What are your wins for the week? Could be related to testing or anything else that feels like a win.
For me:
Been working with a small project that seemed simple enough that turned out not to be so simple. Thankfully I was honest in saying that I wasnât sure about the release date because I couldnât guarantee that it would be ready in the timeframe others were hoping for.
Spoke to someone in the industry about AI and had a really good conversation about how my misgivings helps make me a better test
Iâm cutting back on drinking coffee and only drank 4 cups a day (I know, itâs bad). The goal is to cut down to one cup a day over time. Weâll see how it goes
We rented an office for the day but it was on the 3rd floor above a cafe. We really wanted a hot chocolate but the staires were really painful, so I called the cafe below us and ordered a hot chocolate for us all
We laughed so hard, and it was so worth it!
There was no QR code or anything to scan or contact the people downstaires!
It might seem weird but doing it this was created a lot of efficiency for us, else I would have been K.O. for at least 15 minutes due to the staires
I think there is a thin line between efficiency & being lazy but this one defo bends more to efficiency! right? XD
I got familiar with the term system testing thanks to all the discussions that are happening on MoT
Finally picked the selenium grid and exploring the architecture for parallel execution after so much delay
Completed framework setup
Started reading book in hardcopy
However, there have been a few misses also and one of them was MoT The Testing Planet Episode 9.
Lastly, Iâm planning to watch the movie The Imitation Game which is been on my watchlist for a long time to see the story of the man behind the Turing Machine.
This week was a good one! I tackled some challenging test scenarios, learned a few things about AI in testing and even managed to stay focused despite distractions. Also attended Testing Planet Episode 9 and started learning Game testing-excited to explore more!
Made some nice progress with automation scripts for some of my repetitive tasks. I still have a lot of ideas for tweaks and improvements, but happy path finally works and itâs a huge time saver for me.
Every few months I stumble upon new font âdesigned for programmingâ, and sometimes it looks nice on the surface, but I have opinions and usually I donât remember all the edge cases, and constantly switching between old and new setup is tiring, so usually I give up after few hours.
Last week I wrote a little program that takes a text, and uses specific font with specific OpenType features enabled to print that text on image. This way I can generate these images for old and new font and compare them side by side. And since everything is driven by files, I can stop at any time, and it will take much less work next time.
âDisplaying text on imageâ doesnât sound like a hard hard thing to do, but since I wanted to maintain control over OpenType features, that ended up being one of the lowest level things Iâve ever done. We are talking âcopy individual bytes between specific indexes of arraysâ low. I also had to learn much more than I ever wanted to know about various font metrics and measurement spaces.
I did it as part of âDay of Learningâ, which is my employers take on side project time (Wikipedia article) (but we get a day once a quarter - far cry from 10%-20% that some companies allegedly provide). I donât always have a good project prepared for that day, so sometimes I waste it. I count productive usage of that time as second win of last week .
Bit late to the party I know but I have to say my big win has to be upping my club activity and seeing where I can add value in it and learn more from others. Connecting with some as a result and attending the Systems Thinking sessions on Testing Planet. Will definitely try and keep the momentum going
I made notes for some new blog posts for which i just need time to write them down
With great help from MoT fellows, I was able to understand test automation class architecture in depth
It was a whole week of continuous software development which otherwise would be interrupted by other testing tasks. Its not that I donât like the testing tasks, itâs just that I need more time to hone my automation skills
I explored some new topics in UI Automation like Selenium Bidi & AI Agents and their use cases in testing
I have written a few articles and posts this week
I recently attended the MoT Weekly event after I missed it last week, it was great to see familiar faces again
I participated in a 2.5 KM (1.55 miles) Marathon and won a Bronze medal This was the first time when I participated in such an event, even though my goal was a full marathon and I was far from it but at least I take a small step and I succeeded
I started reading the testing Book âGrowth Driven Testingâ and I also started journaling, even though itâs been just a couple of days, I will try to continue with this habit.
As two days are still left in weekend so I will try to win some more stuff.
Love this! I follow a practice called âMorning Pagesâ, where I journal first thing in the morning, every morning and it really sets the tone for my day. If I miss a day, or if I donât start my day before processing my thoughts first, I feel off.
I noticed that you returned to this conversation again. Would it be helpful if we start a new convo every week or is this convo fine for keeping our wins logged? My only hesitation is that this conversation could get very long.
Iâm okay with both, and to be honest, each option has its pros and cons:
A longer thread will highlight the growing interest in the topic. Since this is for weekly logs, it likely will not have as much traffic as other discussions.
On the other hand, a shorter thread makes it easier to track and read othersâ responses.
Actually, Iâm writing a journal at night as it will help me in reflecting how my day was, what went wrong, what went well, and how I could plan the next day to make it better.
I have tried Notion to make a daily To-Do list but itâs a bit tough to follow it on a daily basis.
Seeing your goals daily in written form has a different vibe from the daily goals we write in apps. Most of the time, I forget to check the apps, and hence my task status does not get updated on time. However, that will not happen in your case, as it will remain in front of your eyes, hence you will always be reminded naturally. Another pro is that it might help you focus as well, since it is always in front of you on your desk, making it clear what you have to achieve or complete.
Finally got through a tough round of automation debugging, and it felt great to see everything running smoothly. Also, Iâve been working on improving my exploratory testing skills, which led me to discover some interesting online platforms. One unexpected find was [ link removed by moderator ] , where I got curious about user feedback and testing aspects of gaming sites. Itâs fun seeing testing applications in different industries!
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This was the first time when I participated in such an event, even though my goal was a full marathon and I was far from it but at least I take a small step and I succeeded