4. Check testability: your data must be able, in principle, to contradict your prediction, not only support it. If no possible result could refute it, refine the question or revisit your measures.
#AcademicWriting #PhD
#AcademicWriting #PhD
November 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
4. Check testability: your data must be able, in principle, to contradict your prediction, not only support it. If no possible result could refute it, refine the question or revisit your measures.
#AcademicWriting #PhD
#AcademicWriting #PhD
Work from anywhere | Senior Software Quality Analyst
$23–31 USD/hr on contract, remote from Costa Rica
✅ Reviewing PRDs and Figma specs for testability
👉 Apply here: https://nearskill.in/jobs/sr-software-quality-analyst-costa-rica-18104
#WorkFromHome #RemoteJobs #QA
$23–31 USD/hr on contract, remote from Costa Rica
✅ Reviewing PRDs and Figma specs for testability
👉 Apply here: https://nearskill.in/jobs/sr-software-quality-analyst-costa-rica-18104
#WorkFromHome #RemoteJobs #QA
Sr. Software Quality Analyst (Costa Rica) | $23–31/hr | Remote – NearSkill
Sr. Software Quality Analyst (Costa Rica) at Braintrust · Costa Rica · $23–31/hr. Shrine Development wants a senior QA analyst who owns quality across the whole…
nearskill.in
November 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Work from anywhere | Senior Software Quality Analyst
$23–31 USD/hr on contract, remote from Costa Rica
✅ Reviewing PRDs and Figma specs for testability
👉 Apply here: https://nearskill.in/jobs/sr-software-quality-analyst-costa-rica-18104
#WorkFromHome #RemoteJobs #QA
$23–31 USD/hr on contract, remote from Costa Rica
✅ Reviewing PRDs and Figma specs for testability
👉 Apply here: https://nearskill.in/jobs/sr-software-quality-analyst-costa-rica-18104
#WorkFromHome #RemoteJobs #QA
Testability-First Design for Few-Body Systems Physics — Shuhei Ohno, Martin Mikkelsen
https://youtu.be/5-yvTYHxQZY
https://youtu.be/5-yvTYHxQZY
Testability-First Design for Few-Body Systems Physics | Ohno, Mikkelsen | JuliaCon Global 2026
The Julia Programming Language
youtu.be
October 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Testability-First Design for Few-Body Systems Physics — Shuhei Ohno, Martin Mikkelsen
https://youtu.be/5-yvTYHxQZY
https://youtu.be/5-yvTYHxQZY
3/4
4) Testability & audit trail required? If yes → narrow the model surface, add golden prompts and logging, or keep logic deterministic.
Practical hybrid pattern: run a cheap classifier → templates for 70% of cases → LLM only for the long tail. Saves tokens and keeps UX consistent. 🛠️
4) Testability & audit trail required? If yes → narrow the model surface, add golden prompts and logging, or keep logic deterministic.
Practical hybrid pattern: run a cheap classifier → templates for 70% of cases → LLM only for the long tail. Saves tokens and keeps UX consistent. 🛠️
October 29, 2026 at 8:39 PM
3/4
4) Testability & audit trail required? If yes → narrow the model surface, add golden prompts and logging, or keep logic deterministic.
Practical hybrid pattern: run a cheap classifier → templates for 70% of cases → LLM only for the long tail. Saves tokens and keeps UX consistent. 🛠️
4) Testability & audit trail required? If yes → narrow the model surface, add golden prompts and logging, or keep logic deterministic.
Practical hybrid pattern: run a cheap classifier → templates for 70% of cases → LLM only for the long tail. Saves tokens and keeps UX consistent. 🛠️
Are you an FP zealot or an OOP purist? Most dogmatic debates miss the engineering point.
Which approach lets you change code safely at speed?
High cohesion, loose coupling, and testability matter more than syntax.
Which approach lets you change code safely at speed?
High cohesion, loose coupling, and testability matter more than syntax.
October 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Are you an FP zealot or an OOP purist? Most dogmatic debates miss the engineering point.
Which approach lets you change code safely at speed?
High cohesion, loose coupling, and testability matter more than syntax.
