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High-quality products and teams: what are those? In this podcast, Lina Zubyte takes you on a journey to understand better how to create more efficient and successful tech products with excellent quality.
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Automated E2E (end-to-end) tests frequently are the first thing companies introduce trying to reduce the efforts of manual testing: "There's this big manual testing regression suite, so why don't we automate it? Right? ... Right?"Well, Bas Dijkstra thinks otherwise. In this episode, we'll talk about automating the right things instead, and, why E2E tests are not always the best idea. You'll hear about test models, test ownership, and where to start when you want to learn more about automation in a bit less common way than most of testing courses recommend.Find Bas on:His website: https://www.ontestautomation.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basdijkstra/ Mentions and resources:Bas' article "Breaking down your E2E tests - an example": https://www.ontestautomation.com/breaking-down-your-e2e-tests-an-example/Other recommendations by Bas:Article "Proving E2E Tests are a Scam" by Elliot Murray: https://elliottmurray.medium.com/proving-e2e-tests-are-a-scam-21d39e88913How to grow in automation:Bas' learning path suggestion: https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/resources/test-automation/a-test-automation-learning-path/"Quality Engineer Learning Roadmap" by Blake Norrish: https://medium.com/slalom-build/quality-engineer-learning-roadmap-fddfcb77409eFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
More and more software delivery teams embrace the whole team quality approach. Where does testing fit into that? Modern testing principles are there to help to understand what the industry is moving towards. In this episode, Lina talks to Alan Page - one of the creators of modern testing principles. He's an avid blogger who has quite a few opinions on better software delivery. Tune into this episode to learn more about how modern testing principles can help to embrace the whole team quality approach, and more. Find Alan on:His website: https://angryweasel.com/blog/Substack: https://substack.com/@angryweaselLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-l-a-n/Mentions and resources:Modern Testing: https://www.moderntesting.org/ Alan's article "Don't blame me": https://angryweasel.substack.com/p/dont-blame-meBooks 📚 "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig"Accelerate: The Science Behind Devops" by Nicole Forsgren et al"The Lean Startup" by Eric RiesLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Ever been in a situation where you're trying to make a point to someone and as much as you try to phrase it differently, it just does not go through? On the other side, have you ever had someone approach you and despite you first having the opposing point of view, they quickly convince you otherwise? Those are the persuasion skills in action. After hearing Thomas Shipley's talk on persuasion, Lina talks to him about it in this episode. Tune in to learn more about 3 Ps of persuasion, in which situations you could benefit from those skills, and why it matters overall. Find Thomas on:His website: https://tomdriven.dev/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tshipley/Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomdrivendevMentions and resources:Thomas` talk on persuasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFOIzzwMSi4 Books"Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson"Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It" by Chris Voss"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel KahnemanLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesIf you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
As of February, 2024, English is the most popular language for web content. The world is not only people who speak English, though. If we do not make the content and products in other languages, how can people even know that it exists and benefit from it? In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to Chen Hui Jing, a front-end developer passionate about internationalization. Tune in to learn how internationalization differs from localization, why it matters, what fairly low effort things we can do to build more inclusive and diverse products and web, and more.Find Hui Jing on:Her website: https://chenhuijing.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/huijingchen/Mastodon: https://tech.lgbt/@huijingMentions and resources:W3C: https://www.w3.org/W3C GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/The Type podcast on Chinese typography (in Chinese): https://www.thetype.com/If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Generic Design for Diverse Environments with Joe Cooperhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/13802413Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
What is DevOps? Is it just continuous releases and speed? How do we test in teams embracing DevOps? Jani Haapala is a DevOps Architect with a Quality Consultant title. In this episode, Lina talks to Jani about that fluffy word of "DevOps", the misconceptions about it, and testing in DevOps. You'll learn more about the concept, get some stories on what good quality there looks like, and gather further resources to deepen your knowledge.Find Jani on:LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/janihaapala/Mentions and resources:Dan Ashby's "Continuous Testing in DevOps" article: https://danashby.co.uk/2016/10/19/continuous-testing-in-devops/Goldratt's Theory of Constraints: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constraintsDevOps website: https://devops.com/The New Stack: https://thenewstack.io/Books 📚:Gene Kim, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Jez Humble, John Allspaw  "The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations"Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford "The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win"Eliyahu M Goldratt, Jeff Cox "The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement"Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesIf you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Cloud, Infrastructure as Code and Testing IaC with Daniel Mohacsihttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11743019Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Does a separate QA department help or hurdle the