Oleksandr Romanov 🇺🇦

Types of dependencies in distributed systems

Rust on a Diet So if you don't know, I also develop on the Solana Validator (but please don't leave, it's about Rust and not blockchain things 😓) mostly mods for Solana RPC…

#rust An interesting story on effective usage of Cow and Arc structures. And whether the Bytes crate can be better. blog.veeso.dev/blog/en/rust...

Software Testing Careers: The Roadmap by Oleksandr Romanov for MoT Tunis Discover where a testing career can take you!

Here is my talk on modern software testing careers at MoT Tunis www.ministryoftesting.com/talks/softwa...

Last few weeks I focused on learning solely at the Blockchain and Rust.
Focused approach helped me to discover a lot of interesting topics and was an inspiration for project / posts ideas.

MoT Community Certificate Achieving 5 or more Community Star badges

I have earned the MoT Community Certificate certificate www.ministryoftesting.com/certificates...

"The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab." Is it true? Here is an engineering proof of this hypothesis by James Pae www.jmspae.se/write-ups/ke...

Paper review: Software Testing Research Challenges: An Industrial Perspective An overview of the current state of software testing and open research questions

#testing #ai #paper

My review of the "Software Testing Research Challenges: An Industrial Perspective" research paper.

testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2025-0...

AI tools and how they kill learning Pros and cons of using AI tools (for beginners)

#ai #tools #learning

Let me share my thoughts on a few useful AI tools and how they can kill the learning process testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2025-0...

How NASA writes safety-critical software - 10 Rules. spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P... It's Quite fascinating to read.

I just finished the slides on schools of software testing for an upcoming online conference in March. I hope it will benefit attendees to see the testing world from different angles throughout the time.

YouTube video by Testing Minutes Episode 49: Software testing and quality culture for airlines with Simon Prior

Check out the latest episode of the Testing Minutes podcast, where I and @grygorenko.bsky.social talked with @simonjprior.bsky.social about testing and quality culture youtu.be/17u0Dd_aEgM?...

YouTube video by Testing Minutes Episode 46: Software Testing in the Age of Generative AI with Mark Winteringham

Together with @grygorenko.bsky.social , we are back with a new episode of the Testing Minutes podcast. This time, we talked with Mark Winteringham about Software Testing in the Age of Generative AI.
youtu.be/Pc1qSZVez9Q?...

YouTube video by Napalm Records NANOWAR OF STEEL - HelloWorld.java (Source Code Video) | Napalm Records

For those who want to learn some Java youtu.be/yup8gIXxWDU?...

Today I learned:

Quick link to show all pull requests that you have been assigned as a reviewer (in all repositories) - github.com/pulls/review...

#blockchain #testing

I am collecting resources on blockchain testing. Today, I've added materials on blockchain performance and reworked the overall content structure.

If you are interested in testing blockchains and blockchain-based Web3 apps - check this resource - github.com/alexromanov/...

Napkin AI - The visual AI for business storytelling Just type, copy-paste or generate your text and Napkin will instantly transform it into insightful visuals. Make your communication more effective with Napkin.

This magic service is Napkin AI (www.napkin.ai). I will use it for my slides and even blog posts.
So, I wanted to share my findings with you. I hope this service will make your slides better like mine 🙂

💡 Last week, I found a service that works like magic. Imagine that you can provide a portion of your information, and it generates stunning visuals from the text! 👇

🛝 Making your slides better

#speaking

I give talks at conferences or webinars from time to time and share my knowledge at work. So I need to make slides.

🪚 Google Slides is the default option for a quick slide deck. It's fast and has enough functionality for me. 👇

🕶️ Same goes with test reports and results. Your main goal as a test engineer is to provide feedback about status and risk at this moment of time. The faster your manager can get through the text - the faster he or she can make valuable decisions.

Write less to communicate more.

✍ Think first how to make message more consice - so it can be quickly read and understood.

🎨 Sometimes a diagram worth a hundred of words. Make a scheme of the process or your infastructure. Explain it with words later. (It will also help you to understand better while drawing). 👇

🤓 Stop writing too much ... in your messages

We are writing and communicating a lot at work. From messages in Slack or MS Teams to documents, EDRs, reports, etc. Latter can't be small. But messages - should be.

Here are few tips that help me to get better at writing shorter messages: 👇

Software testing careers: Many paths to success Explore multiple career paths in software testing to find the role that aligns with your passions and goals

When you start your career in testing - it can be hard to understand where to grow.
So I wanted to share my thoughts on career opportunities available for QA engineers at Ministry of Testing and I wrote an article.
👉 www.ministryoftesting.com/articles/sof...

Probabilistic Uncertainty xkcd.com/3007

Blockchain for Test Engineers: Roadmap Blockchain roadmap for test engineers

Just wanted to share my small blog post series on Blockchain for Testers. testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2022-0...

50 shades of Fibonacci - Solving popular interview question Multiple approaches to solve popular interview question

#python #interview

Fibonacci sequence is a popular interview question to check your coding skills.

But how to solve this task?

testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2024-0...

Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate On June 11th, 2024, we discovered a set of vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that allowed remote control over key functions using only a license plate. These attacks could be executed remotely on any ha...

#howitworks #testing #security

Testers are not needed! Why bother quality and security?

As a result, we can get situation, like ... opening KIA cars remotely with a sequence of HTTP POST requests. samcurry.net/hacking-kia (Stealing user's personal data as well)

Great list!

☕Support podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/testingminutesAbout the episode:Many testers have already read "Agile Testing" books. But can we see testing e... Episode 33: The one where the test engineer explores holistic testing with Lisa Crispin

The new episode of the Testing Minutes podcast is already here. This time, I and @durshlag.com talked with @lisacrispin.bsky.social about holistic testing youtu.be/0BE9s6avA3Y?...

Software Quality Metrics for Project Delivery Survey Hi, my name is Oleksandr Romanov. I am working on the research study on relationship between software quality metrics and project delivery. As a part of my research I want to gather information amon...

I am researching software quality metrics and how they affect project delivery.

So, I am kindly asking you to fill out this anonymous survey. forms.gle/HvSoXfJeW5hX...

Do not hesitate to fill it out even if you are not a tester but a lead, manager, or developer. Thanks!

☕Support podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/testingminutesAbout the episode:Sometimes it is good to concentrate and work on your own. But sometimes you ne... Episode 27: The one where the test engineer builds a community with Simon Tomes

As you may know, @durshlag.com and I record a podcast about testing - "Testing Minutes". It's mostly in Ukrainian, but last week we had a wonderful conversation about building communities with @simontomes.com youtu.be/ElvQbeJbi2g?...