#Software QA

[fugu-in-f]

right now it's "you open the browser too many times" followed immediately by "you need to open the browser and close it for each and every test". A lifetime ago, it was "we can't be affected by a SQL injection because we use HTTPS." Usually it's "this is working as designed" when the design doesn't work and therefore isn't working as intended. Very regularly it's "unable to reproduce the issue, can we close?" when they follow precisely 0 of the 4 steps outlined to get into an error state and wonder why they don't see permissions issues when they use their admin accounts.

I work in QA! I get gaslit for a living. I have to fight tooth and nail to be taken seriously even on critical issues. Please kill me and then say I died of user error.

What's the most absolutely dumbass reason that someone's given you for arbitrarily deciding that you are wrong? Like when some people insist out of principle that nothing you say can possibly be correct, like to the point of disagreeing with you when you voice the exact same opinion that they have said earlier, but wording it slightly differently.

Like insisting that one word cannot have two different meanings, as their argument for why your translation of something (in a language that you speak and they don't) must be incorrect because they identified a word they recognised and the One True Meaning of that word does not make sense in the contextually sensible translation you just suggested.

[fugu-in-f]

i think my saas provider is feeding me bullshit - 'we send three emails and don't count weekends before closing tickets' well buddy you'll never guess what actually happened and you can literally count the days between friday and monday for my ticket closure

'oh you're running out of memory because you open the browser frequently in your tests' yeah because we test a web application, and we close the browser at the end of any set of tests

how do we have browser-induced memory problems if we close the browser between test sets? why isn't that memory freed?

I'm so, so, so tired. i get lied to and bullshat by my own developers on the daily, i really don't need to hear it from my automation tool's support team too

[messyjess88]

[fugu-in-f]

software QA is discovering that the way the code is described and the way the code functions are frequently different, and trying to pin down exact triggers is like pulling teeth, and the developers dont actually know how the program works

and then it's developers fundamentally misreading how to reproduce a bug (there are step. by. step. instructions!) and doing their best to minimize it and do whatever it takes to convince me that my bug report is not an issue

I'm expected to know how the program works better than the coders do, and then it's my problem when i don't have the information to do that! and THEN it's my problem when the program doesn't!

"autistic people need instructions for every simple task" okay how about we talk about the neurotypicals not following clear instructions. what do you mean it didn't work the way you wanted, i gave you the instructions. oh you didn't follow them? you didn't see where i clearly indicated the directions you were supposed to follow for this task? and you're shocked it didn't turn out right? you decided to pull a Jared I'm 19 and go rogue? you're surprised the road less travelled isn't fucking paved because no one travels it? do you get off on this

[blinktimes182]

I'm running low on money, please read

So I've recently moved back into my own place after living on my parents and then my sisters couch for the last 9 months. There's been a fair few things that I've needed to buy, I've had birthdays, food and new bills etc. etc. to the point where I'm left with less than 150 until the 22nd. I'm not e-begging, I do not want your money in return for nothing

Instead I'm asking for you to hire me for something in my wheelhouse to earn the money.

Realistically I shouldn't need more than an extra 100 to last me, which would work out between 2 - 5 of these jobs (depending on their size)

I have experience and/or the knowledge to be able to do the following:

Test a Game/Website/Mobile app/Software/SaaS program 4+ years of experience as a QA Tester/Test Engineer), 2.5 of these as a sole tester on multiple projects

Voice over/voice acting work

Video editing - Podcast, Let's Play, Long-form YouTube Content, Stream Highlights

Writing and Editorial work, such as: - Expansion of notes into full works (blog post, report, essay, etc.) - Review of content drafts for grammar/readability/localisation accuracy/correct referencing styles - Resume/Cover letter creation and/or review - Transcription/Subtitling

Creation of Foley sound effects

I.T Support - Hardware + Software troubleshooting

I know that a lot of these posts are focused more so on art commissions - and my art is not good lmao - but thought it's worth shooting my shot.

Shoot me over a message/ask if there's anything you'd like to hire me for, if you could reblog to signal boost if not I'd be super grateful

[praxis-app]

Testing and QA is now open for all verified members of the Praxis Discord server!

If you're interested in helping to test the website and would like to be the first to know about the latest features, join us on Discord and we can get you set up with an account in our new testing environment.

As we're still in the very early stages of testing and QA, please bear in mind that Praxis is not yet intended for serious use outside of testing or research purposes.

Invite link to the Praxis Discord

[antheraea]

Flash Was Killed Because It Was Objectively Dangerous

I get it, I get the Flash nostalgia and the fondness for old Flash games. I was big on Neopets before they decided to ruin the art and make all the pets samey paper dolls to play dressup with (completely ruining the point of the far more expensive "redraw" colors like Mutant and Faerie and Desert). I have fond memories of Newgrounds games and I even managed to take a class for a semester in high school where I could learn flash.

