Tester as Expert Witness
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by James Bach
3w ago
My favorite work has been as an expert witness on court cases involving software. I love working with lawyers, because they are very smart, highly motivated, learn fast, but don’t know much about software technology. Never do I feel more needed. I’ve done a patent infringement case (went to jury and we won), a trade […] The post Tester as Expert Witness appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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A Good Example of a Stupid Idea: Testers Shouldn’t Test
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by James Bach
5M ago
Once in a while, when I claim that there are fools out there who want to destroy the culture and craft of testing, some people don’t believe me. So, here is a good example of what I’m talking about: Tests are Bad for Developers. The post is by Stephan Schmidt. He says he has 40+ […] The post A Good Example of a Stupid Idea: Testers Shouldn’t Test appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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A Tester Debates a Dead Man
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by James Bach
9M ago
Stockton Rush is dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. He was killed in a spectacular implosion of the Titan submersible during a dive to the site of the wreck of the Titanic, on Father’s Day, 2023. This implosion is proof, beyond any conceivable rational doubt, that Stockton Rush’s engineering judgment […] The post A Tester Debates a Dead Man appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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Thinking Critically About AI
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by James Bach
10M ago
This challenge is frequently posed by boosters of AI: if a bot were smart enough to be completely indistinguishable from a natural human, wouldn’t it be moral and correct for it to have civil rights? Wouldn’t it be wrong to “kill” such a creature? My answer is that such a creature cannot be given civil […] The post Thinking Critically About AI appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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I’m a Tester, Not an Automation Manager
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by James Bach
1y ago
Muhammad Saad wrote an interesting scenario on LinkedIn. I will represent it here in italics and comment on it… Imagine yourself on the first day at your job as a tester. You are presented with an application to be tested. It’s an ERP application containing 100s of forms and thousands of reports. You begin your […] The post I’m a Tester, Not an Automation Manager appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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34 Years in Testing
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by James Bach
3y ago
This past Friday, May 21st, 2021, was exactly 34 years since my first day at Apple Computer as a tester. Before that I was a dev, but I have been a tester ever since. This has put me in a retrospective mood. The industry has gone through changes, yes, but it seems to me there […] The post 34 Years in Testing appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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My Posts at Tricentis
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by James Bach
3y ago
I divide my time between coaching testers, working on the new product for Tricentis, and developing and teaching my online classes. There is also some content about me and by me on the Tricentis website. This material includes: Tricentis welcomes James Bach as technical fellow Testing Platform of the Future History of Software Testing DevOps […] The post My Posts at Tricentis appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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The Best Testing Book I Know is Not Written in English
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by James Bach
3y ago
Every once in a while, Michael Bolton tells me “we gotta write our Rapid Software Testing book!” Today, I got that book in the mail, except it’s in Chinese and we didn’t write it. The book was published a few years ago by Tai Xiaomei. She asked me to write a forward for it, so […] The post The Best Testing Book I Know is Not Written in English appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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Tricentis Called. Now We’ll See.
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by James Bach
3y ago
I understand why dog food companies are not run by dogs. Dogs can’t talk. They are bad at math. They are liable to chase squirrels during meetings. They eat the paperwork. Dog food companies can’t ask a dog to design the recipes. The people running them just have to gaze into those puppy eyes and […] The post Tricentis Called. Now We’ll See. appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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Covid-19 Reminds Us Why Testing Matters
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by James Bach
3y ago
Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. That is part of a poem by Thomas Gray, and I’m thinking about it now as I sit in my home office, indefinitely isolated from my family. Like nearly everyone around the world, my […] The post Covid-19 Reminds Us Why Testing Matters appeared first on Satisfice, Inc ..read more
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