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Testing the "Yes-Man" in Your Pocket

philk10 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:45:44 +0000

Article URL: https://testerstories.com/2026/03/testing-the-yes-man-in-your-pocket/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47590982

Points: 1

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New comment by philk10 in "Should QA exist?"

philk10 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:11:25 +0000

Not really that impressive, that's Testing Quick Attacks 101

New comment by philk10 in "Should QA exist?"

philk10 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:10:04 +0000

QA? Or testers?

New comment by philk10 in "U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs"

philk10 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:29:13 +0000

the worship of death? try all the videos of 'lethal kinetic strikes' on speedboats

New comment by philk10 in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

philk10 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:39:30 +0000

somehow I dont think regime change is gonna happen before the midterms or even before 2028

New comment by philk10 in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

philk10 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:37:57 +0000

Epstein files and plummeting poll numbers are more likely reasons

Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of AI Recommendation Poisoning

philk10 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:07:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/10/ai-recommendation-poisoning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003556

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

How I Made AI Respect TDD

philk10 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:05:11 +0000

Article URL: https://spin.atomicobject.com/make-ai-respect-tdd/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824518

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by philk10 in "The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world (2019)"

philk10 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:05:49 +0000

yes, there's a group still goes once a week on Monday and I go when I can. There's also one on Wednesday at the main Social Security office Totally normal people there, not being paid a dime

From Pilot to Proof – Real‑World Evaluation and Drift Monitoring for Health AI

philk10 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:36:47 +0000

Article URL: https://spin.atomicobject.com/drift-monitoring-health-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719748

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by philk10 in "California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years"

philk10 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:31:22 +0000

yeh, my natural pond in Michigan has lost about 15 feet, the snow we're getting now won't be enough to regain it

New comment by philk10 in "American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis"

philk10 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:47:47 +0000

so as stupid an idea as the tariffs then

New comment by philk10 in "American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis"

philk10 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:50:00 +0000

your question implies that the person in charge of tariffs has any idea of the effect of using them...

New comment by philk10 in "What life is like in Minneapolis now"

philk10 — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:52:19 +0000

It's rebounding on them, support for ICE is now negative They're going after the weak and easy targets and dont care about citizenship as Miller has set them daily targets

New comment by philk10 in "Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory"

philk10 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:24:12 +0000

that sucks, hope you get to work with a good tester/QA person at some point so you get to see what they can do

New comment by philk10 in "Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory"

philk10 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:07:44 +0000

so, QA should be noticing that the testers are raising tickets like this and step in and give the testers some guidance on what/how they are testing I've worked with a clients test team who were not given any training on the system so they were raising bugs like spam clicking button 100 times, quickly resizing window 30 times, pasting War and Peace.. gave them some training and direction and they started to find problems that actual users would be finding

New comment by philk10 in "Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory"

philk10 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:10:34 +0000

They find all the things the devs and their automated tests missed, then they mentor the devs in how to test for these and they work out how the bug could have been found earlier. Rinse and repeat until the tester is struggling to find issues and has coached the devs out of his job

New comment by philk10 in "Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory"

philk10 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:01:13 +0000

yes - testing gives information, what is done with that information is a business decision

New comment by philk10 in "Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory"

philk10 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:59:14 +0000

how did misunderstanding a feature and writing pages on it help, not sure I follow the logic of why this made them a good QA person? Do you mean the features were not written well and so writing code for them was going to produce errors?

New comment by philk10 in "Dev-owned testing: Why it fails in practice and succeeds in theory"

philk10 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:57:15 +0000

Communicating a bug clearly is testing/QA 101