Manual testing may not be testing the manual, but it should be part of it.
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Lessons from gardening
An exploration on how my gardening project has learnings transferable to continuous improvement.
As some self learning on Cyber Security, I decided to give TryHackMe a go. I quickly found the material engaging and the activities well put together but what really struck me was running through some of the basics. I was doing lessons on Windows, Linux and networking, learning plenty along the way. Understanding our technology […]
AI has been an increasingly dominant part of our discussions and working lives. Like it or not, we are pushed to use it. I find it both exciting and worrying. The obvious concern is loss of jobs but AI is unlikely to ever be a worthy replacement for my skillset. That isn’t to say that […]
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The woe of retry
Upon the red light I do wail, for my test case has reported fail.
Is it a bug or test issue, I do not know.
My log download has been so slow.
I would enter a well written defect,
But tech debt does not get enough respect.
The only choice fills me with an uncertain fear,
However re-running may make my pipeline clear.
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2025 Reflections
From a professional viewpoint, it has been an interesting and largely enjoyable year – despite a huge setback. I’ve done quite a lot of cool things: I’ve also been able to start a few interesting things: With that in mind, I have to feel like it has been a good year. That said, ultimately I’m […]
This year I started doing my first 1:1s with colleagues, aside from those with my manager/leader. It was a really interesting experience and I wanted to reflect on it a little. Getting going It was actually something that was on my agenda for a while but struggled to get permission / buy in to do […]
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Challenging our thinking with CBT
Quite a few years ago I was going through a tough time and was referred to “Cognitive Behaviour Therapy” (CBT). Whilst it wasn’t what I needed at the time, it was useful for helping me correct some of my negative behaviours or reactions. Recently when working my way through MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC), […]
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Role of Automation
As Philippa Jennings articulated in her talk at MoTaCon, quality is the goal. Automation is a means. Unfortunately some people do get that muddled. Even worse is mistaking using a tool with quality. Eek! I love automation for three reasons. First is unit testing. That super fast feedback when I’m writing code is handy and […]
Thinking about user journeys in testing isn’t a particularly new topic (although probably truly conducted a lot less than we would like to admit). I suspect even rather than that is the user journey in design and planning. At least once engineering teams are involved. This is something that I’ve had little chance to explore […]