It's been a few months since we got rid of the testing columns, and though we are continuing to evolve and solve problems as they come up, I'm going to conclude this series here.
Goodbye Testing Columns, Part 3: Return of the…
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Goodbye Testing Columns, Part 2: The Empire Strikes Back
The second installment in the Goodbye Testing Columns Trilogy follows Bruce as they navigate post-destruction uncertainty like a lost child after the apocalypse. Should they have just left well alone? Will they ever stop crying? Find out in today's episode.
Goodbye Testing Columns, Part 1: A New Hope
We're getting rid of the testing columns in Jira, woo! This is part 1, which covers the decision making process leading up to the event.
VRT: A series of mistakes
So if you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know a bit about my first crack at test automation - the Visual Regression Tests. These take screenshots of our products and then run pixel comparisons after a change is deployed to check if code changes have resulted in unwanted visual changes. It… Continue reading VRT: A series of mistakes
Personal Development, One Year of Progress
I began my journey as a software tester in April 2018, and six months later in October 2018 I decided to make myself a Personal Development Plan since my workplace didn't have one for me. It's been a year since then, so I'm having a look back at the last twelve months to see what… Continue reading Personal Development, One Year of Progress
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!) I'm not done learning JavaScript yet, so I thought: do you know what, let's look at some other languages now. I don't know anyone who's finished a Udemy course anyway, and 33% completion is very good so it's time for me to move on (edit: I have completed at least one Udemy course) to… Continue reading Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Skills for driving change
My mum always, always commented on how I hated change growing up. When I started secondary school I was miserable for six months. Same for college, and for university. For each of my new jobs, I would come home crying that I hated it and everyone hated me and thought me terribly pretentious and aloof… Continue reading Skills for driving change
Concentrate.
So I'm a bit of a higgledy piggledy person in general, a messy storm of ideas. Don't get me wrong, I can be Rand Al Thor with his flame in the void, focussing on one task or feeling until it's done. But just like Rand Al Thor, I have a tendency to take on too… Continue reading Concentrate.
Building a personal brand
It's been a year since I started this site, so it's time for an update. This post is about finding my personal brand, and using it to inform changes I need to make.
Our first exploratory testing session
Got a group together to do some exploratory testing around authentication in a web app.
Undeveloped Bruce 