James Lyndsay
@workroomprds.com
Getting better at software testing. Singing in Bulgarian. Staying in. Going out. Listening. Talking. #workroomprds
Yesterday, Claude successfully (and painfully) got authenticated with my repo.
Today, I could not work out how to authenticate personally through the commandline (I have a passcode, it needs a password).
So I'm reduced to spending $0.10 to ask the LLM to do `git push`.
WAAAAAAAAAARGH.
Today, I could not work out how to authenticate personally through the commandline (I have a passcode, it needs a password).
So I'm reduced to spending $0.10 to ask the LLM to do `git push`.
WAAAAAAAAAARGH.
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Yesterday, Claude successfully (and painfully) got authenticated with my repo.
Today, I could not work out how to authenticate personally through the commandline (I have a passcode, it needs a password).
So I'm reduced to spending $0.10 to ask the LLM to do `git push`.
WAAAAAAAAAARGH.
Today, I could not work out how to authenticate personally through the commandline (I have a passcode, it needs a password).
So I'm reduced to spending $0.10 to ask the LLM to do `git push`.
WAAAAAAAAAARGH.
Workroom PlayTime 045 on 22 January... tests of reasoning that (generally) distinguish humans and machines
January 19, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Workroom PlayTime 045 on 22 January... tests of reasoning that (generally) distinguish humans and machines
So if yer orange balloon puts a 10% tariff on sales from the UK to the US, that means my US customers pay more, and his mob keep a chunk?
So now my diddly workshops are for free for US people, and I'm ignoring US corporates. I've not yet worked out how to do that.
So now my diddly workshops are for free for US people, and I'm ignoring US corporates. I've not yet worked out how to do that.
January 19, 2026 at 7:36 PM
So if yer orange balloon puts a 10% tariff on sales from the UK to the US, that means my US customers pay more, and his mob keep a chunk?
So now my diddly workshops are for free for US people, and I'm ignoring US corporates. I've not yet worked out how to do that.
So now my diddly workshops are for free for US people, and I'm ignoring US corporates. I've not yet worked out how to do that.
I am an idiot with an LLM, and yesterday my nicely sandboxed, ` --dangerously-skip-permissions` env uploaded an unexpected file to an unexpected place.
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I am an idiot with an LLM, and yesterday my nicely sandboxed, ` --dangerously-skip-permissions` env uploaded an unexpected file to an unexpected place.
Here's an interesting one for testers: A library with examples but no code www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
What does "testing" mean when we have only examples – and all the executable tests are generated? Like the old days – or not so much... ?
Post + Workroom PlayTime incoming...
What does "testing" mean when we have only examples – and all the executable tests are generated? Like the old days – or not so much... ?
Post + Workroom PlayTime incoming...
A Software Library with No Code
Do we still need libraries of 3rd party code when AI agents are this good?
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January 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Here's an interesting one for testers: A library with examples but no code www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a...
What does "testing" mean when we have only examples – and all the executable tests are generated? Like the old days – or not so much... ?
Post + Workroom PlayTime incoming...
What does "testing" mean when we have only examples – and all the executable tests are generated? Like the old days – or not so much... ?
Post + Workroom PlayTime incoming...
For playing on the last working day of the last working week of 2025, explorers.
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Exploration by The Karminsky Experience Inc. on Apple Music
Song · 2003 · Duration 5:35
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December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
For playing on the last working day of the last working week of 2025, explorers.
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Thursday 18 Dec at 3pm London time: marking the last in a year of hands-on short experiences, here's a Workroom PlayTime on building short exercises. No lectures, no principles, no solutions to problems: We'll play, share, and learn together.
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Workroom Playtime 043: Building Short Exercises
Thursday 18 December, 3pm London time.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thursday 18 Dec at 3pm London time: marking the last in a year of hands-on short experiences, here's a Workroom PlayTime on building short exercises. No lectures, no principles, no solutions to problems: We'll play, share, and learn together.
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This week's Workroom PlayTime is at 4:30 London time on Thursday 11 Dec. Basically today, future people. Sorry to be late to announce.
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Workroom Playtime 042: Exploratory Interfaces 4 – Tests
Thursday 11 December, 4:30pm London time.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This week's Workroom PlayTime is at 4:30 London time on Thursday 11 Dec. Basically today, future people. Sorry to be late to announce.
