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The Brave Plastic Tester

Hooorumph. Another set. Hooorumph. Yet more sets. “More” shouts the foreman. “We need more identikit testers”. “More”. “The industry needs more”. Many of these sets of Plastic Testers would end up testing software all over the world. Some in creative and inspirational environments, others in soul destroying work places. All would leave the factory as [...]

The Software Bug

There was once a software company building software. Their managers however were obsessed with planning. They planned for everything. And if a bug was found, but wasn’t officially linked to a test plan, then searching questions were asked. Everything needed a plan. Nothing was done without a plan. It was deemed possible to plan for [...]