Category: SoftwareEngineering

  • So Agile, they’ll need another word

    This last week has been the first of a project planned to take four weeks. It is a great opportunity for me, since the project’s goal is to deliver on an idea I pitched, some months ago, to solve a problem with the way we test. 

  • Decking video

    Last night Kat got around to cutting together the time lapse stuff of us building the decking, and we’ve uploaded it to YouTube: 

  • Re-inventing the wheel

    I have for some time been playing with woodturning on a lathe I got from my father. He gave it to me with a box of bits, some scraps of wood, some chisels, sharpening stones, oils… and a book. Keen to get going I leaped into action setting everything up and having a go. 

  • Your mileage may vary

    I’ve been thinking a lot about tools, process, features and investment. A whole mix of thoughts crossing from my role in software test and my passion for wood work.

  • Professional software testing

    I’ve been working now for about seven years in the area of software test. I frequently read about software engineering issues online, but often find the role of software test either scarcely mentioned, or written off as the job somewhere well beneath that of ‘programmers’ or ‘developers’.