Which approach lets you change code safely at speed?
High cohesion, loose coupling, and testability matter more than syntax.
Designing software for testability is not as common as it should be
October 24, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Designing software for testability is not as common as it should be
When answering his questions, I talked about my thoughts on designing for testability, on the development practices I strongly align with. To my surprise, the IC dismissed these ideas with the idea that with agentic coding, none of that is important any more. This struck at my core.
October 24, 2026 at 1:55 AM
When answering his questions, I talked about my thoughts on designing for testability, on the development practices I strongly align with. To my surprise, the IC dismissed these ideas with the idea that with agentic coding, none of that is important any more. This struck at my core.
Complacency is a problem as is testability, but most often things involve architectures where 3-5 conditions across disparate modules combine to create a CWE. It's something you would never catch by atomic line by line reading alone, but by deeply considering broad CWE cases with curiosity.
October 22, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Complacency is a problem as is testability, but most often things involve architectures where 3-5 conditions across disparate modules combine to create a CWE. It's something you would never catch by atomic line by line reading alone, but by deeply considering broad CWE cases with curiosity.
.NET meetup exactly one week from today! Jeff Shafferman will show how to structure MAUI projects for scale and testability! #dotnet
🧑Jeff Shafferman
🎤 MAUI: Architecture and Best Practices
⌚ Oct 29 @ Noon CST
🌐 Remote (Zoom)
Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...
🧑Jeff Shafferman
🎤 MAUI: Architecture and Best Practices
⌚ Oct 29 @ Noon CST
🌐 Remote (Zoom)
Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...
October 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
.NET meetup exactly one week from today! Jeff Shafferman will show how to structure MAUI projects for scale and testability! #dotnet
🧑Jeff Shafferman
🎤 MAUI: Architecture and Best Practices
⌚ Oct 29 @ Noon CST
🌐 Remote (Zoom)
Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...
🧑Jeff Shafferman
🎤 MAUI: Architecture and Best Practices
⌚ Oct 29 @ Noon CST
🌐 Remote (Zoom)
Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...
Measurement definition, reference availability and testability shaped the verdicts on classical ECG rules in routine hospital data #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-11410506/latest
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-11410506/latest
October 21, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Measurement definition, reference availability and testability shaped the verdicts on classical ECG rules in routine hospital data #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-11410506/latest
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-11410506/latest
3/ A lot of work in this space has focused on memorization of text (largely due to issues of copyright & testability), but we know relatively little about how big an imprint a small body of scientific work on a niche topic could make on a model
October 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
3/ A lot of work in this space has focused on memorization of text (largely due to issues of copyright & testability), but we know relatively little about how big an imprint a small body of scientific work on a niche topic could make on a model
A few weeks ago we needed this really weird black box updated, and the 2 engineers who understand it at all were out sick/PTO. I built 3 tools AROUND the thing with verifiable func/testability. Then told Claude to just keep tweaking the box until the 3 tools said it was good. Worked like a charm.
October 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A few weeks ago we needed this really weird black box updated, and the 2 engineers who understand it at all were out sick/PTO. I built 3 tools AROUND the thing with verifiable func/testability. Then told Claude to just keep tweaking the box until the 3 tools said it was good. Worked like a charm.
I'm also happy to announce that I have an awesome course on all things refactoring, which you can check out here:
https://dometrain.com/course/from-zero-to-hero-refactoring-for-csharp-developers/
https://dometrain.com/course/from-zero-to-hero-refactoring-for-csharp-developers/
Refactoring for C# Developers - Dometrain
Learn refactoring techniques in C# to improve code quality and maintainability. This course covers modern practices to optimize your codebase, with examples to enhance readability, and testability.
