Testing Smarter

I’ve stated my distaste for GUI automation before, but after my last post, I feel the need to share some clarification. I’ve been meaning to write this post ever since I wrote GUI Shmooey, so here goes. First off, let me state my main points for disliking GUI automation: It’s (typically) fragile – tests tend…

I had this weird empty feeling all afternoon, and it just hit me. I (almost) forgot to post my five interesting finds from the week. Steve Blank wonders if a company can succeed using the antithesis of the lean startup. I’ve talked about the big list of naughty strings here before. Now, there’s a node…

I had fun for a bit this week playing with keyvalues.com – you select the values you care about, and it tries to match you with a company. I haven’t called out a Jeff Nyman blog post in a while, but I enjoyed his article on shapes of tests Something important for the near future…

It’s Friday, and I have links to share. Should be something fun in there for everyone. If not – read again next week. I’ll get it right someday.

Not sure if it’s possible to find anything more interesting than Pence’s fly this week, but I tried. Mike Cohn wrote (yet another) article I enjoyed – this week’s topic asks, Are We Really Bat at Estimating? This twitter thread had some unsurprising thoughts (with some research) on the future of remote work. It’s now…

That light I thought I saw at the end of the Covid tunnel just a few months ago seems to have disappeared. Please vax up, stay safe, and chill out a while and see if things settle down. Here’s some stuff to read while we’re waiting this one out. Let’s start off with a relevant…