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I Can't Test This
(with apologies to MC Hammer; various parts of chori blatantly plaigarized from Weird Al Yankovic)I can't test this. I can't test this.I can't test this. I can't test this.My my my my application...
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The Book Of Bugs
[With apologies to the Monotones...]I wonder, wonder who, who-oo-ooh WHOWho wrote the Book Of Bugs?Tell me, tell me, tell meOh, who wrote the Book Of Bugs?I've got to know the answer;Musta been someone...
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Software Wonderland
[To the tune of "Here Comes Santa Claus"]Here comes a developer, here comes a developer, Right down software lane.Slinging code and flinging bugs,Oh my they are so vain!They think that once their code...
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Super Dev
[With apologies to Rick James...]She's quite the super devThe kind who tests and tests and tests nowShe will always give you good buildsAnd she loves when you find bugs she writesShe likes the testers...
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Tester Dragon
Rather than spending hours crafting a post this week, I decided to spend hours crafting a cartoon (click to see it bigger):Other captions which didn't make the cut:"So you're the new tester, are...
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My Test
[To the tune of Elton John's "Your Song"]It's a little bit funny, this feeling insideNot knowing whether I am deaf or I am blindI programmed this thing to extend my sensesNow all I can tell is I'm not...
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There's A Bug
[To the tune of “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”]Well the code my dev checked in is frightful,And the bugs he checked in are delightful.I hear we’re going to ship today,That’s why he did this...
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The Test Laboratory
[To the tune of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana"] His name is Bobby, he is a testerHe finds bugs that crash his app and interrupt his devs' napsHe knocks on their doors, and they see his grinThey ask...
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A Developer's Demands
[To the tune of Wang Chung's Let's Go]This is my applicationIt is perfect in every wayAll that is left is for you to sign offSo I'll leave you to your workAnd I'll go home to sleepIt won't take you...
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A Tester's Rejoinder
[To the tune of Van Halen's Finish What Ya Started]Come on Barry finish what ya startedInto your office all these bugs I've cartedNow fire up your IDEThere's quite a lot I agreeYou wanted bugs, now...
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I Want A BVT Blocking Bug For The Holidays
[To John Rox's "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas", which has long been my favorite holiday song, and not only because it is accompanied by solo bassoon!]I want a BVT blocking bug for the holidays*A...
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The Braidy Tester Went To PSL And All I Got Was This Lousy Song
[To the tune of The Beatles' Octopus' Garden]I wish that I could beA tester who seesBugs before they happenYes I doI'd point them outWith joy my dev would shoutBecause over that oneHe wouldn't stewMy...
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One Fish, Two Fish, Sensing Fish, Intuitive Fish
The more I learn about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), the more I understand about how my brain works and why I do the things I do. The more I apply MBTI...
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Types And Styles And Body Parts, Oh My
MBTI describes how I interact with the world.NLP explains why I write and do not make murals.A & P claims to know why I am a boy not a girl.And... What's that? I've set your brain a-whirl?How to...
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Myers And Briggs And Their Guinea Pig
Some years ago a lady named Briggs,Her daughter Myers, and their guinea pigInto personalities started to digAnd found explanations they believed were quite big.They wrote up their findings and...
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The Gang Of Four
They developed four axes, with two letters each;One on the left side, quite out of reachTo those on the right side, far across the breachOf personality conflicts which cause many to screech.The first...
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Intro, Extra, Energy
"I" stands for "Introvert". We need time alone;Invite us to parties and we respond with a groan.All of that talking! Soon our energy is spentAnd back home we flee to recharge in our tent."E" is our...
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Concretely Abstract
"N" means "iNtuitive", and people like usThink in abstractions, big pictures we suss.Ideas and theories are where our minds thrust;Ask us for details and our minds go bust."S" is the other side, and...
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Feeling Logical
"T" is for "Thinking", so called because weDecide with our brains, not our feelings.We use our logic to decide and to seeExactly how we want our world to be."F", on the other hand, logic deploresAt...
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Timely Play
"J" is for "Judging", though not the critical kind.It simply describes the way we unwind.Or don't, for we often put our play far behindOur work which we want to be completed on time."P" stands for...
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