Andrew Morton
@andrewrtmorton.com
Sarcastic, cynical and pessimistic. Practices self-deprecating humour, but is not very good at it. Developer @ Ministry of Testing. He/Him
The moment you know you are out of touch with modern culture? When you see the Strictly couples and don't know who is the dancer, and who is the celebrity.
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The moment you know you are out of touch with modern culture? When you see the Strictly couples and don't know who is the dancer, and who is the celebrity.
Ironically, a limp biscuit wouldn't be able to go rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
November 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ironically, a limp biscuit wouldn't be able to go rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
Flash Gordon was ahead of its time. The bit where an ajax request is made to get the body.
October 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Flash Gordon was ahead of its time. The bit where an ajax request is made to get the body.
MoTaCon does sound like it could be a type of Transformer.
It'd be a bug that turns into a feature.
It'd be a bug that turns into a feature.
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
MoTaCon does sound like it could be a type of Transformer.
It'd be a bug that turns into a feature.
It'd be a bug that turns into a feature.
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Always a lovely vibe at @ministryoftesting.com Testbash!! ❤️
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the @getpostman.bsky.social sessions.
You all looked 🥰 in your silent disco headsets 🏆
See you all next year!!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the @getpostman.bsky.social sessions.
You all looked 🥰 in your silent disco headsets 🏆
See you all next year!!
October 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Always a lovely vibe at @ministryoftesting.com Testbash!! ❤️
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the @getpostman.bsky.social sessions.
You all looked 🥰 in your silent disco headsets 🏆
See you all next year!!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the @getpostman.bsky.social sessions.
You all looked 🥰 in your silent disco headsets 🏆
See you all next year!!
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Thanks to everyone who attended my #TestBash #MoTaCon talk on How to Make Your Work - and Achievements - More Visible, and to MoT for having me. You can find the #BragBoard templates here: www.cassandrahl.com/blog/brag-bo... #ShowShareShine
Brag Board Template (How to Make Your Work - and Achievements - More Visible) - Cassandra HL
This is a companion post to my TestBash 2025 talk on How to Make Your Work – and Achievements – More Visible. Here, you will find the Brag Board template shown in the talk. .pdf: Brag Board Templa...
www.cassandrahl.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended my #TestBash #MoTaCon talk on How to Make Your Work - and Achievements - More Visible, and to MoT for having me. You can find the #BragBoard templates here: www.cassandrahl.com/blog/brag-bo... #ShowShareShine
Leaving the bar, I hit the road.
As I lay there, I knew I had drank too much.
As I lay there, I knew I had drank too much.
September 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Leaving the bar, I hit the road.
As I lay there, I knew I had drank too much.
As I lay there, I knew I had drank too much.
Slightly diminish a band:
Car Halen
Car Halen
Slightly diminish a band:
Matchbox 19
Matchbox 19
Slightly diminish a band:
Kinda Big Sea
Kinda Big Sea
August 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
Car Halen
Car Halen
Slightly diminish a band: They Might be Ants
Slightly diminish a band: Depeche Mod
Slightly diminish a band: Three Tet
August 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Slightly diminish a band: They Might be Ants
I'm just moving the same code to a different place, what could possibly go wrong?
What could go wrong is some idiot could move it to a class method, not an instance method causing the method to be considered "Not Implemented"
What could go wrong is some idiot could move it to a class method, not an instance method causing the method to be considered "Not Implemented"
July 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I'm just moving the same code to a different place, what could possibly go wrong?
What could go wrong is some idiot could move it to a class method, not an instance method causing the method to be considered "Not Implemented"
What could go wrong is some idiot could move it to a class method, not an instance method causing the method to be considered "Not Implemented"
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I never thought I’d see the day where developers voluntarily turn themselves into testers, but that’s exactly what they’re doing by inviting LLMs to create outputs from requirements they helped refine which they have to check for errors afterward. Obviously the tester skillset is valuable then.
July 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I never thought I’d see the day where developers voluntarily turn themselves into testers, but that’s exactly what they’re doing by inviting LLMs to create outputs from requirements they helped refine which they have to check for errors afterward. Obviously the tester skillset is valuable then.
