Truth. Oscar Wilde said it best I think: ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’ MEWT…In terms of vehement debates at the recent MEWT gathering in Nottingham, probably the talk which generated the most […]
Tag: assumptions
Metastuff
The world is really complex. Layers upon layers of stuff exist in the systems we test. Old stuff on top of new stuff, augmented stuff, rewritten stuff, interconnected stuff, internal stuff talks to external stuff, […]
Under Pressure
As a tester, you might recognise this feeling. The world wants your tests to “pass.” Developers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Executives, everyone is looking at you, waiting for you, wanting the tests to “pass.” Wanting […]
The ‘Just Testing Left’ Fallacy
I am mindful that many of my blogs are descending into mini tirades against the various fallacies and general abuse of the lexicon of software development. Humour me, for one last time (thats not true […]
The name of the thing is not the thing
I often ponder the question ‘should we care about what we call things in the software development world?’ One could argue that as long as everyone has a common understanding, then it shouldn’t matter right? […]
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