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Dave Wardlaw

@davidwardlaw.bsky.social

Quality Lead. Photographer. Gym Goer. Coder. Christian. Website - www.davidwardlaw.me Photography - davidwardlaw.photo

284 Followers  |  38 Following  |  25 Posts  |  Joined: 30.10.2023  |  1.9008

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Quality & Testing | Testing prior to release and testing in production

My latest short blog post on release testing vs testing in production

www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/testing...

09.08.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quality & Testing | Help with the changes that happen when moving from testing to quality coaching

In my last blog post I talked about the changes you may have to get used to when you move from a testing to a quality coach role. In post I will explain what you can do to help you with these changes.

www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/tester-...

02.06.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Heron in black and white

Heron in black and white

Had a little play around with my photography after a great talk by Ellie Rothnie at the castle camera spring shoot. Pleased with the results.

24.05.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quality & Testing | Changes when moving from testing to quality coaching

My latest post on the changes when moving from a testing role to a quality coaching one www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/tester-...

18.04.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quality & Testing | Fast Feedback Workshop

Fast feedback loops are important to teams in order for them to deliver high quality software at speed. I have just published a workshop you can try that will help you and your team understand the actual and perceived speed of your feedback loops

www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/fast-fe...

15.02.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a great time at the @ministryoftesting.com London meetup. Some great panel discussion on AI.

30.01.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just got on the train to London for the @ministryoftesting.com London meetup. Looking forward to it.

30.01.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While learning new coding concepts or frameworks I find ending each learning session with a small win can really help

18.01.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember thinking WTF when I read about quality coaching and that you don't need testers. However, through reading and trying to out, it is an excellent option.

17.01.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Although I'm technical I would like to improve my technical skills. So I have spent the weekend connecting to my cameras API using c#. Next challenge is to create a react app to view and update those settings

12.01.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Melissa. That's why I decided to try and read more. I found myself sinking too much time into Netflix....

05.01.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My reading list for the year. I'm not a great reader of books so I decided to change that by trying to read a book a month. There is a bit of everything in there from faith to photography.

04.01.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Metrics are simply there to help you answer one question.... Do we have a problem here?

18.12.2024 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They are also all economical with the truth.....

12.12.2024 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My job as a quality Lead is to basically encourage people to talk and think.

10.12.2024 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Took little man to meet Santa today. He had a great time and Santa told him I was on the naughty list when I was young !! ๐Ÿ˜‚

08.12.2024 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've never had the flu before, but must be old age as it has hit me this weekend.

17.11.2024 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New post on the goal of my new(ish) job

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Also on my website:

www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/making-...

14.11.2024 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello back ๐Ÿ˜

13.11.2024 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not really used blue sky much but there seems to be a few more testing folks about on it... Happy days !!!

13.11.2024 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Quality & Testing | Improving Testing through support

A post on improving testing through support

www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/improvi...

#testing #quality

12.11.2024 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New post on why test automation engineers should write frameworks and not tests #testing #QualityAssurance

testingsoftwaretimes.blogspot.com/2024/02/writ...

#testing #testautomation

26.02.2024 21:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post on Monitoring and Observability #Testing #softwaredevelopment

testingsoftwaretimes.blogspot.com/2024/01/moni...

29.01.2024 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New post by QA Ark on how to build a test strategy for a new team

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20.11.2023 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New blog post on Combining Defining Quality and Exploratory Testing Models

testingsoftwaretimes.blogspot.com/2023/11/comb...

#testing #qualityengineering

12.11.2023 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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