Working for a startup depends on a few fundamental things that you should consider before joining one.| Shattered Illusions by Chris Kenst
The Question Recently in an online forum a tester person asked: Does someone have a simple example of test case (excel sheet) format? I am the only one tester in my company and we are trying to arrange the test documentation. Any advice or example will be useful. When I| Shattered Illusions by Chris Kenst
The right test documentation is the one that satisfies the goal for the right audience and at the right cost. More often that not it means focusing on the smallest amount of documentation you need to do your job well.| Shattered Illusions by Chris Kenst
Shattering the illusions around how things work| Shattered Illusions by Chris Kenst
We often have a superficial understanding of complex systems, which creates the "illusion of understanding. Time to shatter the illusion.| Shattered Illusions by Chris Kenst
A farewell message to the greater AST community.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
In a push system, teams are given tasks to do. In a pull system, teams pull tasks from a backlog or central place. By moving towards a pull system our testers will have more ownership and responsibility over their work.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
It’s March and I haven’t published since November. I am just now writing a recap of last year so it’s fair to say I’m a bit behind on things, but I’m excited to share why! Year in Review time. You| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
Observability blurs the line between testing and monitoring. The concept TOAD can help us think through their relationship and extends it to DevOps.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
Part of our misbelief in things comes from the gap between our confidence and what we really know. Confronting that can prove exciting.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
When you get a job offer, it needs to makes sense for you. When it doesn't, you need to know what requests you can make to change things.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
My career has been defined by a lack of test managers. Only 25% of my jobs have had them. That's led to a few interesting challenges.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
Each month I artisanally handcraft a newsletter for TestingConferences.org. A month ago I decided to see what parts of that process I could automate using ChatGPT| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
Software testers are NOT the gatekeepers of quality. They don’t control or limit access to quality software or services.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
"Explainable AI" (xAi) or "explainability" is when you design and build systems that can explain their decisions. Turns out I do this right now.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
The Worlds I See is a very good story and now I have some thoughts to share.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst
2024 was busy and 2025 has been unrelenting so far.| Shattered Illusion by Chris Kenst