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KalamazooX 2018 Recap

April 22, 2018 by Hilary

Sigh… KalamazooX is over. Most likely won’t be another one. Not sure what will be able to help me like it has now, but we’ll see. It’s not just a conference, it’s all of the people that I get to see. Sure I see them individually or in sub-groups other times of the year, but …

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Kalamazoo X – the last of its kind & an offer

April 7, 2018 by Hilary

The last Kalamazoo X conference in Kalamazoo is taking place on April 21st of this year. I’m sad to see it go, but excited to see what it evolves into. I started attending Kalamazoo X in 2012, and I’ve attended every year since. It is a life-changing conference in so many ways! I’ve written a …

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A Lesson From My Testing Journey

March 17, 2018 by Hilary

On February 20th, I shared my career journey for the first time to a large audience. I gave a Ministry of Testing Masterclass called “Not All Who Wander Are Lost: A Career Experience Report” (a recording is available for Pro Dojo members here: https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/not-all-who-wander-are-lost-a-career-experience-report-with-hilary-weaver-robb). I’ve had kind of a wonky career path, and have at times …

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Codemash 2018 Recap

March 2, 2018 by Hilary

It’s taken far too long to put this together! Here are my Storify posts of my live-tweeting the sessions from Codemash January 9-12 2018! Precompilers (Day 1 and 2): https://storify.com/g33klady/codemash-2018-precompilers-day-1-2 Build a Natural Language Slack Bot for your Dev Team with Michael Perry 3D Printing Lab The Hidden Requirements: Exploring Emotions with Placebos with Damian …

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24 Hour Hackathons… with dinosaurs!

February 1, 2018 by Hilary

I recently participated in my company’s 24 hour hackathon. I pulled together my tweets on Storify here: https://storify.com/g33klady/jurassic-hack-ql-technology-24-hour-hackathon-of-2 It was a super cool experience, and I’m looking forward to learning more 😀 HilaryI’m Hilary Weaver, also known as g33klady on the Internets. I’m a Senior Quality Engineer working remotely near Detroit, with 19+ years in software …

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2017 Recap & Looking Forward to 2018

January 4, 2018 by Hilary

2017 was eventful, to say the least. I submitted 8 talks to 6 conferences. I was accepted to 5 of those conferences, gave an extra talk at one of them I wasn’t planning on, and was invited to speak at another with a brand new talk. I spoke on life lessons at KalamazooX, making your …

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C# Advent Calendar – Combining Integration and UI Automation in C#

December 1, 2017 by Hilary

I signed up for the C# Advent Calendar with this post – be sure to check out the rest of the blog posts in the calendar! This post assumes you’ve got some experience with C# and Visual Studio, so I won’t be over-explaining some things. Comment if you get stuck or have questions! If you’re …

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Using Fiddler AutoResponder for quick service or response mocking

November 21, 2017 by Hilary

In my Testing  RESTful Web Services talk, I touch on service virtualization briefly, and I include a short demo of using Fiddler‘s AutoResponder. I’ve been meaning to look into other (free) tools but haven’t had the chance. After a question on the Testers Slack, I realized I could do a short blog post on how …

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HTTP Status Coop – 503 Service Unavailable

November 16, 2017 by Hilary

Fourteenth in the HTTP Status Coop series is 503 Service Unavailable! The server is currently unavailable (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance). Generally, this is a temporary state. via Wikipedia Cooper says “no way!” 😀 For the entire HTTP Status Coop series that’s been released so far, head over to the HTTP Status Coop page on …

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HTTP Status Coop – 500 Internal Server Error

November 13, 2017 by Hilary

Lucky Thirteen, on a Monday the 13th, of the HTTP Status Coop series is 500 Internal Server Error! And no, I didn’t plan it that way! A generic error message, given when an unexpected condition was encountered and no more specific message is suitable. via Wikipedia For the entire HTTP Status Coop series that’s been released …

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