My future tech utopia
This is how I would like to interact with technology. It’s a mix of oldskool with a sprinkle of tech that does not yet exist. It's a utopia, so it's not realistic. Don't come at me in the comments with "trololo this
The secret fifth level of testing
The following drawing was the inspiration for my Testing RPG talk. Excuse its quality, I have never left the "drawing people as figure sticks like a toddler"-stage.
I have contemplated recording the Testing RPG talk and putting it out there for everyone to see, but I share
What if, as a testing community, we’ve been hung up about the wrong thing all this time
Does 2025 Maaike agree with what 2021 Maaike wrote? I found the following in my Apple Notes just now. Read it, and then I'll tell you whether I still agree with my thoughts from 4 years prior. Spoiler: it gets very real! Lots of curse words! I'
Neutral Quality is too much to ask for, shitty software is the norm.
As a testing community, we have failed to make software better. And let me be clear, developers have also failed. We are in the same boat here. I firmly believe that most people working in software development teams are trying their best to create a better software product, write readable
The great game of pretend
When I wrote and published "Why Working Isn't Working for Me" last Monday, I received some direct messages from people who agreed with me, but who didn't dare to admit to it in public because they feared that they would become unemployable by saying
There are no problems if you don't test
Dumb people and smart people agree: if you don't test, there are no problems. This conclusion can be reached because you either have one active brain cell or because you are an experienced tester. Let me explain the difference.
The dumb part of the story is easy to
Testing is a team sport
Testing is a team sport. Here's a small peek into my thought process when I was confronted with a challenge at work:
It's 11:00 AM, and I've just left an online meeting. I made an agreement in that meeting with a colleague to