When starting on a new project, it’s very common for me to be the first and / or only tester. I find myself frequently wanting to document the same things, rewriting them from scratch. To help with this, I’ve decided to include some of this documentation on my own blog, so I no longer […]
Tag: Automation in Testing
There Is No “Manual vs Automated Testing” Conflict
I’m a little bit frustrated. Since Twitter died and I decided to start engaging on LinkedIn more, I keep seeing posts that perpetuate this idea of “manual” vs automated testing; us vs them. There is no versus. Your civil war is manufactured. There’s room for everyone and we all want the same thing: […]
The Five “I”s of Great Testing
What makes a great tester? A few discussions I’ve seen lately have gotten me thinking about this: What do testers do? How does an ISTQB-following tester compare to an “Agile” or “modern” tester? Is it a tester’s job to decide the severity and / or priority of a bug? Why do people use […]
CrowdStrike: The Blame Game
So, another huge IT outage occurred. This time, involving CrowdStrike. It seems like everyone and their pet tortoise has an opinion on this, so I didn’t jump in immediately. Here are some things I haven’t personally seen mentioned. Where’s Your DevOps Now? Remember when DevOps was this shiny, new thing that […]
4 Years in Testing: Then and Now
It’s strange to think that I’ve been professionally testing for four years already. Time seems to fly by so quickly, and it’s time again to reflect on what’s happened in the last year. Balance and Priorities As ever, I’m still working on how to strike the right balance between all the […]