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A Strange Story of Version Control and Software Customization As he was doing an inventory of a company’s commercial software and version control, Payson Hall got an odd response from a vendor: Their software has no versions. Each client has a unique, customized edition of the software. How can the vendor possibly support that many products? How would that work? |
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DeepDreams Are Made of This: Machine Learning and Art Google released the source code for the images made by artificial intelligence and artificial neural networks, dubbed DeepDream. Everyone, especially programmers and artists, was invited to upload their own images, experiment, and tag their creations as #deepdream on social media. |
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Is the "Traditional Tester" Just a Myth? When discussing agile and its impact on the industry, the concept of the “traditional testing role” is often a topic of conversation. However, we shouldn’t just assume that this “traditional” tester is as common as we seem to make it sound, as testers have always had to do more than just test. |
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Getting Started with Wearable Devices? Consider This Platform As popular as wearables have become, they pose new challenges for software developers. Size, power consumption, and focused functionality are the main concentrations. There's a host of platforms that offer developers options for creating wearables, but Lance Gleason advocates one you may not have considered. |
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Mistakes We Make in Testing A tester starting in the profession recently asked Michael Sowers, "What are some of the most common mistakes we make as testers?" He wrote down some of the more common ones he could think of that are made before, during, and after testing. How many of these could you turn into learning opportunities? |
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Are You Self-Absorbed? Learn to Listen It can be a manager asking employees for their input, then proceeding with his own plan anyway. Or it could be going to a coworker with a problem, only to have her center on her own issues. Self-absorption takes many forms, and they're all bad. If you fit a description, learn how to focus outward and listen. |
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Make the Effort to Invest in Yourself To keep relevant in an ever-changing industry, you need training. But many companies don't provide or reimburse for continuing education. That means you're responsible for your ongoing career development. Don't fret; you don't have to spend a lot. And the more you learn and practice, the more value you have. |
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Five Misconceptions about Test Automation Hans Buwalda describes five of what he refers to as misconceptions about test automation. |
