Earlier this week I left a comment on a LinkedIn post about testing in an AI-assisted workflow. The post itself was fine, better than most. It argued that when the same AI writes both the function and the test, the two share the same blind spots, so you should write the test first and decide […]
Should the tester role even exist? Read More »
Someone posted a thinking piece in a Slack channel I’m in last week, long and earnest and well-structured, arguing that quality engineering needs to evolve for the age of agentic AI, that we need to stop thinking about quality as testing and start treating it as a systemic property. I read it and felt a
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If you’ve been following me on Linkedin, or indeed have been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m interested in AI applications. So it’s probably not coming as a total surprise to you that my main learning goals this year evolve around AI evals, “which are systematic tests and measurements to that
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with Risk-Based Testing and the Eisenhower Matrix In software development, testing is often a balancing act. On one hand, we want to ensure comprehensive coverage to catch every possible bug. On the other hand, resources are limited, and time is always against us. This can lead to a challenge familiar to many testers: how do
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Recently somebody mentioned to me that they don’t really like the test pyramid, and prefer the swiss cheese model. So I looked it up (again), and thought “yeah, that’s nice”. And you know how it sometimes goes, it kept niggling away at the back of my brain – now there’s a mental image you didn’t
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The main question here is:
Is there a fundamental, qualitative difference between one method over the other that makes one objectively better than the other?
Have you ever pondered the nature of quality? If you have, you’re not alone. In the realm of software development, the question of quality is both central and elusive. As Jerry Weinberg famously put it, “Quality is value to some person.” But, while this statement is profound, it begs the question: how can a growing
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Still questioning the necessity of software testing? Dive into a detailed discussion on its indisputable significance, backed by tangible models.
Is Software Testing Truly Necessary? Demystifying the Puzzle with Concrete Models Read More »
Understanding the Current Skill Set Without understanding the skills available within a software engineering team, it can be easy to chase unrealistic goals or overlook important testing problems. A comprehensive understanding of the team’s strengths and weaknesses allows for the development of a test strategy that effectively addresses real problems and utilizes the team’s full
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How to Use Lean Coffee and a Skills Matrix to Evaluate Your Software Engineering Team’s Testing Maturity
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