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On the first training sessions in 2026

Earlier this week, I ran my first two training sessions of 2026. Running these sessions reminded me (once again) that training really is what I enjoy the most and what I do best. Working with a group of engineers, introducing...

I'll be facilitating a tutorial at EuroSTAR 2026

One of the decisions I made early last year was to pretty much stop contributing to conferences abroad. I’m not going to revisit my reasons for that decision here, if you’re interested in them, you can read the blog post...

On my new 'Valuable feedback, fast' course

A couple of weeks ago, I published the training page for a brand-new course that I’m looking to run at least a couple of times in 2026. The course is called ‘Valuable feedback, fast’, and in this blog post, I’d...

The fundamentals of test automation revisited

I’m not really one to run after all the latest trends and write or talk about ‘the latest thing’ in test automation. Instead, I prefer to focus on the fundamentals of our work, and the role they keep playing in...

On getting started with mutation testing

As members of a software development team, we spend a lot of time building products that our end users (hopefully) enjoy using. We also spend a significant amount of time performing testing on these products, as well as on writing...