Hey folks. This is a super short post to let you know that I now have two YouTube channels. But they have nothing to do with testing or technology. I know some of you enjoy my more personal posts about social issues, mental health, and ADHD. I’m making videos about these topics, […]
Tag: Experimentation
Sorry, Troy, HTTPS is NOT Easy!
Bad news, everyone. Troy Hunt lied to us! …Kind of, sort of… Okay, maybe not really. This post is about the difficulties I had when moving my website from HTTP to HTTPS. For anyone who might not know, Troy Hunt is behind a lot of security resources, including haveibeenpwned.com which allows […]
How to Manage Your Fucks (and Other Coping Mechanisms)
This post is a follow-up to my TestBash Manchester 2018 Open Space session on mental health and how people try to manage theirs. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Like many others, I have ups and downs in my mental health. I had a particularly low “down” period a few […]
Verification as Code
I recently listened to a talk by Matt Long on Why We Should Test Programmable Infrastructure. You can watch a version of it on the MoT Dojo. During the talk, he used the phrase “infrastructure as code”, which you may have heard before. Wikipedia describes “infrastructure as code” as: “the process of managing […]
SBTM in Practice with PQIP
Last year, I wrote about my first experience with SBTM, in collaboration with Mike Talks. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to use SBTM in the “real world”, on a client project that I was on for about six months. I’d like to reflect on that experience, and consider some of my learnings, […]