Life Imitates Art
In 1854 a man painted villagers fleeing a coming storm. In 1999 another man photographed a mower working as a Serbian oil refinery burns in the background.
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Model vs. Modal vs. Module
Module, modal, and model sound almost identical but mean completely different things in software — one's a chunk of code, one's a UI popup, one's a data representation. A banking app (and a cake) untangle all three.
Shifting Baseline Syndrome: Why we treat “new” features as if they were always available
Fingerprint unlock, tap-to-pay, dark mode, Face ID. These features feel like they've always existed, but they're all under fifteen years old. A look at why we forget how recent "normal" really is, and how these features look stacked against the world events happening at the same time.
Mobile Testing for Recruiters: How to actually read a QA job description or CV
Job descriptions and CVs mix up platforms, programming languages, and testing frameworks, and it all becomes a huge mess. I know! This post is a recruiter's guide to reading a mobile QA CV accurately and knowing which questions to ask engineering before sourcing.