Squirrel tells the story of the most painful manual testing experience he's ever been part of, and we discuss the value of manual testing, how humans differ from machines, and approaches to application verification that don't involve torture.
SHOW LINKS:
- Cockburn's "Characterizing people as non-linear 1st order components in software development":
https://ameyakarve.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/characterizing-people-as-non-linear-1st-order-components-in-software-development-cockburn-us/
- The Unicorn Project: https://itrevolution.com/the-unicorn-project/
- Testing vs Checking: https://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/856
- Exploratory testing: https://www.satisfice.com/exploratory-testing
- Explore It!: https://pragprog.com/book/ehxta/explore-it
- CITCON: https://citconf.com/
- CruiseControl: http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net/
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