company's road towards quality? What about people having titles with "quality" in it: does it aid to drive change in the company or the opposite? Can there be a high-quality product without dedicated testers?In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to the author of "Explore it!" Elisabeth Hendrickson. They debunk many myths of what a high-quality product development and testing actually is. Tune in to hear more about why testers may be on a verge of a role revolution, the power of a whole team testing approach, and so much more.Find Elisabeth on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/testobsessed/Curious Duck website: https://curiousduck.io/ Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@testobsessed@ruby.socialMentions and resources:Books 📚:Elisabeth Hendrickson "Explore it!"Elisabeth's article "Better Testing, Worse Quality": https://web.archive.org/web/20220417112509/https://testobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/btwq.pdfIf you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Removing QA Column, Driving Change and Nurturing Fun in Teams with Finn Lorbeer https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11462360 Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
In this episode of the Quality Bits podcast, Lina  interviews Andrei Bechet, a Senior Software Engineer at Personio. You will learn about  experiments, driving change, and the power of learning cultures with Andrei. You'll also hear why chasing titles isn't the key to career growth - and what to do instead. Tune in to learn the secrets of collaboration, self-reflection, and finding the right mentors for your journey.Find Andrei on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreibechet/Mentions and resources:Simon Sinek's podcast: https://simonsinek.com/podcast/Steve Upton's talk on Experiments at TestCon 2023: https://youtu.be/fl2USB1LUDQ?feature=sharedSoCraTes: https://www.socrates-conference.de/home Books 📚:Simon Sinek "Start With Why"Daniel Pink "Drive" Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, Fast and Slow" If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Quality, Cynefin and bugs with Steve Upton https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11248422Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Antonela Mandic is a psychologist who has been working in tech as well as a team coach. In this episode of Quality Bits, Antonela not only shares the parallels between pscyhology and some tech concepts like agile, but also opens up about burnout she has gone through herself.Tune in to hear more about:What burnout isThe road to recoverySteps you can take to prevent it... and so much more :)Find Antonela on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonelamm/Mentions and resources:FRIED - the burnout podcast: https://www.friedtheburnoutpodcast.com/Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Performance testing for many people in tech is a daunting task: there's an overwhelming amount of tools, frameworks, or even different types of performance testing. Where can we start? Is it all about faster applications? Are there ever cases where speed takes a back seat?This episode's guest Nicole van der Hoeven is a Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs. With over 10 years of experience in software development and a focus on performance testing, Nicole has plenty of full of learnings stories to share about performance testing (and not only). In this episode, you'll learn more about performance testing, learn about some resources worth checking out, and get a reminder on why any type of testing is all about... empathy. Find Nicole on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvanderhoeven/Website: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolevdhMentions and resources:Obsidian note taking tool: https://obsidian.mdGoogle Page Speed Insights: https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/v5/aboutOn backend performance testing including SEARS parts: https://notes.nicolevanderhoeven.com/Backend+performance+testing Pareto principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principleBook recommendations 📚:Steve Souders "High-Performance Web Sites": https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/high-performance-web/9780596529307/ Steve Souders"Even Faster Web Sites": https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/even-faster-web/9780596803773/Google's Site Reliability book: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/site-reliability-engineering/9781491929117/ If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Observability, Monitoring, and Platform Engineering with Abigail Bangser https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12664243Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
In the light of Movember (a movement that aims to raise awareness about men's health, including mental health and suicide prevention) and international men's day (did you know about that?), this is a special, vulnerable, and essential episode about men's mental health. In this episode, Lina talks to Shey Crompton - a Senior Quality Manager at easyJet and the managing director of the St. Neots Man Cave in the UK - a men's mental health charity. Lina and Shey explore the concept of Movember, the societal expectations placed on men, and much more. Tune in to learn more about the importance of breaking down the stigma surrounding men's mental health, how to recognize when someone is struggling with their mental health and how to be a better ally. Find Shey on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheycrompton/Mentions and resources:Movember: https://movember.comOrganizations to check out:St. Neots Man Cave: https://stneotsmancave.org.ukUK Men's Sheds: https://menssheds.org.ukBoys Get Sad Too: https://boysgetsadtoo.com/Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk Walk & Talk 4 Men: https://walkandtalk4men.com Andy's Man Club: https://andysmanclub.co.ukFor men to talk: https://formentotalk.co.ukDeft university study: https://aclanthology.org/W15-2607.pdf Sophie Küster's talk "You don't talk about that at work!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxIuyb7jkncBook recommendations 📚:"It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies): Inspirational people open up about their mental healthIt's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies): Inspirational people open up about their mental health" curated by Scarlett Curtis (Lina mentions it as "it's ok not to be ok", but she meant this one :))"The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.""No Offence, But...": How to have difficult conversations for meaningful change" by Gina MartinLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
