Aaron Hodder

Testing Practice Manager at Datacom. I focus on the human aspects of software development. I care about great people building great software, responsibly.

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

My talk "Inclusive Collaboration - How our differences make the difference" from @AgileNZConf is online: https://t.co/bl5l4sQU7T

[100 days of Skilled Testing @SkilledTesting]

Aaron Hodder (@AWGHodder) has provided his thoughts on Test Estimation https://t.co/XC9laMzgj1

Thank you, Aaron

#100DaysofSkilledTesting

[100 days of Skilled Testing @SkilledTesting]

James Bach (@jamesmarcusbach) and Aaron Hodder (@AWGHodder) explained clearly about only the test case is not #testing
https://t.co/6xaT6k2vsP

Thank you, James and Aaron

#100DaysofSkilledTesting

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

When people say they tried Agile but it doesn't work here

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

I die a little inside everytime I hear someone say "I do automation, I don't do manual testing"

[Richard Bradshaw @FriendlyTester]

Your team cannot create valuable automated tests/checks without exploratory testing.

You need to explore a system, to understand it enough to create valuable automation. Automation that is truly going to help the team make decisions. And not just generate noise/distraction.

[Richard Bradshaw @FriendlyTester]

Your team cannot create valuable automated tests/checks without exploratory testing.

You need to explore a system, to understand it enough to create valuable automation. Automation that is truly going to help the team make decisions. And not just generate noise/distraction.

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

Kmart is my favorite day of the week

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

I'm working on a testing mythbusters talk. What are your testing myths (that can be true or untrue)?

[Marxist777 📕🇵🇸 @Marxist777]

This is Jordan Neely.

On Monday, he was lynched.

On the NYC subway he started telling passengers that he was fed up being hungry, thirsty and having no place to rest. He began to shout in his frustration, and threw his jacket on the floor.

An ex-marine then murdered him.🧵

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

Most of what we call "Quality Assurance" is actually "Quantity Assurance".
Quantity of test cases, quantity of bugs raised, quantity of bugs fixed...

Quality isn't measurable. But Quantity is. If you're counting something, you're counting a quantity.

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

I've found 17 out of 18 checks on this first testing challenge. Frustratedly trying to find the last one! https://t.co/650MPZrEDr

[Russell Brown @publicaddress]

This story has been a while coming and I'm pretty excited to see it in print. Late last year, the editor of The Listener asked me if I could write a feature about adult ADHD diagnoses. I jumped at it, not least because it's something I've thought about for a *long* time.

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

@fxcrnr @heather_reiduff I don't get it either

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

@ultrabrilliant Is that what Rodimus Prime was?

[Will Oremus @WillOremus]

Asked for examples of sexual harassment at law schools, ChatGPT named a GW prof accused of touching a student on a class trip to Alaska, citing a WashPost story.

The prof is real. The rest was made up.

We wrote about what happens when AIs lie about you: https://t.co/mDKlgf9UBB

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

And I thought tech couldn't get any more reckless

[@emilymbender.bsky.social @emilymbender]

Carl Bergstrom has a banger thread over on Mastodon about some serious #privacy problems with #Bing #GPT. You can find the thread at this link:

https://t.co/jbeMgaqVlr

And in screencaps below.

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

The line between not enough pancake and too much pancake is about half a pancake

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

@lissijean Surely it's satire... But the fact that it's not obvious it's satire (if it is) speaks volumes enough

[Aaron Hodder @AWGHodder]

@keithklain Not a single "I don't get no respect"

[Consulting Comedy @consultingcmdy]

How would you write "I did grocery shopping" on a resume?

“Managed the timely and cost-effective purchase of core operational supplies of a dynamic and agile team and ensured that all stakeholders had the required nutritional inputs to operate functionally.”