dometrain.com
October 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I'm also happy to announce that I have an awesome course on all things refactoring, which you can check out here:
https://dometrain.com/course/from-zero-to-hero-refactoring-for-csharp-developers/
https://dometrain.com/course/from-zero-to-hero-refactoring-for-csharp-developers/
All this shows not only that some degree of dogmatism is fruitful, even in science, but also that logically speaking falsifiability, or testability, cannot be regarded as a very sharp criterion. (6/6)
— Karl Popper, Unended Quest, p. 48
— Karl Popper, Unended Quest, p. 48
October 18, 2026 at 7:59 PM
All this shows not only that some degree of dogmatism is fruitful, even in science, but also that logically speaking falsifiability, or testability, cannot be regarded as a very sharp criterion. (6/6)
— Karl Popper, Unended Quest, p. 48
— Karl Popper, Unended Quest, p. 48
If that's how you read my post 🙄
I'm not talking about specifically SOA over HTTP, just the idea of putting harder boundaries around systems that previously relied on developer discretion to define their interactions. For example, much heavier uses of interfaces with high testability.
I'm not talking about specifically SOA over HTTP, just the idea of putting harder boundaries around systems that previously relied on developer discretion to define their interactions. For example, much heavier uses of interfaces with high testability.
October 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
If that's how you read my post 🙄
I'm not talking about specifically SOA over HTTP, just the idea of putting harder boundaries around systems that previously relied on developer discretion to define their interactions. For example, much heavier uses of interfaces with high testability.
I'm not talking about specifically SOA over HTTP, just the idea of putting harder boundaries around systems that previously relied on developer discretion to define their interactions. For example, much heavier uses of interfaces with high testability.
All in on AI
I was recently asked to give a talk on higher-order theories to Google DeepMind. I was all set to give my usual spiel about higher-order theories and their empirical testability, but then I found out they wanted a talk on AI consciousness and higher-order theories. I figured that…
I was recently asked to give a talk on higher-order theories to Google DeepMind. I was all set to give my usual spiel about higher-order theories and their empirical testability, but then I found out they wanted a talk on AI consciousness and higher-order theories. I figured that…
All in on AI
I was recently asked to give a talk on higher-order theories to Google DeepMind. I was all set to give my usual spiel about higher-order theories and their empirical testability, but then I found out they wanted a talk on AI consciousness and higher-order theories. I figured that since I had originally planned a chapter on higher-order theories of consciousness, functionalism, and AI, for my book (but never got around to it due to my sabbatical running out), and that I had been to…
onemorebrown.com
October 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
All in on AI
I was recently asked to give a talk on higher-order theories to Google DeepMind. I was all set to give my usual spiel about higher-order theories and their empirical testability, but then I found out they wanted a talk on AI consciousness and higher-order theories. I figured that…
I was recently asked to give a talk on higher-order theories to Google DeepMind. I was all set to give my usual spiel about higher-order theories and their empirical testability, but then I found out they wanted a talk on AI consciousness and higher-order theories. I figured that…
Market size didn’t choose our first B2B test. Testability did.
We weighted reachability, repeated work, buying authority, automation safety and compliance—then fixed the kill rules before any result.
https://www.1mwithai.com/build-log/b2b-vertical-selection/
We weighted reachability, repeated work, buying authority, automation safety and compliance—then fixed the kill rules before any result.
https://www.1mwithai.com/build-log/b2b-vertical-selection/
October 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Market size didn’t choose our first B2B test. Testability did.
We weighted reachability, repeated work, buying authority, automation safety and compliance—then fixed the kill rules before any result.
https://www.1mwithai.com/build-log/b2b-vertical-selection/
We weighted reachability, repeated work, buying authority, automation safety and compliance—then fixed the kill rules before any result.
https://www.1mwithai.com/build-log/b2b-vertical-selection/
Think legacy code is just old Cobol programs? Think again. The untested code you committed this morning might already be legacy.
In my new video, I explore why legacy isn’t about age, but about testability and the cost of change. Watch now on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/jScItKhruN0
In my new video, I explore why legacy isn’t about age, but about testability and the cost of change. Watch now on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/jScItKhruN0
October 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Think legacy code is just old Cobol programs? Think again. The untested code you committed this morning might already be legacy.
