Alan Richardson

Software Development: Code, Test, Automate, Marketing
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[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

New newsletter:
https://t.co/I3AWG4FtTV

Using AI Augmented Coding to Create Automated Coverage
Modern WebSite Specification
The Open Source Testing Framework that Hates AI
AI Workflows and Goals combined with StoryBook
Software Testing Podcast Episodes

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

This turned into a Cybernetics oriented newsletter edition with many older references. So inside find relevant lessons and cautionary tales from the 00's, 50's, 60's and 80's

https://t.co/zlWLCByGZZ

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

I spent a lot of the week reviewing and hardening code. Based on this week's newsletter:

- Tanstack Supply Chain Attack and What To Do About It
- Event Sourcing
- Tools to Help Develop and Test AI
- Software Testing Podcast Episodes Released

https://t.co/sHVmfqgnPo

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

I built BoomStash using Vercel and SupaBase, and launched it on Product Hunt this morning. https://t.co/LJ1DWnL2ad

Products launched today are entered into a competition and potentially gain a little more visibility.

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

@yangmin_dashu For large code bases I'd add coverage first before migrating - at the external interface points and use the tests as a contract for the migrated system. e.g. the bun migraton to rust relied on tests first then migration and it has gone pretty well for them https://t.co/5E8XRc5dlY

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

A busy week for working with AI with content in the latest newsletter covering:

- Coding with AI
- Monitoring AI in production
- Security Testing with AI
- Query Optimisation Tips
- AI Code Migration
- Software Testing Podcast Episodes

https://t.co/NxYWf6wOY0

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

This newsletter is late. I didn't use AI to create it so I can't blame AI, instead I blame the Bank Holiday Weekend.

The End of Cheap AI?
Automated Code Reviews
Test Automation Best Practices
Playwright Optimization
Testing Podcast Episodes Released
https://t.co/Mne5Q9bDqO

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

This newsletter contains cautionary tales and guidance for AI Testing.

How do you test AI in production?
Should you even test AI in production?
When A/B Tests go wrong (in production)
Quality Engineering is Not Testing
Software Testing Podcast Episodes

https://t.co/V7qtlHR91n

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

Wow. Such a feature packed newsletter, this is what happen when you build newsletter collation into your daily research and worklife. Hopefully this means I've figured out how to do this properly now.

https://t.co/imJAD8V9bW

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

This newsletter covers the 1st week of April, but I haven't knowingly added any April Fool's content in here.

Cost Cutting Cuts Value
Anthropic and Claude Code
Open Testing AI
Scheduled Research
and much much more...

https://t.co/Sa0Vy3bZ5N

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

In this newsletter ... some other new testing newsletters. And content on Testing, AI, Security tools, System Scaling and a very important podcast episode on the Psychology of Bullying and Gaslighting which also describes how to protect yourself

https://t.co/TuS4URauhn

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

Only four topics! Is this a lightweight edition? Not a chance.

- An AI Enabled Exploratory Testing Browser
- QA and Testing Skills for AI
- AI Risks and Liabilities
- Software Testing Podcasts

https://t.co/UgynkSs7Ph

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

Most recent newsletter content:

Scott Hanselman on AI Development Tools
How Software Development Changes with AI
Build APIs for AI
Rigorous Engineering
The End of Programming?
Software Testing Podcast Episodes

https://t.co/WUe5rHkXOh

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

newsletter:

- Claude Code wipes production database
- Learn Java Modern Patterns
- Best fit local LLM models
- Paid and Free AI coding plans
- Exploratory Testing Tool Redux
- Random Data Testing Practice Site
- Software Testing Podcast Episodes

https://t.co/k3KXn5dXqZ

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

A lot of content discussing practical ways of using AI in your software development process.

- Using Anthropic for Hacking
- Delete your agents file?
- AI Development Changes Process
- Spec Driven Development
- Software Testing Podcasts

https://t.co/A4GlkaaszW

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

In this newsletter

- Signals and Levers
- Can being a generalist benefit your career?
- Manage Context to get the most out of AI Agents
- A new Development podcast - Tech League
- Goose and Playwright automating
- Free WebDriver Courses

https://t.co/Eluz66PXfv

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

The actual course page with embedded videos and source code links is here:

https://t.co/Jyj1jV52lo

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

Yesterday I put my Selenium WebDriver API course into 'free online archive' mode. Which means I uploaded all the videos to YouTube. Since the course had 16 hours of video, I've combined the individual videos into 8 re-organised sections.

https://t.co/3ajgnBBj0D

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

Newsletter

- Clean Architecture in Python
- AI Incidents
- Building the machine that builds the machine
- Lessons I Wish I Knew When I Started in Test Automation
- Using Agentic QA Fleet for Failure Review
- and Software Testing Podcast episodes released

https://t.co/w867KOpefx

[Alan Richardson @eviltester]

Just released a new podcast episode. Dragan Spiridonov was kind enough to share a lot of information about Agentic AI and the Agentic QE Fleet tool that he has been building. I learned a lot in the discussion, hope you will too.

https://t.co/ampzj061t1