DHIS2 is an open-source health system used in many countries. It's known for it's generic architecture and high customisability. How do you have a generic design for diverse environments and build a product that  helps save lives? This episode's guest Joe Cooper is a designer working there for more than 7 years. We discuss the challenges of designing what actually matters, user satisfaction and user involvement, and humbling moments of realizing that our assumptions are wrong. As Joe notes in the episode: "I'm proud of not letting a design ego override important decisions. Sometimes that results in screenshots that are not as good for the portfolio. <..> The users don't need things that look better in my portfolio."Find Joe on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-cooper-28667340/Website: https://joe-cooper.com/ Mentions and resources:DHIS2: https://dhis2.org/about/If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:UX Research with Greta Ruskiene https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12766870Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Do you think of money when you talk about quality? Is money vs. quality the same as speed vs. quality? How can we leverage the knowledge about money matters when talking about product quality?This episode's guest Valentin Ranshakov, a QA expert at SAP Signavio, shares many interesting ideas about money and quality trade-offs, including when it does not make sense to concentrate on money. Find Valentin on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valenso/Mentions and resources:Lina's article "How to get that bug fixed": https://qualitybits.tech/writing/how-to-get-that-bug-fixedIf you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Perceived Quality & Trade-offs between Product and Engineering with Alaa Sarhan https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11347563Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Laid off? Or know someone who was? How do you navigate it or help someone navigate it?In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to April Johnson, a change manager who recently experienced a layoff. April shares her experience and offers advice for others going through a similar situation. You'll learn about the importance of reaching out to your network, the power of community, taking care of yourself, and being open to new opportunities. Find April on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apriljohnson/Mentions and resources:April's article on layoffs: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-get-decide-change-even-were-forced-april-johnsonWomen Go Tech program in Lithuania: https://womengotech.com/Book: Orville Pierson - "The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the World's Leading Career Services Company: The Proven Program Use"If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Finding Your WHY with Dr. Rochelle Carrhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/13436222Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesIf you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
APIs - what are they? What should we keep in mind when testing an API? What are the benefits of API testing over UI testing?This episode's guest is Callum Akehurtst-Ryan, a principal test engineer at Chetwood Finance, who is on a mission to educate more testers (and not only) about APIs and their testing. Not only you're going to learn what APIs are, how to test them, or where to start, but also hear Lina and Callum discuss the terms technical vs. non-technical. If API testing sounds like a challenge, then this episode will help you by simplifying sometimes overcomplicated terms and leaving you inspired to learn more. Find Callum on:LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/cakehurstryanCallum's website: https://cakehurstryan.com/Mentions and resources:Callum's article "A Beginners Guide to API Testing": https://cakehurstryan.com/2023/07/26/a-beginners-guide-to-api-testing/Postman: https://www.postman.com/Postman's courses on API testing: https://academy.postman.com/page/course-catalogSwagger: https://swagger.io/If you liked this episode and would like to dig deeper into a type of API testing - contract testing that Callum mentions, check out this past episode of Quality Bits:Contract Testing with Lewis Prescotthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12402778Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
Do you remember your childhood dreams? What did you want to be when you grew up? How did you imagine your life? Dr. Rochelle Carr is a coach and speaker on a mission to shift people's lives and encourage them to rediscover their why: the guiding light purpose which sparks joy in whatever we do. In this episode, Lina talks to Dr. Rochelle about finding your why, escaping society's "mold" on who we should be, drafting an "exit plan," and learning from failures. Find Dr. Rochelle on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrochellecarr/Twitter: https://twitter.com/drrochellecarr Path to Empowerement website: https://pfempowerment.com/ Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨
What makes an effective 1-on-1? What are the key aspects of valuable 1-on-1s? Is there a difference between a leader and a manager? Why does the language we use matter?Tune in to this episode to learn more from Farai Madzima. Farai is a people leader who challenges our misconceptions about 1-on-1s and shares valuable tips on making these meetings much more helpful. In addition, during the conversation, Lina used the word "superior" instead of "supervisor" or "manager," and that sparked some interesting discussions on the significance of the language and different cultures people come from.Find Farai on:LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/farai/Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyfaraiFarai's website: https://faraimadzima.com/ Mentions and resources:Farai's newsletter: https://www.heyfarai.com/newsletter/Farai's article on 1-on-1s from his newsletter: https://www.heyfarai.com/im-1-wait-did-we-agree-on-why-we-need-1-1-meetings/Recap of Farai's "Working with Strangers well" session: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/sunday-rewind-working-with-strangers-well-by-farai-madzima/ Seth Godin: https://www.sethgodin.com/Lina's summary of "Nonviolent Communication" book: https://qualitybits.tech/writing/book-impressions-nonviolent-communicationBooks:"Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" by Marshall B. Rosenberg"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable" by Patrick M. LencioniIf you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:Radical Candor: Effective Feedback and Helping People We Work with Shine with Amy Sandlerhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12259658Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 
