In this post I’ll take a look what we can learn from the concept of MRV in strength sports when we apply it to software development. The theory from MRV can be found in the book “The Scientific Principles of Strength Training” and this is the source I’ll use. MRV in strength training explained For […]
Series: Recovery in software development is lacking – Intro
If you do any type of sport you probably know a bit about the concept of recovery. To give an extremely simple explanation of recovery in sport in case you don’t know what it is: it’s what you do in between training sessions to feel ready to train again. Examples of what you can do […]
Learning to Code: What did I learn from failing?
Failing is not fun, and it’s especially terrible if you’re a perfectionist like me. Every failure feels like a stab to the heart, and I take it personally. Trying to rewire my thinking around this is quite hard, but also rewarding. Failing isn’t fun, but at least I can try to make it useful by […]
JuggernautAI app review, part 1: sign-up
JuggernautAI is a mobile application that’s designed to guide you in your powerlifting journey. A personalised programme gets generated for you by the app, based on information you feed it. As a software developer I was super curious to try this out! I think powerlifting is an ideal candidate to spice up with some AI […]
The Struggle with Myself: Learning to Code For the Seventh Time
I have tried to learn how to code many times and each time I have failed. I say failed because every time I’ve quit without having a good grasp of coding and it didn’t carry over into my work as tester. I felt as clueless and intimidated by code as before. I’m now on my […]
Strijd der vega-kippen – Drie soorten nep kipstukjes getest!
Voor krachtsporters en bodybuilders is kip echt ideaal voer: veel eiwit, vrijwel geen vet. Maar ja, “kip, het meest mishandelde stukje vlees, kip” kan een reden zijn om liever vegetarische eiwitten te nuttigen. Gelukkig zijn er steeds meer nep-kip opties in de supermarkt en het leek mij geinig om er drie te testen. Even een […]
10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 10
Lesson 10 – Keep learning, go beyond testing There’s so much to learn in testing. The beauty of the profession is that the role can be incredibly broad. I don’t think I know one tester who’s just a tester: we all do much more and often go beyond our role. Some of us dabble in […]
10 Years in Testing, 10 lessons – Lesson 9
Let me tell ya, I’ve participated in many workshops over the course of the last 10 years. But there’s one workshop that I will always remember and I’ve told the facilitator many times how valuable this workshop was. He always brushes me off and tells me it was not that great, I don’t know why […]