Five Blogs – 14 April 2021

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Catch 22 and The Kobayashi Maru
Written by: Steve Keating

Pipelines as code… not text
Written by: Beastmode

Achieve More with Less: Pareto’s Principle in Software Testing
Written by: Prashant Hedge

The thrill of testing
Written by: Paul Seaman

Is Critical Thinking Dead?
Written by: Randy Gage

Quote of the day:
“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” -Kiran Desai

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Five Blogs – 12 April 2021

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Breaking down barriers
Written by: Beastmode

Assertions In Automation Scripts – I Assert That They’re Optional
Written by: Paul Grizzaffi

Return to work, but not return to normal
Written by: James daSilva

The 4 Benefits of Tests
Written by: Llewellyn Falco and Jacqueline Bilston

HTTP Standards
Written by: Kristin Jackvony

Quote of the day:
“Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life” -Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Five Blogs – 8 April 2021

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Role of Test Automation in DevOps
Written by: TestingWhiz

How eBay Leverages Kubernetes, Helm Charts and Jenkins Pipelines to Deliver High-Quality Software
Written by: Ramit Bedi, Rocky Shang and Zhong Shen

How The Best Leaders Avoid Doing Everyone Else’s Job
Written by: Lolly Daskal

Working as a Freelancer in the Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges
Written by: Lena Linetti

Leadership Tip #1: Always Tell the Truth, Even When You’re Embarrassed
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Quote of the day:
“Do what makes you uncomfortable and scary and hard, but it will pay off in the long run” -Charlie Day

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Five Blogs – 7 April 2021

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What is a Sidecar?
Written by: Bogdan Sucaciu

Exploratory Testing the Verb and the Noun
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

What Is The 3P Model And Why Is It Important For Remote Teamwork?
Written by: Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel

4 Things Companies Need To Build An Innovation Ecosystem
Written by: Greg Satell

3 Tools to Help Leaders Steady Their Teams During a Transition
Written by: Victoria M. Grady

Quote of the day:
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” -Lionel Messi

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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 – 15 March 2021

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Alternatives to ‘Manual Testing’
Written by: Michael Bolton

The Joy of Testing
Written by: Jeff Nyman

The fallacy of “what gets measured gets managed”
Written by: Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Microservices vs. Serverless
Written by: Eamon Tang

Appium vs Espresso vs XCUI – Understanding how Appium Compares to Espresso & XCUI
Written by: Sai Krishna and Srinivasan Sekar

Quote of the day:
“We don’t just trust people to obey the rules, we also trust that they know when to break them.” -Simon Sinek

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Five Blogs – 12 March 2021

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How I use Time Blocking (or calendar blocking) to get things done
Written by: Rob Lambert

DevOps demands quality engineering. Is your team ready?
Written by: Gerie Owen

Disaster Strikes! A Design Dead End
Written by: Bill Wake

How Fools and Novices Gain Wisdom
Written by: Dan Rockwell

3 Serverless Strategies to Look for in 2021
Written by: Satyam Chaturvedi

Quote of the day:
“If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams” -Les Brown

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Five Blogs – 8 March 2021

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Your Lone Wolf Days Are Over
Written by: Kristin Jackvony

SQL, NoSQL, and Scale: How DynamoDB scales where relational databases don’t
Written by: Alex DeBrie

Thinking about quality: who doesn’t want quality
Written by: Joep Schuurkes

Customer-Centricity: What Exactly Is It
Written by: Annette Franz

Your 5-Part Prosperity Assessment
Written by: Randy Gage

Quote of the day:
“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.” -Sarah Addison Allen

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Five Blogs – 1 February 2021

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How Cypress can help non-technical team members automate tests
Written by: Paul de Witt

Optimising serverless for BBC Online
Written by: Johnathan Ishmael

How we used parallel CI/CD jobs to increase our productivity
Written by: Miguel Rincon

How To Create A Plan For Solving A Problem Using Phoenix Checklist Thinking Tool
Written by: Karlo Smid

Questionable Advice: “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?”
Written by: Charity Majors

Quote of the day:
“Work hard. Success won’t just knock on your door, you need to lure it and give it reasons why it should knock in the first place.” -E.J. Cenita

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