Every year there’s that time when there’s no wind at all. Not even something you could attempt sailing with. Very frustrating for the skipper, but also for the crew, and all those who want to sail, learn more and enjoy the sea and the sailing itself. Every morning it is the same forecast on [...]
I’m sure there’s someone out there that loves to wash, dry, iron and fold their clothes. There must be. But for most of us this isn’t the case. And yet, we do it. Since we don’t like to do them, we try to handle these chores the best way we can, minimizing our direct involvement. [...]
Ran Bar-zik is a great tester. Well, he isn’t really a tester, but he is. A programmer and a (cool) blogger, he is great with finding those trivial-unattended security problems - all those that are the result of the negligence of companies. And it’s always the same cycle: Bar-Zik contacts the company, reports the vulnerability, [...]
The proliferation of AI-based systems, and specifically decision-making systems, constantly raises the question of whether these systems can replace the manual testing process, and the testers. The answer, as of today, is no. Automation Testing The part that automation testing is taking from the overall testing process, is growing for years now. Much effort is [...]
For a very long time, many years now, we were all told that the later in the process a bug is found and fixed - the more it costs. This was written in hundreds of articles, shown in charts, and lectured in seminars. It became the obvious truth. It probably was seriously first discussed [...]
Supporting users for over 10 years, and communicating with customers regarding future plans, new features and their needs, has proved challenging but rewarding at the same time. There are many ways to support users of your services and tools. Not only how it’s technically done (online, email-based in our case), but also - and mainly [...]
I’m sure you are familiar with the term Technical debt. We’re all familiar with the ever going debates when designing and programming software - should we do it the ‘right (and long, expensive) way’ or maybe we should take the easier, faster road, which will get us quickly to a working new feature/product but also [...]
My running mate and myself went out, the other day, for a routine run. An early morning run, 10 km in a steady and not-too-fast pace. All was fine, and towards the last 2 km, my friend suggested that since we are 'feeling great', as he put it, it's an opportunity to add 2-3 km [...]
In our Sailing with Testers series of posts, we’ve talked about how to choose the relevant items from the long pre-sailing check-list, and the similarities to selecting the right tests to run, out of the full repository. We then explored the different preparations one can consider, in order to be ready for possible problems and [...]
A couple of weeks ago I went sailing with my family. We were all happy to meet and get a chance to sail together on a beautiful sunny day. Things changed however after an hour or so…. With slow winds and a wavy sea, there were soon some people who were feeling sea sick. Actually, [...]
