I’ve been asking random questions on social platforms again. We got some great responses, I’d love to see what you’d come up with.
Here are some of the initial responses
https://twitter.com/A11y_Ady/status/1684879191328833537
https://twitter.com/fullstacktester/status/1684561767874334720
https://twitter.com/james_christie/status/1684577022973194240
https://twitter.com/TheTestDoctor/status/1684565200543027200
Simon Tomes: Testing Observes Many Esoteric riskS
Callum Akehurst-Ryan: Create And Read (Update and Delete)
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bobs
31 July 2023 10:08
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A bit meta
B = BOB
It’s a recursive acronym, so will never terminate. So it’s a test case for creating heuristics out of initials and names. (See also GNU = GNU’s Not Unix.)
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kristof
31 July 2023 12:52
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Giving it a go, it’s not an easy assignment lmao:
Knowledgeable
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It took me a while. That ‘K’ makes it challenging.
Knowledge-based
For some reason the ‘T’ wanted to be Terrifying
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kristof
31 July 2023 13:31
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Do it
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I missed your question on X (sadly could not find you on Bluesky or Mastodon, yet?) @mcgovernaine
So I asked the question on Mastodon and Bluesky… and will try to answer
A - Agile
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I already did my best work on mnemonics here
A mnemonic is a way of remembering something. A heuristic is a fallible way of solving a problem or making a decision.
I don’t like the habit people have of providing a mneumonic as a way of teaching something when the underlying information isn’t apparent. I could teach FEW HICCUPPS to someone, even what the letters stood for, and they’d be no better off. It’s only when you know that “history” means “the current version should be like the previous versions” that it becomes useful.
I once twee…
But as you ask
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We are on there but only getting to grips with it at the minute. We have here though for all the fun
Sometimes you have to stick with your first thought 