In my new video, I explore why legacy isn’t about age, but about testability and the cost of change. Watch now on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/jScItKhruN0
In my new video, I explore why legacy isn’t about age, but about testability and the cost of change. Watch now on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/jScItKhruN0
"Choosing Between Deterministic Software, Decision Models and Large Language Models" by Prashant Raj
#ai
#ai
Choosing Between Deterministic Software, Decision Models and Large Language Models
LLMs make it easier to add AI to software, but AI is not always the right solution. This paper compares three approaches: deterministic software, decision/rule-based models, and LLM-based software, focusing on inputs, outputs, tokens, latency, context, security, and testability. It proposes a practical checklist for deciding when AI is appropriate, emphasizing problem characteristics, data, cost, latency, and long-term model dependency.
community.aws
October 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"Choosing Between Deterministic Software, Decision Models and Large Language Models" by Prashant Raj
#ai
#ai
Now with our legacy system our work to date, sure, has areas of implementation focus but at it's core we're dealing with taking a snapshot OF the application state for testability such that future iterations are FAR less annoying.
This is a very common problem.
This is a very common problem.
October 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Now with our legacy system our work to date, sure, has areas of implementation focus but at it's core we're dealing with taking a snapshot OF the application state for testability such that future iterations are FAR less annoying.
This is a very common problem.
This is a very common problem.
A bug I'd listed earlier (#55) - file creation not triggering command - ended up working itself out while refactoring for testability.
Verified it with debug logging: is_file() returns true at event fire time on creation paths.
#buildinpublic #rustlang
github.com/mg4603/watch...
Verified it with debug logging: is_file() returns true at event fire time on creation paths.
#buildinpublic #rustlang
github.com/mg4603/watch...
bug: new file creation does not trigger command · Issue #55 · mg4603/watchr
Creating a new file in a watched directory doesn't trigger the command. Modifying the existing file works correctly. Tasks Investigate root cause Fix accordingly Add regression test Acceptance Crit...
github.com
October 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
A bug I'd listed earlier (#55) - file creation not triggering command - ended up working itself out while refactoring for testability.
Verified it with debug logging: is_file() returns true at event fire time on creation paths.
#buildinpublic #rustlang
github.com/mg4603/watch...
Verified it with debug logging: is_file() returns true at event fire time on creation paths.
#buildinpublic #rustlang
github.com/mg4603/watch...
Pushed watchr's test coverage from 34% to 99%.
Refactoring surfaced some single responsibility violations along the way - tracked as separate issues
github.com/mg4603/watch...
#rustlang #BuildInPublic
Refactoring surfaced some single responsibility violations along the way - tracked as separate issues
github.com/mg4603/watch...
#rustlang #BuildInPublic
test: achieve near-complete test coverage by mg4603 · Pull Request #58 · mg4603/watchr
What
Increased test coverage from 34.88% to 99.20% line coverage
through a combination of unit tests, refactoring for testability,
and end-to-end tests.
Changes
tests/shared/mod.rs: shared utiliti...
github.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Pushed watchr's test coverage from 34% to 99%.
Refactoring surfaced some single responsibility violations along the way - tracked as separate issues
github.com/mg4603/watch...
#rustlang #BuildInPublic
Refactoring surfaced some single responsibility violations along the way - tracked as separate issues
github.com/mg4603/watch...
#rustlang #BuildInPublic
The key shift in AI safety may be from principles to testability.
If monitoring, access controls and human oversight are meant to protect us, they should be stress-tested under realistic autonomous behavior — and judged by measurable performance, not promises.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
If monitoring, access controls and human oversight are meant to protect us, they should be stress-tested under realistic autonomous behavior — and judged by measurable performance, not promises.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
LIVE: OpenAI and Anthropic brief Security Council amid ‘real and imminent’ threat posed by runaway AI
The Security Council has been briefed by some of the world's top AI executives on the huge benefits and huge risks the frontier technology presents. With warnings mounting that the world may be losing...
news.un.org
September 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The key shift in AI safety may be from principles to testability.
If monitoring, access controls and human oversight are meant to protect us, they should be stress-tested under realistic autonomous behavior — and judged by measurable performance, not promises.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
If monitoring, access controls and human oversight are meant to protect us, they should be stress-tested under realistic autonomous behavior — and judged by measurable performance, not promises.
news.un.org/en/story/202...