But I also remember how terrible it was. And you should too.

Leaving aside all of the issues involving performance and inaccessibility (such as being easily broken by bog-standard browser actions like the back button, and its ability to modify web code AND OS code in real time likely broke a lot of accessibility tech too), Flash was legitimately one of the most dangerous web technologies for the end user. An end-user is you, or more specifically back then, child-you.

According to Wikipedia and its sources, Flash Player has over a thousand vulnerabilities known and listed and over 800 of these lead to arbitrary code execution.

What is arbitrary code execution? That's when someone can just run any commands they want on a machine or program that didn't intend it. A fun way to see this is in this infamous Pokemon tool-assisted speedrun where they manage to get an SNES to show the host's twitch chat in real time. It's not so fun though when it's someone stealing all the files on your computer, grabbing your credentials so they could clean out your Neopets account (yes, really, it was a pretty common concern at the time), and other nefarious works. Also, there was a time where it allowed people to spy on you with your webcam and microphone.

Oh and on top of all of this, Flash had its own "flash cookies", which could not be cleared by ordinary means and thus could be used to track users indefinitely, at least until Adobe slapped a bandaid over it by introducing yet another screen an ordinary person wouldn't know to use. (I assume this is how the infamous neopets "cookie grabbers" worked, so they could get into your account. This is mainly what I remember about using Flash back in the early 2000s lol) So it not only was a "stranger taking over your machine" concern, but a bog-standard privacy concern too, arguably a precursor to our current panopticon internet landscape, where greedy websites would track you because they could and maybe get some money out of it, facilitated by this technology.

When Apple decided to block it, it wasn't out of greed; Steve Jobs cited its abysmal performance and security record, among other issues such as an inherent lack of touchscreen support, and Apple cited specific vulnerability use-cases when blocking specific versions before they nuked it entirely. When Mozilla, who makes Firefox, decided to block it, it's not like they would've gotten money out of doing so, or by offering an alternative; they did so because it is fucking dangerous.

Your ire and nostalgia is misplaced. Flash was not killed by our current shitty web practices that ruin unique spaces and fun games. Flash was killed because both Macromedia (its original developers) and Adobe were incapable of making it safe, if that was even possible, and it was killed after third-parties, in an unprecedented gesture, collectively threw their hands up and said enough.

Well, that and HTML5 being developed and becoming more widespread, being able to do everything Flash can do without being a pox on technology. One could argue that you should bemoan the lack of Flash-to-HTML5 conversion efforts, but that requires asking a lot of effort of people who would have to do that shit for free...and if they have to run Flash to do so, opening themselves up to some of the nastiest exploits on the internet.

Nostalgia is a fucking liar. The games themselves I think are worth having nostalgia over (look, I still find myself pining for that one bullet hell Neopets made and Hannah and the Pirate Caves), but Flash itself deserves none of that, and absolutely deserved to be put in the fucking ground. You're blaming the wrong causes. It was terrible.

(specifics and sources found via its wikipedia page, which has a lot more than is mentioned here. and also my own opinions and experiences back then. lol)

[genqeai]

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[0x4468c7a6a728]

yeah i'm actually a mock object, i bet you didn't even notice!

[skylertheminish]

Finally finished this awful mess of a drawing. Guess they training or something, idfk.

Like it? Reblog it! :)

[daisukitoo]

Software QA testing is a form of Hermetic ritual magic.

Many people believe that the purpose of QA testing is to find and fix bugs, which it does in part. But in truth, no software has ever been sufficiently "bug free" to work on real hardware. We mostly pretend that putting lightning in crystals can make thinking boxes, and it works.

The value of QA testing is in its repetition. Thorough QA testing exhausts the expanse of possibility space, allowing the crafter to choose the canonical path. By performing 1,000 repetitions on the "happy path," a groove is worn in reality itself and provides a path for the software to follow. It is also helpful in part to have the belief in fixed bugs reinforcing the effectiveness of the software.

Poorly QAed software attempts to hijack this external belief the way that counterfeit goods and placebos do. So long as no one pokes too closely at the details and their beliefs, the software can continue to work. A doubtful click away from the "happy path" can break poorly QAed software where well-tested software can withstand pressure.

[fugu-in-f]

contact support, they get back to me friday afternoon

monday afternoon, support system indicates they are awaiting a response- no email informing me of this

today, ticket closed for inactivity- no response from user! i had 24 hours to respond to a post they didn't email about because it was tallying up time over the weekend?

??????

useless! why do i bother? ohoho cut your test suites down in size yes that fixes the part where YOU DUMP ALL THE LOGS WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS

[clariontechnologies9]

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[yethiconsulting]

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[gopinadhreddy]

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