SoCraTes UK 2026 was a fantastic event as always. Sadly this year we sold fewer tickets and had fewer sponsors than we hoped, and the upshot is that we finished this year’s event with a shortfall of £2,300. :( #SoCraTesUK #SoftwareCraft

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SoCraTes UK 2026 was a fantastic event as always. Sadly this year we sold fewer tickets than we hoped, and we are short £2,300 :(

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Last chance to register for my presentation for BCS Edinburgh Branch at Skyscanner's Edinburgh offices tomorrow (July 1st). *** Make haste slowly: from antiquity to AI *** edinburgh.bcs.org/events/2026/...

I'll be speaking at the BCS Edinburgh branch meeting on 1st July. edinburgh.bcs.org/events/2026/... Come along and eat pizza at me :)

Deal of the Day June 2: Save 45% on my book Effective Behavior-Driven Development, and other selected titles @ManningBooks: hubs.la/Q03-d27Y0

From sketches to AI-ready architecture diagrams with C4 and Structurizr - an insights session with C4’s creator and maintainer, Simon Brown (@simonbrown.je). Free, but registration needed edinburghbranch20052026.eventbrite.co.uk

The C4 model, Structurizr vNext, and AI

Introduction to C4, Structurizr modelling, new vNext features, and how to improve AI‑generated architecture diagrams.

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May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

@simonbrown.je is coming to BCS Edinburgh Branch on Wednesday May 20th to talk about the latest developments in the C4 architectural diagramming system. Registration is free, but places are limited. edinburgh.bcs.org/events/2026/...

What an amazing training day lineup at this years SoCraTes UK open space conference socratesuk.org • Emily Bache • Lisi Hocke • Gemma Cameron • Clare Sudbery • Jon Jagger • Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce • Tim Ottinger

Want to improve your testing process? You should check out "Effective BDD" by Nagy and @sebrose.bsky.social from @manning.com. It is about 2/3rds written and already has loads of great stuff in it. I've used BDD with my clients and still found useful tips and pointers throughout. buff.ly/AguX4Am

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Christopher Trudeau@trudeau.dev · 5mo ago

Want to improve your testing process? You should check out "Effective BDD" by Nagy and @sebrose.bsky.social from @manning.com. It is about 2/3rds written and already has loads of great stuff in it. I've used BDD with my clients and still found useful tips and pointers throughout. buff.ly/AguX4Am

This is the first podcast I have been on with canned applause and a musical introduction. Skip the first 3 minutes if, like me, you find that a bit disconcerting 🫣 pca.st/apedw2hl It soon settles down into a discussion of BDD and the patterns that Gáspár Nagy and I are cataloguing in our book.

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Distilled from chapter 1 of our Manning Publications Co. book, Effective Behavior Driven Development is this article in the current version of the ACCU's Overload magazine. accu.org/journals/ove... "Fifteen years of BDD learning condensed into two pages of practices, benefits, and challenges."

So, I've had 45 follows here in the past 5 days. Not exactly viral, but way more than I'm used to. Why did you click follow? What are you folks interested in? What, if anything, would you like me to post about? #curious

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Gáspár Nagy and I had a short, fun conversation with @lisacrispin.bsky.social and @janetgregoryca.bsky.social of The Testing Fellowship. And they recorded it :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOYv... #BDD

"Effective Behavior-Driven Development" with Seb Rose and Gáspár Nagy

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Deal of the Day November 21 (ending at midnight Eastern time): Save 45% on my book Effective Behavior-Driven Development and other selected titles @manning.com : mng.bz/WrEx

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I'll be one of three presenters at the Scottish Testing Group (STG) meet up in Edinburgh on 27th November from 1pm. Tickets are free! www.eventbrite.com/e/scottish-t...

Scottish Testing Group 2025 Meet Up

An afternoon of thought provoking talks by industry experts, collaborative discussions on current topics in QE and networking opportunities

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SIX new chapters (6 to 11) have been added to the MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) release of our “Effective Behavior-Driven Development" book. They cover Formulation, the practice of turning concrete examples into business-readable specs hubs.la/Q03L7kXM0 #BDD #Cucumber #Specflow #Reqnroll

Effective Behavior-Driven Development - Gáspár Nagy and Seb Rose

Build the right software, the right way! Software is the product of an evolving conversation among users, business stakeholders, and developers. The goal of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is to ca...

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We've scheduled a fireside chat on BDD Automation Patterns with @sebrose.bsky.social & Gáspár Nagy. They'll share insights gained while co-authoring "Effective BDD" and exploring pattern authoring. 25 November, 17:00 CET. buff.ly/gnTD4X8

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I really enjoyed my conversation with @yveshanoulle.bsky.social in episode 197 of his podcast Who Is Agile.

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Who is agile: what the asteroids game has to do with user stories @sebrose.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQhh...

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Gáspár Nagy and I are very happy to announce that our new book, Effective Behavior-Driven Development, is now available from Manning: hubs.la/Q03L7kXM0 This book includes updated content previously self-published in The BDD Books Series along with an all new section, BDD Automation Patterns.

I'm looking forward to this retro on UML in Edinburgh next week. Free entry; drinks and pizza. Register at edinburgh.bcs.org/events/2025/... It's strange how bits of UML are still used widely, but that you never really hear it mentioned.

Pragmatic Programmer flash sale: • When: Sept 18, 9am CT – Sept 20, 9am CT • Discount: 45% off (PP excluded) • Promo code: flashsale • Link: pragprog.com #pragprog @pragprog

@aiannucci.bsky.social @helenlewis.bsky.social Strong Recommend: Sylvia Townsend Warner. Most popular is Lolly Willowes, but I enjoyed The Corner That Held Them even more. Another author who never wrote the same book twice.

@dianaofportland.bsky.social are you coming to Scotland at all, Diana?

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Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking. Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors

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AI crawlers are wrecking the open internet. My small side project - techpays .com - used to generate below 100GB of traffic per month. It’s on Render where 500GB/month included, above it’s $30 per 100GB. Meta’s AI crawler + other bots have pushed it to 700GB+ per month WTH