Here is where the Kingman Formula butts in. The Kingman Formula (look it up or take the queueing theory workshop I'm putting together) says that as the utilization approaches 100%, the wait time for new parts entering the system approaches infinity. Yep, *that* infinity.

You can often hear that testing is boring. And I agree - bad testing is boring. But good testing is fun, interesting and challenging.

I'm not a fan of canceling people. But that doesn't mean I want to be friends with them. This was worth writing.

Most of this thread works for any job, including #SoftwareTesting. I'm constantly surprised at how many people don't ask any questions in interviews, especially for a job that is all about asking questions.

We're so excited to welcome our speakers to #TQ2022: Albert Gareev Damian Synadinos Dave Westerveld glenn anderson @[email protected] jerry penner Larissa Rosochansky @MazinInaad TESTIMIST (René van Veldhuijzen) @sergiocoltest Ducksworth Fiona Charles Hilary aka H-Bomb Visit kwsqa.org/tq2022/schedul… for their session info!

People are really out here only writing test automation after features are already deployed eh? Wild

Apparently hot take: CSS locators are better than xpaths. Why? Because your devs already know CSS.

We just installed our first ever "smart" light switch. It turns on by itself. Wondering if it automatically connected to someone else's house, and if so, what Morse code message should I try sending to them

"We can't trust devs to test or produce quality code!" "Do you know their names?" "..." "Maybe start there."

Pro tip: Don't plagiarize your resume.

a debugging manifesto

If you're a QA doing UI testing, please do yourself (and me) a favour: learn a JavaScript framework and ditch Java. I don't care which one, honestly, but speaking the same language as devs is one of the best things you can do.

It seems like in the last 6 months all my banks updated their sites to SPAs that share the same 2 bugs: (1) require a refresh after logging in to display anything and (2) fail to update balances after doing transactions.

Cool insights from @[email protected]'s #TQ2022 talk: - All of his team's "flaky" automated tests could be fixed by making improvements to the application itself - How a team approaches testing defines how agile they really are

new little song: "The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"

If you do #TestAutomation in Toronto, I'm hiring 2 QA Engineers! One in #API testing a financial microservice system (java/spring), another doing #WebdriverIO UI + API (nextjs/typescript). Hybrid downtown. DMs are open.

I built a desktop back in 2013 and it survived 3 trips on moving trucks, but today carrying it from one room to another seems to have been the last straw. Aside from some loud fans it won't turn on at all 😞