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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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Tools to help you with security testing
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Acceptance Criteria to code to Pull Request with Applitools or Testim?
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Advice for a large project
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99 risks with the advancement of software testing an AI
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Lesson 2 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started
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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!
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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
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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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I found this pic from the memories of TestBash 2024. I and Christine having great talk about Quality keeping the Hat Mode Activated
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Evaluate the pros and cons of low-code automation tools through a tester’s hands-on experience selecting a solution
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This meme captures the reality many testers face when flashy automation dashboards show near-perfect pass rates, but bugs still slip into production. Often, it’s the quiet power of exploratory test...
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I recently had a good chat with Callum Akehurst-Ryan about representation. He's a queer man in tech and continues to do wonderful things to amplify the importance of inclusivity and representation ...
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Who needs Chat-GPT when you have MoT-GPT image
A discussion on TWIT had me wondering what 'Grey Box Testing' was. Luckily, some lovely people were on hand to answer my question!
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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...
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Alessandra makes a powerful point. And it makes me wonder what bugs the quality engineers of the next five years will be faced with. We've already seen folks pulling apart fundamental flaws in AI-g...
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"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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Simple Playwright authentication recipes: A cookbook for software testers  image
Try these recipes to reuse login states, reduce test flakiness, and scale your test automation framework efficiently
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Breaking the autopilot: How I stopped testing software like a machine image
Shift your mindset to catch better bugs, collaborate more effectively with developers, and rediscover enjoyment in your testing work
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TestComplete with Charles Penn
23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today image
The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!
Exploring Systems Thinking - The Testing Planet News - Episode 09 image
Recognise how different parts of a system influence one another
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A curated list of the essential blogs, tools and sources for idea creation for exploratory testing
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