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WAO: How do you test software?

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How do you test your software?


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HS

In production

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Nathan Kallman

Boeing's Starliner comes to mind πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

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HS

This joke was tested in production as well

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Matt Willtrout

In my app's settings is a flag: "Enable Power User Settings" They get ALL the alpha's and beta's; if they complain, I unset and grey it out

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Ryan Brown

The old Good-Cop/Bad-Cop routine,

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Ryan Brown

... then maybe offer a plea-deal if it snitches on another project's bugs.

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Nathan Kallman

When my code starts git blame 'ing itself I'll hang up my hat πŸ˜‚

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

Let's start with IQ tests.

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Nathan Kallman

This is too good πŸ˜‚

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Natalia Asteria

If it runs, we push it.

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Julien Cayzac

Don't β€”they often fail and you end up having to comment them.