Notes on testing, automation, and software craft.
A long time ago, in a country far away, a cunning politician suggested a way to reduce crime. He stated that a simple test that could be used to catch all the criminals. When tested, all the criminals would fail the test and be locked up. There’d be no need for expensive courts… more »
I've written about the joys of Unicode and software development before. Using unexpected data in your testing is usually a good way to test for text encoding issues. Finding and fixing these those bugs early could save your team from a host of other related issues and hackery.… more »
It's 1982 and there's a bull market in the western stock exchanges. After being in the doldrums for 6 years the Dow Jones Industrial Average index is climbing steeply. In London, the FTSE 100 index is also witnessing a steady climb, despite the ongoing war in the South Atlantic.… more »