Oleksandr Romanov 🇺🇦
@al8xr.bsky.social
Senior SET @ IOHK Podcast Host @ Testing Minutes Blog: https://testengineeringnotes.com Talking about test engineering, blockchain, and distributed systems. Views are my own.
#rust An interesting story on effective usage of Cow and Arc structures. And whether the Bytes crate can be better. blog.veeso.dev/blog/en/rust...
Rust on a Diet
So if you don't know, I also develop on the Solana Validator (but please don't leave, it's about Rust and not blockchain things 😓) mostly mods for Solana RPC…
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Here is my talk on modern software testing careers at MoT Tunis www.ministryoftesting.com/talks/softwa...
Software Testing Careers: The Roadmap by Oleksandr Romanov for MoT Tunis
Discover where a testing career can take you!
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Last few weeks I focused on learning solely at the Blockchain and Rust. Focused approach helped me to discover a lot of interesting topics and was an inspiration for project / posts ideas.
I have earned the MoT Community Certificate certificate www.ministryoftesting.com/certificates...
MoT Community Certificate
Achieving 5 or more Community Star badges
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"The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab." Is it true? Here is an engineering proof of this hypothesis by James Pae www.jmspae.se/write-ups/ke...
"The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab" - A "Study" - James Pae
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#testing #ai #paper My review of the "Software Testing Research Challenges: An Industrial Perspective" research paper. testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2025-0...
Paper review: Software Testing Research Challenges: An Industrial Perspective
An overview of the current state of software testing and open research questions
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#ai #tools #learning Let me share my thoughts on a few useful AI tools and how they can kill the learning process testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2025-0...
AI tools and how they kill learning
Pros and cons of using AI tools (for beginners)
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How NASA writes safety-critical software - 10 Rules. spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/P... It's Quite fascinating to read.
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I just finished the slides on schools of software testing for an upcoming online conference in March. I hope it will benefit attendees to see the testing world from different angles throughout the time.
Check out the latest episode of the Testing Minutes podcast, where I and @grygorenko.bsky.social talked with @simonjprior.bsky.social about testing and quality culture youtu.be/17u0Dd_aEgM?...
Episode 49: Software testing and quality culture for airlines with Simon Prior
YouTube video by Testing Minutes
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Together with @grygorenko.bsky.social , we are back with a new episode of the Testing Minutes podcast. This time, we talked with Mark Winteringham about Software Testing in the Age of Generative AI. youtu.be/Pc1qSZVez9Q?...
Episode 46: Software Testing in the Age of Generative AI with Mark Winteringham
YouTube video by Testing Minutes
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Today I learned: Quick link to show all pull requests that you have been assigned as a reviewer (in all repositories) - github.com/pulls/review...
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#blockchain #testing I am collecting resources on blockchain testing. Today, I've added materials on blockchain performance and reworked the overall content structure. If you are interested in testing blockchains and blockchain-based Web3 apps - check this resource - github.com/alexromanov/...
🛝 Making your slides better #speaking I give talks at conferences or webinars from time to time and share my knowledge at work. So I need to make slides. 🪚 Google Slides is the default option for a quick slide deck. It's fast and has enough functionality for me. 👇
🤓 Stop writing too much ... in your messages We are writing and communicating a lot at work. From messages in Slack or MS Teams to documents, EDRs, reports, etc. Latter can't be small. But messages - should be. Here are few tips that help me to get better at writing shorter messages: 👇
When you start your career in testing - it can be hard to understand where to grow. So I wanted to share my thoughts on career opportunities available for QA engineers at Ministry of Testing and I wrote an article. 👉 www.ministryoftesting.com/articles/sof...
Software testing careers: Many paths to success
Explore multiple career paths in software testing to find the role that aligns with your passions and goals
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Just wanted to share my small blog post series on Blockchain for Testers. testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2022-0...
Blockchain for Test Engineers: Roadmap
Blockchain roadmap for test engineers
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#python #interview Fibonacci sequence is a popular interview question to check your coding skills. But how to solve this task? testengineeringnotes.com/posts/2024-0...
50 shades of Fibonacci - Solving popular interview question
Multiple approaches to solve popular interview question
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#howitworks #testing #security Testers are not needed! Why bother quality and security? As a result, we can get situation, like ... opening KIA cars remotely with a sequence of HTTP POST requests. samcurry.net/hacking-kia (Stealing user's personal data as well)
Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
On June 11th, 2024, we discovered a set of vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that allowed remote control over key functions using only a license plate. These attacks could be executed remotely on any ha...
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The new episode of the Testing Minutes podcast is already here. This time, I and @durshlag.com talked with @lisacrispin.bsky.social about holistic testing youtu.be/0BE9s6avA3Y?...
Episode 33: The one where the test engineer explores holistic testing with Lisa Crispin
☕Support podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/testingminutesAbout the episode:Many testers have already read "Agile Testing" books. But can we see testing e...
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I am researching software quality metrics and how they affect project delivery. So, I am kindly asking you to fill out this anonymous survey. forms.gle/HvSoXfJeW5hX... Do not hesitate to fill it out even if you are not a tester but a lead, manager, or developer. Thanks!
Software Quality Metrics for Project Delivery Survey
Hi, my name is Oleksandr Romanov. I am working on the research study on relationship between software quality metrics and project delivery. As a part of my research I want to gather information amon...
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As you may know, @durshlag.com and I record a podcast about testing - "Testing Minutes". It's mostly in Ukrainian, but last week we had a wonderful conversation about building communities with @simontomes.com youtu.be/ElvQbeJbi2g?...
Episode 27: The one where the test engineer builds a community with Simon Tomes
☕Support podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/testingminutesAbout the episode:Sometimes it is good to concentrate and work on your own. But sometimes you ne...
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How many software testers does it take to change a light bulb? None, they report it's dark, they don't fix the problems.
Another point for Obsidian. I am using it every day for notes and much more. I got used to Markdown for my note-taking. So now, it is much easier to add new posts to my blog - because it also uses Markdown.
Learning Obsidian: - added recurring tasks widget as a part of a template for daily notes (Tasks + dataview plugins) - widget shows only recurring tasks without reminders (