Testing Trends: Cursor AI, demure, brat, strength in numbers and more!
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The big news all this weekend in tech was “Cursor AI”. No, it’s not a swear word (bad dad joke). We have a look at Cursor, an AI code editing tool, what people are saying about it and eight ideas to use it for your testing.
A Community of Practice (CoP) can serve as a platform for individuals with shared interests to exchange knowledge within an organisation or for example a digital group. We dive into how common software testing communities of practice are, how do you compare?
One week everyone is embracing a brat summer, and the next they are approaching life in a “✨ very mindful, very demure way". In the world of software testing, two clashing trends are stealing the spotlight: “brat summer” and “demure.” These vibes go beyond fashion—they’re setting the stage for the ongoing debate between exploratory and scripted testing.
With your help we’re polling, enquiring and supporting the testing job market. Despite 2023's ups and downs, we can see the strength and resiliency of the software testing community during times of continued uncertainty. We support each other and continue to optimise the way work is done amid mass digital transformation, workplace changes and technological growth in areas like artificial intelligence.
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Nobody becomes great overnight, it takes years to gain the knowledge and experience to be at the top in your field. There are not many professions where continuous learning is part of your day-to-day job. As Software Testers we are expected to read, experiment with new technologies, and generally try to accumulate as much knowledge as possible.
Should we ‘release’ on Fridays or not? Read on to find out what the software testing community thinks! Some of our testing community say that releasing software on Friday can cause issues, then reported by customers over the weekend, so on Monday you then have many problems to address. Some Scrum teams end the Sprint on a Friday (for some reason) and for some releasing on Fridays makes sense, if you can roll back changes quickly.
In this hot topic we we witnessed some spicy opinions regarding test cases. Sometimes we witness extreme opinions regarding test cases, which can become a hot debate topic. While some argue that test cases just slow you down and should be avoided, others claim that you can’t do proper testing without any test cases.
The secret sauce for any software development team to function well is the right ratio of developers and testers. Finding the balance between these numbers is a vital necessity to deliver a better product, more importantly to have better processes in place for the development team to function within a healthy work ecosystem.
In this Testing Trend we take a look at testers' relationship with the tools available to us. Asking this as a binary question is polarising but should give us a clear indication of whether tester’s are generally satisfied or not. Explore the results.
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3moI like prompt suffixes. I made this one and it helps change the default tone. "Adjust the model's temperature to balance creativity and coherence, ensuring a natural, human-like tone. Keep the output concise, empathetic, demure, and mindful, eliminating filler and unnecessary details."