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Sarcastic, cynical and pessimistic. Practices self-deprecating humour, but is not very good at it. Developer @ Ministry of Testing. He/Him

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If you were doing a Disney's Hercules quiz, could you go the distance?

20.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had one hell of a cruise. Everyone I looked at was violently sick.

Sea was perfectly calm though πŸ€”

20.02.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does a fart imply the existence of a neart?

31.01.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

YI

A chatbot but all input and output is in Geordie.

11.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/rosi...

03.01.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've had this a couple of times. One seemed to be for an internet provider in Singapore, the other was a couple of months ago and was someone in France buying what looked like an airsoft gun and ammunition.

31.12.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen.

But do recall, the most famous reindeer of all?

Because if you can't then it is not the most famous, is it?

21.12.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
10 Years in Testing: Then and Now - Cassandra HL Wow, ten years in testing.Β  It feels both correct and surreal.Β  A lot of things have happened over the last decade, and reading back over the old X Years in Testing posts is really interesting.Β  So wh...

This month marks my ten year anniversary as a professional #Tester. With this comes a new instalment of #XYearsInTesting: www.cassandrahl.com/blog/10-year...

I still feel very lucky to have discovered #SoftwareTesting and hope to continue working and growing in this area for many years to come.

17.12.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only thing on my list this year is a meaty broth.

All I want for christmas is stew.

16.12.2025 09:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You telling me the production makes it sound a little... thin?

25.11.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The moment you know you are out of touch with modern culture? When you see the Strictly couples and don't know who is the dancer, and who is the celebrity.

09.11.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ironically, a limp biscuit wouldn't be able to go rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'

02.11.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Flash Gordon was ahead of its time. The bit where an ajax request is made to get the body.

20.10.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MoTaCon does sound like it could be a type of Transformer.

It'd be a bug that turns into a feature.

10.10.2025 06:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image shows Danny giving a Postman demo at the Testbash conference. All the attendees were wearing silent disco type headsets.

Image shows Danny giving a Postman demo at the Testbash conference. All the attendees were wearing silent disco type headsets.

Image shows Danny giving a Postman demo at the Testbash conference. All the attendees were wearing silent disco type headsets.

Image shows Danny giving a Postman demo at the Testbash conference. All the attendees were wearing silent disco type headsets.

Always a lovely vibe at @ministryoftesting.com Testbash!! ❀️

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the @getpostman.bsky.social sessions.

You all looked πŸ₯° in your silent disco headsets πŸ†

See you all next year!!

02.10.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brag Board Template (How to Make Your Work - and Achievements - More Visible) - Cassandra HL This is a companion post to my TestBash 2025 talk on How to Make Your Work – and Achievements – More Visible. Β  Here, you will find the Brag Board template shown in the talk. Β  .pdf: Brag Board Templa...

Thanks to everyone who attended my #TestBash #MoTaCon talk on How to Make Your Work - and Achievements - More Visible, and to MoT for having me. You can find the #BragBoard templates here: www.cassandrahl.com/blog/brag-bo... #ShowShareShine

02.10.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Leaving the bar, I hit the road.

As I lay there, I knew I had drank too much.

14.09.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reform are already flagging

10.09.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Were any of those characters a carriage return?

13.08.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Slightly diminish a band:

Car Halen

13.08.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Slightly diminish a band: They Might be Ants

13.08.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just moving the same code to a different place, what could possibly go wrong?

What could go wrong is some idiot could move it to a class method, not an instance method causing the method to be considered "Not Implemented"

25.07.2025 07:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I never thought I’d see the day where developers voluntarily turn themselves into testers, but that’s exactly what they’re doing by inviting LLMs to create outputs from requirements they helped refine which they have to check for errors afterward. Obviously the tester skillset is valuable then.

22.07.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Access to the @ministryoftesting.com community Slack might be worth the cost of a professional membership alone.

18.07.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Should rate of spam accounts on your service be considered a measure of success? Because @ministryoftesting.com is doing quite well under that measure.

12.07.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
99 Bottles β€” Sandi Metz

If you saw the code for the feature I'm working on, you'd be able to tell I just re-read 99 Bottles of OOP

sandimetz.com/99bottles

04.07.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just got out of a chat about leading with quality with the one and only @rosiesherry.com!! It was so much fun ☺️

(And also, I’m feeling a little star struck 🀩)

09.06.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't get the point, because I parried it before it stabbed me.

29.05.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Cassandra's Ministry of Testing profile header, showing 16 badges earned and 23 Community Stars awarded

Screenshot of Cassandra's Ministry of Testing profile header, showing 16 badges earned and 23 Community Stars awarded

Woah, I've been awarded 23 Community Stars and earned 16 badges in the #MoTaverse! Great to see these achievements appear on my Ministry of Testing profile. Have you created yours yet?

www.ministryoftesting.com/p/cassandrahl

16.05.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect is the enemy of getting other important shit done.

16.05.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0