James Thomas @hiccupps@sw-development-is.social

Testers shouldn't be made into gatekeepers. One of the strengths of a testing mindset is opening gates, or crashing through them.

Blogged: Testers are Gate-Crashers https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/05/testers-are-gate-crashers.html #testing #SoftwareTesting

Blogged: Have a Slice Day! https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/05/have-slice-day.html #testing #ideas #softwareTesting

Blogged: Test Now https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/04/test-now.html #testing #softwaretesting

Blogged: Explore in 3X https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/04/explore-in-3x.html #testing #exploration

Blogged: Testing (AI) is Testing https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/04/testing-ai-is-testing.html #testing #artificialIntelligence cc/ @TestAndAnalysis

Blogged: Storming Risk Storming https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/04/storming-risk-storming.html #testing #SoftwareTesting #RiskStorming

Blogged: How Would You Angle This? https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/03/how-would-you-angle-this.html #testing #cheating #softwareTesting

Blogged: Meet Me Halfway? https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/03/meet-me-halfway.html #testing #questions #answers

Blogged: Broaden Your View https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/03/broaden-your-view.html #Testing #Haiku

Blogged: Ground Truth https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/02/ground-truth.html #SoftwareTesting #Testing

Blogged: We are Buggy https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/02/we-are-buggy.html #testing

Blogged: A Testing Patina https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-testing-patina.html #testing

Blogged: Granularity Familiarity https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2022/12/granularity-familiarity.html #work #reflection #SoftwareTesting #testing

Blogged: PR Coup! https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2022/12/pr-coup.html #testing #softwareTesting #automation #process

Blogged: CODS It! https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2022/11/cods-it.html #testing #softwareTesting #learning #testability

Today I have enjoyed exploring a tool we're going to use as a partial reference implementation on another project by writing unit tests for its key function.

The tests document my understanding (and the issues I found) and are easily shareable with the developers on the project too.

#softwaretesting #testing

One of the joys of making tools for one purpose is realising that you can use them for another. #testing

Think of a question (that matters)
Find a way to get information to help answer it (at a proportionate cost)
Interpret the result (in context)
Repeat (while it's worthwhile)

#testing

Blogged: CAST 2022 Recap https://qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2022/11/cast-2022-recap.html #CAST2022 #testing @ast_news

Another day, another conversation about whether something I'm doing is #testing or not.