Jens Höft

Look what my dad bought me 🤩

The 50th anniversary edition of #Yps – the magazine that sparked my curiosity over 40 years ago 🚀🤖👾

Grosse frayeur pour François Gabart sur la RORC Caribbean... François Gabart et l’équipage du trimaran Argo se sont fa...

Grosse frayeur pour @francoisgabart sur la RORC Caribbean 600 - @CourseAuLarge http://bit.ly/2Ei96Up

“We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we’re not intelligent. If you’re intelligent you don’t destroy your only home.”

Dr. Jane Goodall

Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into Your Product - Agile Testing Available for purchase online.    Holistic testing is a comprehensive term to encompass testing throughout the development cycle from the start of an idea, through to customer interaction with a deliv...

I 💜 seeing software folks use the word "holistic" in a lot of contexts. Delivering quality new stuff to customers frequently, confidently, sustainably takes the whole team working together around the whole SDLC. Our Holistic Testing Model helps craft a good strategy. agiletester.ca/holistic-tes...

This was such a blast. Had a wonderful #OpenSpace day at #osco25. So many awesome people in one place, all interested in #cybersecurity & learning together. ✨

Joined great knowledge exchange sessions on spreading cybersecurity awareness, the Fediverse, security champions struggles & wins. 💡 1/3

Fragen und Antworten: Warum ist Chatkontrolle so gefährlich für uns alle? Die Chatkontrolle gilt weithin als Ende der verschlüsselten und privaten Kommunikation, also als Gefahr für die Demokratie und technisches Sicherheitsrisiko für die digitale Welt. Wir erklären und kom...

Die anlasslose Chatkontrolle ist mit dem Telekommunikationsgeheimnis wie es das GG vorsieht, unvereinbar. Das ist ein Schritt in Richtung des totalitären Staates. netzpolitik.org/2025/fragen-...

Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat…

Chat Control would make it mandatory for service providers to scan all communications & files. There’s no system that’s only for the “good guys” www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... #chatkontrolle

Die Bundesregierung entscheidet in den nächsten Tagen. Hier gibt es Tipps, was Menschen jetzt sofort tun können, um die #Chatkontrolle noch zu verhindern.

chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/20...

Chefin der Signal-App droht mit Rückzug aus Europa Die Chefin der Messenger-App Signal droht damit, sich vom europäischen Markt zurückzuziehen.

Chefin der Signal-App droht mit Rückzug aus Europa #Signal #EuropäischeUnion #Datenschutz

Countless hours went into this to make it happen and lay foundations for a great experience for everyone - wish us good luck things will indeed turn out well. 🍀 Can't wait to see folks and learn together! 😍 2/2

Finally, it's happening! 🎉 I'm on my way to #osco, the Open Security Conference. With #osco25 we're having the second edition of this #OpenSpace event for everyone interested in #Cybersecurity. 1/2

Christian peeking out from behind a cardboard cutout of the Ministry of Testing’s cheerful 'Bug' mascot, smiling with just his head visible above the character.

Found a bug at ̷T̷e̷s̷t̷B̷a̷s̷h̷ #MoTaCon
#TestBash

TIL that if you put `-ai` after a Google or DuckDuckGo search (maybe others, I only tried those two), you will not get the AI assistant-generated content at the top. Content which always looks plausible, but is often dead wrong. Example:

continuous delivery obstacles -ai

Try it!

CCC | Lectures, music, art, punk: Join us at the 39th Chaos Communication Congress! Der Chaos Computer Club ist eine galaktische Gemeinschaft von Lebewesen für Informationsfreiheit und Technikfolgenabschätzung.

Lectures, music, art, punk: Join us at the 39th Chaos Communication Congress and please submit! The deadline for all submissions for the stages is October 24. #39C3 will take place from December 27 to 30 www.ccc.de/en/updates/2...

I ran an exploratory ensemble testing session on one of our products yesterday. The ensemble consisted mainly of the developers working on that product.

It was amazing and worrying to see how some of them didn't know the most basic functionalities the product offers - stuff our users use daily 😬

Picard management tip: Even without game-changing results, experimentation is time well spent.

Ah yes—a “glitch”. Such an innocuous-sounding word for a software bug that shut down engines.

Just heard “You grow into the person that would have saved you as a kid”

Felt hard.

I do a lot for others that are the things I wish someone had done for me as a kid.

QA Language Cheat Sheet – Be Heard by Stakeholders Learn 3 language shifts that transform testers into trusted advisors. Free cheat sheet with examples & phrases to get stakeholders to listen.

People still say QA is the gatekeeper.
But gatekeepers stop things.

If you’re asking smart questions early
surfacing risk before it becomes rework
and helping your team steer

you’re not gatekeeping
you’re guiding

Paris cleaned up the Seine – and gave swimmers a new way to beat the heat. Will your city follow suit? | Helen Massy-Beresford This summer, locals and tourists enjoyed new river-bathing sites. As global heating escalates, we need more of these ‘cool islands’, says Paris-based journalist Helen Massy-Beresford

“Different cities will face different logistical challenges, but Paris shows that repairing the damage industrialisation and urbanisation have inflicted on waterways can – and must – be achieved.”
This is wonderful!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A list of 10+1 Commandments for Ethical Techies 1. Understand your basic professional obligations. 2. Know your specific legal and contractual obligations and those governing your software and project. 3. Know your own ethical bottom line. 4. Understand whose interests your work serves. 5. Know the harms your software could do. 6. Maintain critical awareness of your whole work situation. 7. Be good at saying “no”. 8. Be good at speaking truth to power. 9. Know your escalation path. 10. Know your own tolerance for personal and career risk. 11. Document your concerns!

I’m gearing up to conduct a workshop Nov 26 on Surviving Ethical Challenges in Tech at the Agile Testing Days conference in Potsdam, so now seems like a good time to re-air this little guide.

🚨 New Episode!

Ep 163: Ola

In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador. For what? You'll never guess in a million years.

darknetdiaries.com/episode/163/

Welsh surfer Nick Young has just swam across the Bristol Channel - one of the world’s largest and most dangerous tidal ranges - to raise funds to support a childhood friend and her family. - Carvemag.... Chuck in a £ if you can.

Great work!
www.carvemag.com/2025/09/welsh-surfer-nick-young-has-just-swam-across-the-bristol-channel-one-of-the-worlds-largest-and-most-dangerous-tidal-ranges-to-raise-funds-to-support-a-childhood-friend-and-her-family/

Chasing Erin in Ireland. Summer hurricane swells are pretty rare but this year the Atlantic kicked off early. @Gearoid Mcdaid and friends chased down the best of it.
Full clip now playing on carvemag.com

Picard management tip: If it's not ready, and if your enterprise can survive without it, then don't rush it.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Last year, my mom was called by seemingly "me", crying, claiming they had an accident and urgently needed money. Very lucky I had that talk with her just a few weeks before. She hung up and wrote me via a chat messenger if I was okay.

Some asshole tricked my son into singing a problematic song via Minecraft voice chat. Then he threatened to upload the recording to TikTok.
My wife and I are trying to calm our panicking son down and do some damage control.

The positive part of it: He immediately came to us after it happened.

Stuck waiting to get it right?
Try something small and see what changes.
You’ll learn faster by doing, not perfecting.

 #qed #qualityengineering

Picard management tip: When you've gotten enough sleep, an impossible task becomes an interesting challenge.