Look how strong I am without doing anything!
It's 2030, and you ask me how my fitness goals are coming along.
"Great!", I say, "I'm actually working out right now".
You ask me how that is possible, as you can clearly tell that's not true. I'm
Testing with guardrails
"We want you to test our software well!" - says the manager type. "We care about quality, you can see that reflected in our company values".
"Okay", I say as I try to surpress a cough after that last bit about company values, and
Pen and paper are superior to your AI bullshit.
There are currently 5 notebooks on my desk. Actually, I'm lying! There are 7 notebooks on my desk if you count the 2 Rhodia scratch pads I use for throw-away notes.
If there's one thing that "AI" and the general enshittifcation of modern tech
LLM circle jerking
Let me use a viral image for once, yeah?
I made the mistake of browsing LinkedIn after my 2-week holiday, and boy, was I absolutely ASSAULTED with "oh my god, AI is so useful", "oh my gawd, AI made me a 10x engineer", "omg, AI
The Best in Test meet-up recap
I had a great time last Tuesday evening at The Best in Test event, organised by Sopra Steria. When I came in at around 5PM, I saw Bas Dijkstra and we were both like, "we haven't been to a testing meetup since...forever?!". This must be
Why I don't want to be in a WhatsApp group with boomers
Almost everyone I know is in at least a couple of group chats on messaging apps. Here in Europe, WhatsApp (by Meta) is still the most popular choice to run a group chat. My second orchestra also put every member in a WhatsApp group, but unlike my main orchestra, they
An "AI" by any other name
"AI"? You mean......