Shattered Illusions

Earlier this year, while I was looking for a job, I applied for a management position at an AI company.

I was listening to the Cheeky Pints podcast with Ben Thompson and Jon Collison, who were discussing agentic commerce and how it might play out.

In early March, I was wrapping up the build-out of Mailinator’s Ruby and JavaScript SDKs.

I'm experimenting with using Claude CLI to help me tackle work that I might not normally do.

It’s increasingly common for individuals to have multiple GitHub accounts.

LinkedIn, although a good place for conversation when you can find it, has been too much for me lately.

Welcome to Friday!

One of my early objectives at FreightPOP is to move the SDET team to write automated tests below the UI.

Over the years, as an interviewee, interviewer, and through casual conversation, I’ve talked to many teams who described their test automation process as: Testers write test cases.

I’ve talked to a few teams lately who are under pressure to find ways to apply AI to their testing.

I’ve had quite a few conversations wherein I describe my findings with the AI tools I’m experimenting with.

A few months ago, if you asked when I started testingconferences.org, I would have said it was while I was working at a startup in West Hollywood.

A great biography takes a legendary figure and exposes their humanity.

In October, I joined Mailinator as a part-time Developer Advocate.

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