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Access to the @ministryoftesting.com community Slack might be worth the cost of a professional membership alone.
July 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Access to the @ministryoftesting.com community Slack might be worth the cost of a professional membership alone.
Should rate of spam accounts on your service be considered a measure of success? Because @ministryoftesting.com is doing quite well under that measure.
July 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Should rate of spam accounts on your service be considered a measure of success? Because @ministryoftesting.com is doing quite well under that measure.
If you saw the code for the feature I'm working on, you'd be able to tell I just re-read 99 Bottles of OOP
sandimetz.com/99bottles
sandimetz.com/99bottles
99 Bottles — Sandi Metz
sandimetz.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If you saw the code for the feature I'm working on, you'd be able to tell I just re-read 99 Bottles of OOP
sandimetz.com/99bottles
sandimetz.com/99bottles
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Just got out of a chat about leading with quality with the one and only @rosiesherry.com!! It was so much fun ☺️
(And also, I’m feeling a little star struck 🤩)
(And also, I’m feeling a little star struck 🤩)
June 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just got out of a chat about leading with quality with the one and only @rosiesherry.com!! It was so much fun ☺️
(And also, I’m feeling a little star struck 🤩)
(And also, I’m feeling a little star struck 🤩)
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Woah, I've been awarded 23 Community Stars and earned 16 badges in the #MoTaverse! Great to see these achievements appear on my Ministry of Testing profile. Have you created yours yet?
www.ministryoftesting.com/p/cassandrahl
www.ministryoftesting.com/p/cassandrahl
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Woah, I've been awarded 23 Community Stars and earned 16 badges in the #MoTaverse! Great to see these achievements appear on my Ministry of Testing profile. Have you created yours yet?
www.ministryoftesting.com/p/cassandrahl
www.ministryoftesting.com/p/cassandrahl
Perfect is the enemy of getting other important shit done.
May 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Perfect is the enemy of getting other important shit done.
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And now i’ve sent an article off to @ministryoftesting.com for editing and… wow. I’ve gone from riding the emotional Cyclone (shoutout to Brooklyn!) to Kingda Ka 💀🎢
May 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And now i’ve sent an article off to @ministryoftesting.com for editing and… wow. I’ve gone from riding the emotional Cyclone (shoutout to Brooklyn!) to Kingda Ka 💀🎢
I do Object Oriented Programming, in that the computer objects whenever I try to run it.
April 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I do Object Oriented Programming, in that the computer objects whenever I try to run it.
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Just seen the @ministryoftesting.com lineup for #TestBash #2025 in Brighton in October and I am already both excited and impatient for the fantastic set of talks it looks like it will present… now to try and get to attend!
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just seen the @ministryoftesting.com lineup for #TestBash #2025 in Brighton in October and I am already both excited and impatient for the fantastic set of talks it looks like it will present… now to try and get to attend!
This has been my day. It'll probably be my Monday as well.
Ughhh I bloody love debugging, especially when it’s a disgustingly obscure tricky one 🥵
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This has been my day. It'll probably be my Monday as well.
If I ever make a game, I will title it One Play and the sequel would be Two Play. I'd be hoping to make it a quadrilogy.
February 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If I ever make a game, I will title it One Play and the sequel would be Two Play. I'd be hoping to make it a quadrilogy.
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Just want to give a shout out to this glorious little integration test which saved my arse from unwittingly breaking a bunch of stuff. Well done, you legend, you’re the best!
February 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just want to give a shout out to this glorious little integration test which saved my arse from unwittingly breaking a bunch of stuff. Well done, you legend, you’re the best!
@ministryoftesting.com If ET (the Spielberg movie character, not the test technique) landed on The Testing Planet, would he be ET The Extra Testrial?
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@ministryoftesting.com If ET (the Spielberg movie character, not the test technique) landed on The Testing Planet, would he be ET The Extra Testrial?
At the @ministryoftesting.com London meetup. Sadly, 5 minutes before a site bug was found, but I don't have time to fix it. Can't decide if it is apt, but it certainly is annoying.
January 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
At the @ministryoftesting.com London meetup. Sadly, 5 minutes before a site bug was found, but I don't have time to fix it. Can't decide if it is apt, but it certainly is annoying.