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Hi, I'm starting to think about an approach to minimal documentation/tracking of tasks when tackling software work and I'm curious about any tools that might make this easier. The …

I strongly blame the Apple watch for the demise of the smart watch. People, including this article's author, look at how unfit for purpose the Apple watch is and draw conclusions a…

I think organizations make that kind of choice all the time. They take fantastic devs and make them leads and managers in the hope that it will have a multiplicative benefit on the…

Lack of agreed definition, for sure. The title 'SDET' in itself doesn't at all tell you enough about what a role is going to entail.

A lot of this hits home. I like the idea of reframing the role as more of a straight engineer - probably the the SDET title has become loaded and/or widely misused. I think I proba…

TL;DR: If you are currently working as a developer, would you ever consider changing tracks to become an SDET - a developer who doesn't work on front-facing code, but instead works…

This is a great perspective, I tend to think an affinity for puzzles is a good indicator of the SDET mentality I'm looking for; I was trying to attract people who'd be interested b…

I'm advertising an SDET position and I've included a test as part of the job application. The test is something like this: I've described a fairly simple json specification in word…