
Which comes first? Manual testing or continuous delivery?
Does not feeling "ready" for CD mean that manual testing is a good alternative? Not really.

How can we trust automated tests in life-or-death scenarios?
Actually, how can we trust manual tests in high-stakes scenarios?

Why does it take so long?
Computers have advanced a lot since the 1960s. Yet, for many it still takes ages to get feedback. WHY?
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Where do you find the confidence to release your software?
Think of the time you released software to production...

Which skill is more important: Testing, or debugging?
One of these skills, if you're good at it, diminishes the need for the other other.

What's the ideal ratio of devs to QAs?
Of course, as a consultant, I can confidently tell you: It depends!

I just threw away a bunch of tests
I had failed to complete the "refactor" part of "red/green/refactor" several weeks ago, leaving me with some redundant tests that came back to bite me.
Adventures in DevOps 112: Building Code More Responsibly: A Mental Model Shift
A philosophical conversation around building code more responsibly and how ethics and accountability is to be integrated into the DevOps industry.

How to travel light
Software delivery is a lot like traveling. Less luggage makes for a better experience.