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Investigating Software

Notes on testing, automation, and software craft.

  • What possible use could Gen AI be to me? (Part 1)

    27 February 2024 · agile ai automation investigation

    There’s a great scene in the Simpsons where the Monorail salesman comes to town and everyone (except Lisa of course) is quickly entranced by Monorail fever… He has an answer for every question and guess what? The Monorail will solve all the problems… somehow. The hype around… more »

  • Is your ChatBot actually using your data?

    29 October 2023 · ai automation critical thinking

    In 316 AD Emperor Constantine issued a new coin, there's nothing too unique about that in itself. But this coin is significant due to its pagan/roman religious symbols. Why is this odd? Constantine had converted himself, and probably with little consultation his empire to… more »

  • AI Muggins

    04 July 2023 · ai automation bias learning

    I play a card game called cribbage. I often play it with my son. One interesting part of the game is the muggins rule. This means that you can claim points from other players turns, if they miscount the score. The scoring is slightly nerve racking, with each of us double and… more »

  • I for one welcome our new AI helper.

    17 April 2023 · ai automation experiment

    I was lucky enough to have started my career in a small company and then in a start up. Both provided me with an environment perfect for learning. I sat with experts who took time out of their day to help answer my questions. From them, I learned the basics of what I still use… more »

  • Micropython + LoRaWAN = PyLoRaWAN

    11 February 2022 · automation devops embedded iot micropython

    I recently open sourced a simple Micropython library for LoRaWAN on the Raspberry Pi Pico. (If you are interested, You can find it on GitHub.) If you are unsure what that all means, let me unpack it for you... Micropython is a slimmed down version of Python 3.x that works on… more »

  • Development and test environments - on demand at the press of a button (That actually work!)

    19 September 2021 · agile automation cloud devops

    “Works on my machine!” “Fails most epicly on my test system!” “Oh, wait… it works on CI but fails in Test env 3.” Sound familiar? These sorts of conversations are thankfully a thing of the past. Wait, hold on are you still having these sorts of conversations? That's probably… more »

  • Test Engineers, counsel for... all of the above!

    25 January 2021 · agile critical thinking investigation questioning

    Sometimes people discuss test engineers and QA as if they were a sort of police force, patrolling the streets of code looking for offences and offenders. While I can see the parallels, the investigation, checking the veracity of claims and a belief that we are making things… more »

  • Podcast: VW Dieselgate and the $33bn b̶u̶g̶ feature

    23 July 2020 · exploratory testing regulation

    This is the story behind the VW emissions scandal, that so far has cost the company over $33bn. We look into the technology issues VW faced and the investigations that uncovered the problem. The MP3 (Audio) file is available here. more »

  • Podcast: The Therac-25, buggy software that killed.

    05 July 2020

    As part of an ongoing project to learn more about what we've got wrong to help us improve, I look at the Therac 25 incidents, a devastating collection of software failures that often rank in the top 10 of civilian radiation accidents. The Therac 25 radiation therapy device… more »

  • Podcast: The Post Office Horizon Scandal

    24 June 2020

    In this episode, we look at the Post Office Horizon scandal, an app that caused what some people are describing as the largest miscarriage of justice in British legal history. We look at some bugs, the legal judgements and what might have gone wrong at the Post Office to allow… more »

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