When Property-Based Testing Pays Off, and When It Doesn't
Property-based testing generates test cases from a specification and found a 17-step LevelDB bug. It gets costly when every test run is billed.
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Open-Source Software: Four Requirements for Vendors
Open source compliance starts once you ship software. Vendors need license checks and an S-BOM, which the Cyber Resilience Act makes mandatory.
Security by Design: Why Custom Encryption Adds Risk
Security by design starts with threat modeling any team can run, layered defenses and secure defaults. Security bolted on in the last 10% stays thin.
Software Testing Survey: Basic Test Techniques Are Fading
The 2024 software testing survey of more than 800 respondents: a third use AI for coding and QA, yet only about 40 percent apply basic test techniques.
Collaborative Software Design: Surface Assumptions Early
Collaborative software design puts developers, testers, architects and business experts around one model. Event storming exposes hidden assumptions.
AI Code Remediation: Two Thirds of the Fixes Work
AI code remediation fixes about two thirds of static analysis findings well. The rest is faulty, and models almost never admit they don't know.
Team Autonomy: How Teams Solve Problems Together
Team autonomy grows when teams solve problems together. Psychological safety makes that possible, but one careless remark can undo weeks of work.
Retrospectives: Five Phases to Avoid Jumping to Conclusions
An agile retrospective often yields the same sticky notes. Five phases after Derby and Larsen, data before judgment and small, concrete next steps help.
Swiss Testing Board: Measurable Learning Goals for ISTQB
The Swiss Testing Board grew from an SAQ working group and brought measurable learning objectives based on Bloom's taxonomy into the ISTQB syllabi.
Holistic Testing: Quality Work at Every Stage of the Loop
Holistic testing makes the whole team own quality, with testing at every stage of the DevOps loop. Shared understanding early prevents costly rework.
Playwright vs Cypress vs WebdriverIO: A Clear Verdict
Playwright vs Cypress vs WebdriverIO on four criteria: why Playwright wins new projects, where WebdriverIO trails, and when a switch isn't worth it.
Leader in Software Testing: Eight Principles from ACT2LEAD
A leader in software testing builds a quality culture. The ACT2LEAD model gives eight principles, from transparency to risk and diversity.
Custom Fuzz Testing: Random Data That Knows the Format
Custom fuzz testing pairs random inputs with knowledge of the format. Why a random IBAN rarely passes the checksum, and where LLMs fall short.
Synthetic Test Data from Schemas: GDPR-Compliant Testing
Synthetic test data from XML and JSON schemas is GDPR compliant, covers extreme values and finds bugs that anonymized production data misses.
Choosing Test Case Design Techniques: About Ten Are Enough
Most testers know test case design techniques but rarely use them. Four groups, five techniques, and the right selection logic change that.
Autonomics: A New Discipline for Autonomous Systems
Autonomics is a new discipline for autonomous systems, drawing on control engineering, computer science and sensors. Their safety must hold at runtime.
IT Stereotype: Only 6% of Surveyed Testers Match It
Only 6% of testers fit the classic IT stereotype. Arts graduates, boat builders, urban planners: the data on who actually does testing reframes how we recruit.
AI Code Generation: More Legacy Code, Produced Faster
AI code generation pushed up code churn and duplicates on GitHub by early 2024. Testing, precise questions and fundamentals set developers apart.