Paul Grizzaffi

@pgrizzaffi
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What do #HammerFall, #Raven, & #IronMaiden have to do with testing? Join us at the #TSQA conf this fall where I'll explain parallels between #HeavyMetal #music lyrics and #SoftwareTesting & #automation concepts.

Tix now on sale!

#Software #SoftwareDevelopment

https://tsqa.org/tsqa-2025

TSQA 2025 - Battle of the Bands — Triangle Software Quality Association

Triangle Software Quality Association

Holy schnikes! I've been sitting on this for over a month.

I'm beyond honored to have been invited to this event. And I even get to do my favorite talk about #testing and #HeavyMetal.

And then I see the rest of the speakers' list. There are some high-end people on this that I love and respect.

Please come join us!!!

https://tsqa.org/tsqa-2025

TSQA 2025 - Battle of the Bands — Triangle Software Quality Association

Triangle Software Quality Association

Holy schnikes! I've been sitting on this for over a month.

I'm beyond honored to have been invited to this event. And I even get to do my favorite talk about #testing and #HeavyMetal.

And then I see the rest of the speakers' list. There are some high-end people on this that I love and respect.

Please come join us!!!

https://tsqa.org/tsqa-2025

TSQA 2025 - Battle of the Bands — Triangle Software Quality Association

Triangle Software Quality Association

I found it! It was posted on #HackerNews. I find the discourse amusing, even though vitriol is aimed at me LOL

Here's the link:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39615465

Comments Are Code (2018) | Hacker News

#Blog rewind, part 3!

My least viewed post. I thought this one would resonate more.

How could this one have been more valuable? Closer to what I normally write about? Not interesting? Not technical?

#SoftwareTesting #SoftwareDevelopment #Automation

https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2024/09/10/why-so-many-clicks-and-how-can-testing-and-automation-help/

Why So Many Clicks And How Can Testing And Automation Help?

Many years ago, back when I worked for a telecom company, we were building what we called a test automation platform. It was more than what we currently call a test tool; it was a system in which w…

Responsible Automation

#Blog rewind, part 2!

This is the post that seemed to have the most views, possibly it's one of my most dev-centric and it solved an issue for, I suspect, many people

Enjoy!

#SoftwareTesting #Automation #Testing #SoftwareDevelopment

https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/i-did-it-ui-automator-viewer-running-on-a-current-java-version/

I Did It! UI Automator Viewer Running On A Current Java Version

I did a thing! I made Android Studio’s UI Automator Viewer run on Java 20! Some of you might be saying, “Duh, doesn’t everyone already do that?”. I don’t know the answer to that question, but based…

Responsible Automation

#Blog rewind!
As a surprise to me, my most-read blog post during 2024, was not the one I expected; that's probably due to this specific post being reposted evelopment website. Here's that post!

#SoftwareTesting #Automation #SoftwareDevelopment #Testing

https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/heresy-ii-comments-are-code/

Heresy II – Comments Are Code

I hold an unpopular stance: code comments are as important as the code itself. OK, maybe that’s a little overstated, but I maintain that code comments are critical to code readability and maintaina…

Responsible Automation

Another week, another convo.
For this #ThrowbackThursday, but on Friday, here's another set of thoughts on "too early to test"

How about #testing assumptions? How might #automation help in this situation, if at all?
#SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareTesting
https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2022/11/15/test-your-assumptions/

Test Your Assumptions

ALERT! This blog is not about test automation. It is, however, about testing, development, requirements, and the assumptions we sometimes make about all of them. Let’s go back to the before times, …

Responsible Automation

Lately, I've been in a few discussions about "when #testing can start", "there's nothing to test yet", & "it's too soon for #automation". These discussions reminded me of this blog post I wrote a while back.

#SoftwareTesting #SoftwareDevelopment #softwaredevelopment

https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/is-it-ever-too-early-for-automation/

Is It Ever Too Early For Automation?

In late 2016, I wrote this blog post describing how I define automation for testing. For the TL;DR crowd, here’s the definition I typically use for automation: automation is the judicious applicati…

Responsible Automation

Quick reminder...

The #tester, #QA, #QE person in your meeting is NOT the default note taker and ticket updater.

#SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareTesting