Lucian Ghinda

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Product Engineer, Senior Ruby Developer | Co-creator of Ideatify | Curator of https://shortruby.com
| Always looking on the bright side
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I am working this weekend to finalise the content for the upcoming #GoodEnoughTesting workshop:

- I am trimming a lot of the previous content to keep it to only the essential
- Rethinking the code and exercises I previously used

Testing isn’t about doing everything. It’s about doing the right things and doing enough of them to sleep well at night.

If you're trying to balance quality, speed, and complexity, risk gives structure to your thinking and clarity to your priorities.

Use risk as a spotlight.

Based on last year's workshop feedback, this is a more pragmatic and action-oriented version. We will focus on practicing test design techniques while keeping a solid understanding of when and how to apply them.

After running five sessions of Good Enough Testing workshops last year, in the first months of this year, I decided to pause for a bit. The reason? I needed time to focus on my health.

It was the right call. Now I am ready to come back with fresh energy and a new format.

@lucian If you’re looking for more events for the next edition of #shortruby, the tiny ruby #{conf} CFP is open for submissions.

https://helsinkiruby.fi/tinyruby/

tiny ruby #{conf}

A tiny Ruby conference in Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki Ruby

I am part of the organising team for @friendlyrb - a cozy #Ruby conference happening in Bucharest, Romania in September.

Now is a good time to buy your ticket - the spots for 3rd day trip are limited - in case you are thinking to join it.

Ticket at https://friendlyrb.com

A reminder of two things where I contribute and invite you to join:

I curate @shortrubynews :
> It is a long and comprehensive Monday morning summary of the articles, discussions, and news from the Ruby community

Subscribe at newsletter.shortruby.com

"Rails is still one of the fastest ways to start with a strong foundation that works in production at a global scale"

From: https://rubycentral.org/news/company-spotlight-how-persona-scales-high-stakes-identity-systems-with-rails/

#Ruby #Rails #Builders

"Ruby’s commitment to whimsy feels almost revolutionary, punk, even"

Source: https://stevengharms.com/posts/2025-06-07-the-delightful-art-of-rubys-impenetrable-naming

When using LLMs to write tests, you should remain in control of choosing the test cases or at least review them.

Here is an example of prompting Claude Code to identify test cases for my review before asking it to start writing the test cases.