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Irja is a star!
Day 4: @irja.bsky.social
Nominated by @sapphirelinda.bsky.social & @kato-coaching.com
Facing a tough year, stayed supportive, generous & consistently brilliant. She freely shares deep, specialised knowledge & lifts up those around her. A genuinely wonderful human in our community.
#AdvenTesters
Nominated by @sapphirelinda.bsky.social & @kato-coaching.com
Facing a tough year, stayed supportive, generous & consistently brilliant. She freely shares deep, specialised knowledge & lifts up those around her. A genuinely wonderful human in our community.
#AdvenTesters
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Irja is a star!
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As I head out from BER, I reflect that one way to make things go like clockwork is to prioritise the clock.
I’m grateful to everyone at #AgileTD that they choose the harder path and put us first.
Cheerio!
I’m grateful to everyone at #AgileTD that they choose the harder path and put us first.
Cheerio!
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
As I head out from BER, I reflect that one way to make things go like clockwork is to prioritise the clock.
I’m grateful to everyone at #AgileTD that they choose the harder path and put us first.
Cheerio!
I’m grateful to everyone at #AgileTD that they choose the harder path and put us first.
Cheerio!
Thursday 13 at 5pm London time – picking parts for your custom tools.
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Workroom Playtime 038: Parts for Tools
Thursday 13 November, 5pm London time, Parts for Tools
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Thursday 13 at 5pm London time – picking parts for your custom tools.
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Thursday 6 November: join me to play with xargs for testers. 4pm London time, on Zoom.
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Workroom Playtime 037: xargs tool for testers
Thursday 6 November, 4pm London time
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thursday 6 November: join me to play with xargs for testers. 4pm London time, on Zoom.
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Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark’s passion and precision is spot on. And so very vital. The WAC is a *stunning* resource. It must be allowed — empowered — to thrive. SHARE.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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This @adalovelaceday.bsky.social , celebrate the generosity and wisdom of Elisabeth Hendrickson ( curiousduck.io ), the perspective and persistence of @lisacrispin.bsky.social
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths
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October 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This @adalovelaceday.bsky.social , celebrate the generosity and wisdom of Elisabeth Hendrickson ( curiousduck.io ), the perspective and persistence of @lisacrispin.bsky.social
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
and the sheer chutzpah and joy of @fionaccharles.bsky.social
#ALD25 – findingada.com
Thursday 28 Aug at 4pm – draw a (testing) chart, tell a (testing) story in this week's Workroom PlayTIme.
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Workroom Playtime 028: My Story Chart
Thursday 28 August at 4pm London time. Telling a story with a picture.
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August 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thursday 28 Aug at 4pm – draw a (testing) chart, tell a (testing) story in this week's Workroom PlayTIme.
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If there are directions to the lost city, is it really lost?
August 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If there are directions to the lost city, is it really lost?
This is a generated summary of a 90-minute conversation about ephemeral testing environments.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is a generated summary of a 90-minute conversation about ephemeral testing environments.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
Sharing because it made me laugh, I needed a laugh, and maybe you do too.
@suw.bsky.social you didn’t film ‘Fieldwork’, did you?
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
August 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
@suw.bsky.social you didn’t film ‘Fieldwork’, did you?
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
It’s just that I saw your recent tweet and found the pictures *in my head*.
The rational part of me is sure I only read the script. The remembering part sees people looking up that tree, and they all have different expressions…
Tomorrow’s Workroom PlayTime
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Workroom PlayTime 026: Shared Inspiration
Let's exchange ideas about something that has inspired us, as testers. 4pm 14 Aug 25
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August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tomorrow’s Workroom PlayTime
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It's unlike me to post a Swifty.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's unlike me to post a Swifty.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
And I imagine (from the source: PA via www.bbc.com/news/article... ) that it's *not* generated.
But the left hand, and the eyes?
I wonder if it makes you too feel the need to recalibrate the characteristics of a 'real' image.
Again.
Info: Next Workroom PlayTime on 14 August
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No Workroom PlayTime until 14 August
I've stepped away to be with family, and to sing. Tomorrow I'm travelling all day. You'll know that I had hopes of doing Workroom PlayTime 26 at a different time this week – hasn't happened, and now c...
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July 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Info: Next Workroom PlayTime on 14 August
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