Welcome to the 124th issue!

This week, I found a true gem — Team Quality Culture Model.

It's an amazing template for assessing the team quality culture across eight different areas.

Kudos to Ladislav Cicon for creating it and describing how to Evaluate Quality Culture in your team.

Happy testing!

Dawid Dylowicz

Do you find yourself comparing to others and having doubts about whether you're good enough? You're not alone. Someone on Reddit shared their feelings that many may relate to.

Also, another tester shared doubts about Self learning and imposter syndrome and people responded with some good advice.

In the second part of the series, Prashant Hegde explains how using heuristics, managing bias, and understanding how we think can help you become a better tester.

Another good question on Reddit and another good piece of advice from the community on how to practice manual and exploratory testing.

Testing AI can be challenging. Riyaj Shaikh describes 10 problems associated with machine learning and mentions several examples and external resources.

For a tester, soft skills are as important as technical skills. In this article, James Bach explains the importance of persuasion and advises how to get better at it.

How simple can a test automation strategy be? Zhimin Zhan came up with an interesting one made of just four steps.

Note: If you can't access the full article, simply open it in a private tab.

This is HUGE! Maksims Kims created an amazing and very detailed guide to testing on Android. Lots of examples included!

Do you know what makes tests fragile? Gil Zilberfeld explains that the real problem might be different than you think.

Additionally, Oswin Losper shares his thoughts on Why Automation Tests Are Failing.

Olya Kabanova provides good answers to the common questions about automated testing that people who are not directly involved may have.

Great question by Nicola Lindgren. And there are some insightful answers from the Reddit community, too.

Looking for some hands-on experience in testing? Emma Elkan suggests five demo applications that can help you get started.

Rajat Bhardwaj gives an overview of using Playwright's screenshot snapshot feature for visual regression testing.

Test case management tools can bring a lot of structure to your teams. But they aren't perfect. Here's an interesting voice of the community on what the most annoying things about them are.

While not directly related to testing, Roy Straub gives a review of the popular book Implementing Domain-Driven Design that may be interesting to those of you interested in software design.

In this 9-minute video, Pramod Dutta gives a dozen of practical tips on how to think like a tester.

That feeling... 😂

Thanks for reading!

If you like this newsletter and it helps you become a better tester, you can say thanks and buy me a coffee.

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Dawid Dylowicz