Over the past year I’ve moved company and experienced two very different approaches to logging. Both of which I strongly dislike. Value of logging Some context on my opinions here. Throughout the majority of my career I have lent heavily on logs. This was most relevant when I spent 2 years in a role handling […]
Manual testing may not be testing the manual, but it should be part of it.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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), […]
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 […]