March 2021 – 5blogs

Five Blogs – 31 March 2021

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Test Automation Pipelines for Modern CI Flows
Written by: Mark Kardashov

How To Know When You’ve Found The Perfect Mentor
Written by: Larae Quy

Exploratory Tooling
Written by: James Thomas

Stimulus, response, check: The core of test automation
Written by: Paul Grizzaffi

7 Reasons Why Software Developers Are Prone to Bugs
Written by: Fabio Veronese

Quote of the day:
“Read good books to improve yourself” -Lailah Gifty Akita

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Five Blogs – 30 March 2021

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Weak Leaders – Part Four
Written by: Steve Keating

Understanding Design Patterns in Test Automation: Factory Method Pattern
Written by: Biswajit Pattanayak

Quantifying the cost of fixing vs. preventing bugs
Written by: Lynda Gaines

Will We Have to File a Flight Plan?
Written by: Peter Varhol

Test Flakiness – One of the main challenges of automated testing (Part II)
Written by: George Pirocanac

Quote of the day:
“The only way to avoid being left behind was to start moving” -Jojo Moyes

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Five Blogs – 29 March 2021

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API vs. Microservices: A Microservice Is More Than Just an API
Written by: Erik Dietrich

Test Flakiness – One of the main challenges of automated testing
Written by: George Pirocanac

4 Components to Ensure Leaders Communicate, and Do It Well
Written by: David Grossman

Testing and the Path to Quality
Written by: Alan Page

The Importance of Testing for Cloud-Based Software Is Heavily Underestimated
Written by: René Ceelen

Quote of the day:
“You can’t cling to the past. Because no matter how tightly you hold on, it’s already gone.” -Ted Mosby

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Five Blogs – 26 March 2021

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Changing the Culture of a Failed Test
Written by: Bridget Hughes

Want Business Agility? Rethink Your Easy Career Ladders, Part 4
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Let Me Give It to You Straight
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Tree-Like Objects – TDD Patterns
Written by: Bill Wake

Need to Make a Decision
Written by: Alli Polin

Quote of the day:
“If they’re not worthy of your respect, they’re not worthy of your hard work.” -Chelsea Fagan

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Five Blogs – 25 March 2021

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4 Tips to Improve Sleep to Become More Productive
Written by: Noah Rue

Weak Leaders – Part Three
Written by: Steve Keating

7 surprising ways to lead change
Written by: Christine Andrukonis

How to Know If Your Leadership Is Helping Or Hurting
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Teams: The Heart And Soul Of Work
Written by: Thomas Cagley

Quote of the day:
“Invest your time, don’t just spend it.” -Josie Santi

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Five Blogs – 24 March 2021

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Encourage Lateral and Vertical Movement in an Agile a Career Ladder, Part 3
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Continuous testing: What every DevOps team needs to know
Written by: Justin Rohrman

10 Common Git Commands Everyone Should Know
Written by: Andreea Draniceanu

Guide to Conducting Test Automation Code Reviews
Written by: Angie Jones

Top Skills for Software Quality Engineering in 2021
Written by: Bridget Hughes

Quote of the day:
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book” -Austin Phelps

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Five Blogs – 23 March 2021

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Darlings, Pets, Cattle and GUID’s
Written by: Jesper Ottosen

Software Testing Basics: Testing Types Explained
Written by: Thijs Kok

Implementing Serverless Microservices Architecture on AWS
Written by: Aarti Parikh

Weak Leaders – Part Two
Written by: Steve Keating

How we found and fixed a rare race condition in our session handling
Written by: Dirkjan Bussink

Quote of the day:
“The best kind of humans are the ones who stay” -R. M. Drake

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Five Blogs – 22 March 2021

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Here’s How You Can Become A Better Data Storyteller
Written by: Simki Dutta

Define Agile Behaviors We Want to Reinforce in an Agile Career Ladder, Part 2
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Two Little Ideas for Facilitation of Online Ensembles
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Small actions to help you live better every day
Written by: LaRae Quy

The Eerie Parallels Between the 1920s And Today
Written by: Greg Satell

Quote of the day:
“Understanding why something happened does not help to reduce the problem” -Richard Bandler

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Five Blogs – 19 March 2021

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Weak Leaders – Part One
Written by: Steve Keating

Errors and Exceptions – TDD Patterns
Written by: Bill Wake

How To Avoid Employee Paranoia In The Workplace
Written by: Tanveer Naseer

4 Ways To Shift Your Leadership from Control Freak to Growth Freak
Written by: Scott Cochrane

TDD vs. BDD – Difference and Similarities
Written by: Harish Rajora

Quote of the day:
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business” -Henry Ford

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Five Blogs – 18 March 2021

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Three Strategies for Fitting Refactoring into Your Sprints
Written by: Mike Cohn

Do You Have a Strong Work Ethic?
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Four Essential Trends For Every Post-Covid-19 Business Strategy
Written by: Jeroen Kraaijenbrink

7 Things You Should Never Take for Granted In Your Leadership
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Quote of the day:
“Blood might make you related, but loyalty makes you family.” -MariaLisa deMora

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