A Little Q & A

After my last post, I thought I was done commenting on stack ranking (for at least another year), but two things inspired me to write just a bit more. First, a few people flat-out asked about my opinions for alternatives; and secondly, a consultant added some ignorance to the discussion that gave me just enough…

Back again, and once again, if you’d like to receive this post via email, you can sign up here. Here are some things you should know this week. First – I wrote another article for TestProject – this one on Testing and the Road to Quality. I’m happy to say that with this article nobody…

It’s time for another week of random – and sometimes useful info This is an excellent write up on the curse of flaky tests. Tests that sometimes fail I’ve learned JavaScript enough that I pretty much despise JavaScript. I use it begrudgingly, but it drives me crazy too. Regardless, this is a wonderful post on…

Last week was one of those weeks where someone could write a FfF post – and then forget to actually post it…you know – hypothetically. This week is…better, but possibly because I took Thursday and today off. Here are some things I liked this week. Either the thing I love about the pacific northwest –…

I think it’s been a year since How We Test Software at Microsoft made its way to store shelves (and amazon). For the first few months, I watched the amazon sales ranking multiple times a day. I took a screenshot last December 18th that shows one of the few times we hit the #1 testing…

There’s a light at the end of the oh-my-work-is-so-crazy train, and I look forward to ranting more often both here and on twitter. But first, a few minor anniversaries to acknowledge. Monday was my 21-year anniversary at Microsoft. It’s not a nice even number like 20, but it’s weird to think that people born on…