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Breaking the Taboo: Boosting Efficiency and Creativity with AI Tools
Navigating the landscape of professional use for AI tools like ChatGPT can sometimes feel like tiptoeing around a taboo. There’s a lingering perception that using such tools might be akin to taking shortcuts or even cheating. However, it’s crucial to recognise that, much like search engines and YouTube tutorials, AI serves as a valuable support…
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The Future of Tech is Built on Generalists, not Specialists
I have one prediction for the near future of the tech sector: The end of specialisms is coming.
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3 Top Tips for Speaking at Conferences
Speaking and presenting at conferences can be a great way to boost your reputation, further your career, meet new people, and gain more experience in public speaking. I’ve been fortunate to have many opportunities to present at national and international conferences on a range of topics, and it’s an experience I recommend everyone to try.…
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Slow Down to Speed Up: Why people working in tech need to press pause
The world of tech is incredibly fast-paced. Technology is constantly evolving; new companies are being continuously started and stopped; there are always new challenges to be tackled. It’s so easy to get swept up in the rush: to try to stay ahead of the curve, meet that deadline, solve the next problem. And whilst this…
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E2E Testing with Playwright for Python: Pros and Cons
Playwright is an end-to-end (E2E) testing tool for web based applications. I’ve recently started using Playwright for testing APIs and websites, and I wanted to share my experiences. Playwright comes in two different flavours. There is ‘standard’ Playwright, which is installed using npm or yarm and involves writing tests in Javascript or Typescript. Then there…
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Deming and DevOps: Continuously improving how your team operates
Continuous Improvement is a key tenet of DevOps – we always strive to be better and accept that every process, tool and resource can be improved upon to help our team reach its goals. I would say that continuous improvement is a goal that most people share in some way – as humans, we always…
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The importance of fun in STEM careers
A few months ago, I saw a post from Eneni Abban about the importance of having fun when working in STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering) fields, and I thought to myself ‘she is spot on!’. When many people think of STEM careers, I would bet that most people do not associate them with the…
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Piggy in the middle: How you can work across different teams in tech
This blog post is inspired by Mike Harris’ blog on how lone testers can work across teams, which is well worth a read. I really resonated with Mike’s animal metaphors which he used to describe his commitment levels to the team he supports. In my current role as a DevOps and Quality specialist, I am…
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3 Top Tips for Applying to Speak at Conferences
Speaking and presenting at conferences can be a great way to boost your reputation, further your career, meet new people, and gain more experience in public speaking. I’ve been fortunate to have many opportunities to present at national and international conferences on a range of topics, and it’s an experience I recommend everyone to try.…
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Highlights from SIGiST23
The British Computing Society’s Special Interest Group in Software Testing (SIGiST) is the largest not-for-profit testing community in the UK. Every year, SIGiST hosts an annual conference that brings together industry leaders and experts on all topics related to testing and quality. I spoke virtually at the 2022 conference, and this year not only did…
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