@commoncog.com.web.brid.gy by @cedricchin.bsky.social is probably the most influential resource I’ve discovered on the Internet in the last couple of years. mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/fo... #testing #thinking #mentalmodels #blog #software

I use pyenv for Python version mgmt and sometimes existing venvs are broken after patch update. This weekend I spent some time improving Ansible playbooks to recreate venvs I work on every time new version is installed through pyenv. I'm pretty happy how it turned out! github.com/mirekdlugosz...

High Volume Automated Testing is not discussed often, but I wanted to try one ever since I learned about them. I go through design decision points in the latest article on my blog: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/ex... #blog #testing #SoftwareDevelopment

Is your test data getting in the way of your testing? Blogged: Real vs Clear qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2025/07/real...

Learning a little is usually better than learning nothing. Blogged: Don't be that Mug qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2025/06/dont...

Over the years I have encountered my share of memorable problems. They were remarkably complex, hard to debug, completely obvious in retrospect, or plain funny. Read the story of one of them on my blog: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/in... #testing #bugs #linux #blog #software #softwaredevelopment

We might not be the end users of our product, but we are the end users of our tests. Blogged: Users of Unit Tests qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2025/05/user...

Trying to deploy server-side Python web application may be overwhelming. You can find answers to some of questions you might have in my article: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/un... #python #web #programming #blog #software #softwaredevelopment #ruby #java #rust

I try to be intentional about my use of tools and it turns out that includes using unfashionable and arcane utilities if they suit my needs. Blogged: Where Bash Fits for Me qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2025/05/wher...

I was thinking about reasons to keep learning Rust, and I ended up with a mapping between main programming languages I use and problems they are good at solving mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/wh... #python #rust #linux #programming #blog #software #softwaredevelopment

A quick tip on running multiple hand-picked pytest tests all at once, even if they contain spaces in names: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/py... #python #pytest #bash #shell #linux #testing #blog #software #softwaredevelopment

Is there a community consensus around Wordpress state today? Did we move to something else (fork or not)? Did we say everything's fine? Is it still brewing? Happy to take links to longer summaries. @collinsworth.dev had a good coverage of early drama back in November. #Wordpress #web #WebDev #help

Did you know that when doing interactive git rebase, you can pick any commit from any branch? It’s obvious when you think about it, but you would be excused for doubting it. #git #softwaredevelopment

Over the years I have encountered my share of memorable problems. They were remarkably complex, hard to debug, completely obvious in retrospect, or plain funny. Read the story of one of them on my blog: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/in... #testing #bugs #exploration #tools #linux #blog #software

When I was working on my first Django project, I encountered a problem where modifications done inside pre_save signal were not stored in the database. More on my blog: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/dj... #python #django #programming #bugs #blog #software #softwaredevelopment

Have you every wondered how your colleagues find such interesting #bugs, or how you can do the same? Let me introduce you to CRAIC SOURCERERS - a mnemonic for how to test like a #tester. It's not extensive, but hopefully helpful. www.cassandrahl.com/blog/craic-s... #SoftwareTesting #Testing #QA

I wrote a little Rust program that shows how font with specific OpenType features will look. Helps to decide if I should switch my terminal to another font or not. github.com/mirekdlugosz... Longer story at my blog: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/cu... #programming #neovim #VSCode #shell #Linux #rust

Simultaneously embarrassing and flattering to have my work called out on a podcast, but I *do* love making just enough tooling to answer the questions I have. qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2025/02/love...

It looks like I'm officially looking for new job opportunities. If you're in need of an experienced senior developer, with an equal amount test experience), let me know! I didn't have this on today's bingo card... 😵‍💫

A fellow engineer was uncertain how they should spend their limited time - should they test the new thing and work on automation later, possibly after the release? My answer is on the blog: mirekdlugosz.com/blog/2025/te... #Testing #Automation #automatedtesting #blog #softwaredevelopment

I’ve recently been exploring the differences, between the role of a Quality Engineer, and other roles in Software Quality. In this post I will discuss a few key points that have mattered to me, and setting my context, in different companies and teams. www.dowen.me.uk/posts/contex...

Once again, Jeff Nyman proves why he is among most insightful testing people today. Well worth a read: testerstories.com/2025/01/test... #testing

Now that poetry supports PEP-621, I spent couple of hours updating all my projects to be compatible. In case of Pelican plugins, that also meant aligning to current community tooling baseline, which involved fixing a number of issues that ruff complains about. #python #OpenSource #programming

On why you should watch Hillel Wayne's talk on Empirical Software Engineering from DDD Europe. Blogged: Don't Know? Find Out! qahiccupps.blogspot.com/2025/01/dont...

Really enjoyed that article by @chaykak.bsky.social . It's truly sad what it came to, but I guess it pays off to know the rules of the game if you want to play it onethingnewsletter.substack.com/p/the-new-ru...

Is there a tool/website that I give it a link, and it gives back social media posts by author that contain that link? Or at least gives links to author profile on various social media sites? #help #rss #indieweb #web #smallweb #tech #support

Just updated my Debian machine to Plasma 6. Pretty uneventful - I had to install one or two missing packages, revert few of new defaults and re-create my custom keyboard shortcuts that got lost. Overall, big congratulations to entire KDE community! #linux #kde #kde6 #plasma #Debian

I just finished #TheWeeklyChallenge 298 and man, checking subsets of matrices was NOT fun. I wonder if #RakuLang has built-in structures for 2D arrays that make problems like that a breeze? #programming

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Dune is considered a Science Fiction because because the rich and powerful care about the environment.

That’s pretty handy trick. Wish I knew it back when many of my projects were adopting black: marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/article... Credit fosstodon.org/@mahryekuh

I was thinking about task 2 in today’s #PerlWeeklyChallenge and after few false starts I found out this is essentially multiway number partitioning problem with k=4. I’ll probably go with greedy algorithm and call it a day. theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-we... #programming #TIL #compsci