User experience (UX) research is a field that can help us prevent issues before they take place. Greta Ruskiene knows this first-hand: she used to work as a QA and made a career shift to UX with time.In this episode, we discuss UX research, the art of question-asking, and how frequently, even when we truly believe we know our users, we may not. Find Greta on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greta-ru%C5%A1kien%C4%97-53183a55/Mentions and resources:WomenGoTech mentoring program: https://womengotech.com/On sunk-cost fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costFigma: https://www.figma.com/Paul C. Nutt - "Why Decisions Fail"Conferences:Figma's conference: https://config.figma.com/Zeplin conferences: https://zeplin.io/harmony/HFI conference: https://hfi.training/na/thinkers-invited/eventsGoogle UX design certificate: https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalworkshop-eu/course/gccs-ux-designUX research repository: https://condens.io/ux-research-repository/WIX UX mentorship: https://www.wixuxmentorship.com/Meetups in Lithuania:Fresh meetups: https://www.facebook.com/freshmeetups/ UX Salon: https://www.meetup.com/ux-salon-vilnius/ UX Writer Talks: https://www.meetup.com/wix-vilnius-ux-writer-talks/If you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:Creating Valuable Products with Andrea Siposhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12123103Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 
What's the difference between observability and monitoring? What's a telemetry? Why do they matter, and how could we use them more beneficially? Abby Bangser shares her journey from a QA to a platform engineer in this episode. We discuss the similarities between testing and infrastructure-related areas like site reliability engineering. In addition, Abby explains observability and shares some sound advice regarding implementing it.Find Abby on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbybangser/- Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@abangser- Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_bangserMentions and resources:Abby's talk on measuring quality in production at Ministry of Testing (free sign up is enough to access it): https://www.ministryoftesting.com/talks/567372c2?s_id=14698896 Abby's course on Test Automation University - Introduction to Observability for Test Automation: https://testautomationu.applitools.com/observability-for-test-automation/ThoughtWorks graph showing different roles and overlaps by Laura PatersonSome more fun readings suggested by Abby:https://oschvr.com/posts/what-id-like-as-sre/https://blog.alicegoldfuss.com/how-to-get-into-sre/https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2021/08/13/root-cause-of-failure-root-cause-of-success/https://www.learningfromincidents.io/https://kratix.iocncf.io/blog/2023/04/11/announcing-a-white-paper-on-platforms-for-cloud-native-computing/https://www.syntasso.io/post/the-12-platform-challenges-recapIf you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:Testing in Production with Rouan Wilsenach https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11623978 Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 
With over a decade in data-related roles, working with Data Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and MLOps Engineering, Aurimas Griciūnas is a great role model for many people wanting to learn more about data. The author of the SwirlAI newsletter with over 7000 subscribers, Aurimas' posts with visuals explaining data have reached many more people on LinkedIn.In this episode, Aurimas shares valuable insights about what working with data means. Is it just a trend to be data-driven, or, a reality? Are all the data products big data products? Who and how should help define good business success metrics? Tune in to learn the answers to these questions and much more. Find Aurimas on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurimas-griciunas/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aurimas_Gr- SwirlAI newsletter: https://www.newsletter.swirlai.com Mentions and resources:Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/Tools to help with data quality:Great Expectations: https://greatexpectations.iodbt-expectations: https://github.com/calogica/dbt-expectationsOn techniques for testing Machine Learning Models:A/B testing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testingMulti-arm bandits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_banditFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 
We've all worked with "heroes," great professionals who frequently "save the day" in the company. What if we'd instead prevent the day from needing the saving altogether? Dan Abel believes in 10x teams rather than 10x engineers. Listen to this episode to learn more about it and what aspects to concentrate on when setting up the teams for success.Find Dan on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-abel/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/twicezer0- Dan's 10x Teams website: https://ten-x.team- Dan's blog: https://engineeringandcareering.co.uk/Mentions and resources:Dan's 10x Teams initial article: https://ten-x.team/2023/02/22/build-10x-teams-for-delivery-effectiveness/Article on unblocking meetings: https://www.spydergrrl.com/2019/08/the-unstuck-meeting-safe-failure-space.html"Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words" by Randall Munroe"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari"The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness" by Steve PetersTeam topologies: https://teamtopologies.com/Dunbar's theories:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooming,_Gossip_and_the_Evolution_of_Languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_numberFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 
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