This is a list of content I posted to, or found useful, on Twitter. And stuff I posted to Patreon.

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Twitter February 2021

• I will be speaking at SauceCon 2021
• Sign up for a free secure coding Virtual Summit on 24th March
• Github repo for IntelliJ IDEA Samples for Tips and Tricks, Features, etc.
• Challenge the Sensei Java Quiz and associated Github Repo
• Running IntelliJ Inspections from the Command Line and with CI
• Tool for helping test Social Share Previews
• Java Gotchas when to use & and when to use &&
• February Java Annotated Monthly
• Applying Software Security to Security Software
• Profile of Claude Shannon
• Overview of Chaos Engineering
• An Exploratory Data Analysis
• Read Communicating Sequential Processes Online for Free
• What is Static Analysis?

Blog Posts For February 2021

• Poetry and Software Testing

Some poets and non-poets who wrote poetry that have inspired my Software Testing.

• Can we use JUnit and TDD for Testing?

Can we use JUnit and TDD for Testing? Yes we can. Tooling and approaches are not limited to subset of coding.

• Learn Test Automation By Taking Short Practical Steps

How do you handle the cognitive overload from trying to learn automating and every job wants commercial experience what do you do.

Patreon Posts For February 2021

• Best Practices are Social Constructs

Coding habits are Socially Constructed. Fit for a specific context. But which we should be ready to adapt.

• Risk Based Prioritisation and Decision Making

Risk...What if? Impact... so what?

• Best things about writing software for yourself

Responsive Team. Focus on Value. Close Collaboration. Minimum Implementation.

• Offering solutions to objections

don't give me problems, give me solutions

• Modelling the problem

Model the problem before hunting for a tooling solution.

• Creating a simple API server using AppScript

A quick overview of creating a simple API server from a Google Spreadsheet and a little AppScript.

• Your Personal Professional Branding Audit

A little social media profile review exercise.

• Another Year, Another Experiment

Experimental patreon benefit for the micro-courses.

• I, We, You, Them

I saw a report written by a consultant today. And it used a pattern that I am always very conscious to avoid.

• Aim for flow, not self-edited perfection

Discussion of a useful skill to practice.

• Management Communication Dangers

Some notes on communicating as a manager.

• On Goal Setting

Goal Setting can be presented in an incredibly complicated manner, and that's why a lot of management books are written. Let's simplify it.

• Learning Management

most of us manage at a lower and and more human level.

• Reading Unit Tests

A lesson I learned about reading code.

• Publish what you create

It has never been easier to publish stuff on your own. Don't let anything stop you.

• What is the best way to write a defect report?

Tips and lessons learned for writing defect reports.

• Testing Lessons from Self-publishing

I don't know any process that better illustrates how blind we can become to problems which exist, when we already face problems.

• Testing Careers of Excellence

Be the best version of you, as a tester, that you can be.

• Content Summary for January 2021

Content Summary for January 2021

• January 2021 Collated PDFs

Monthly PDF collated pdfs Jan 2021

• Anger is an Energy revisited

An energy that can move under your control.

• Easy ways to add Security into your Process

If we try to perform security testing, the same way that hackers do, we are likely to spend a lot of time and effort and find nothing.

• It's not a test tool

Abstractions can lead to heresy because common arguments and positions are harder to adopt.

• That's a bug just waiting to happen

Abstractions that you do not control can make life hard if you have tightly coupled to them.

• Communicating Sequential Processes - a brief reading

You can read the pdf online, and there is a lot of value to pull from the text.