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The many personalities of a software tester

I just had a weird insight that I want to share with you. Before I can share it, I must first explain the model that the insight was about. Have you ever heard of the Interpersonal Circumplex? It is a model to assess interpersonal behaviour, traits and motives of people.

Test my veggie macaroni recipe

For shits and giggles I’m writing a cookbook. It’s part of my mission to try out anything I like, even if it’s not up my alley. I’ve been my own gatekeeper for far too long and trying out new things should be fun. My cookbook will

WriMo Day 2 - How did I do this before the pandemic?!

I had a full day face to face with my team for the first time since March 2020, because of the pandemic obviously. I’m home now after this full day of interacting with people and I’m feeling utterly tired and overstimulated at the same time, which makes for

WriMo - Day 1: How to Not Burn Out

I’m going to write something every day on my blog during this month November, no matter the quality. The topics can range from personal, to IT, to sports, to philosphy. No limits, just write! Day 1 – How to Not Burn Out In 2017 I quit my job as IT

"Finding bugs in an organisation"; why I'm frustrated with the tester role recently

I’ve felt a certain frustration with filling the software tester role lately and finally it clicked why. I’ll use this post to explain my feelings. I’ll try to structure it so it doesn’t come across as too chaotic, but please feel free to ask a question

How to: Postman tests HTML report to Microsoft Teams with Gitlab CI/CD

This is my first post of a technical nature, am I devloper now? Goal: Run your Postman tests, create an HTML report and post that to Microsoft Teams all in Gitlab CI/CD. What you need: * an Online Postman Workspace (might required paid version, idk). This means all version control

Series: Recovery in software development is lacking – Maximum Recoverable Volume (MRV)

In this post I’ll take a look what we can learn from the concept of MRV in strength sports when we apply it to software development. The theory from MRV can be found in the book “The Scientific Principles of Strength Training” and this is the source I’ll