay, I actually thought I'd get an email for responses. Simon pinged me to let me kno... image
"Hello all! I'm sorry for the delay, I actually thought I'd get an email for responses. Simon pinged me to let me know I was missing all of your questions."
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
thanked contributors on:
Evals in practice for an AI coding agent image
Master this framework to systematically verify, secure & improve the output quality of AI coding agents using both deterministic & model-grade.
Evals in practice for an AI coding agent image
Evals in practice for an AI coding agent
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
awarded Damian Pereira for:
Evals in practice for an AI coding agent image
Evals in practice for an AI coding agent
Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray image
Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray image
Shipping fast shouldn't mean shipping blind.
Whose code is it anyway? image
Whose code is it anyway?
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Spoke at MoT Cincinnati
A tester’s guide to AI guardrails image
A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails image
Identify, test and improve AI guardrails through a structured, scenario-based framework that addresses common implementation failures and attack patterns.
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Guardrails
The AI Collaboration Paradox - Robert Herbig image
The AI Collaboration Paradox - Robert Herbig
Charles Penn
Charles Penn
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Whose code is it anyway? image
Whose code is it anyway?
Whose code is it anyway? image
Whose code is it anyway?
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