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Iā€™m Nicola Lindgren, the author of Starting Your Software Testing Career, a co-author of How Can I Test This? and a co-author of The Software Tester's Journey.

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Here are a few of my most popular blog posts.

The Economics of Software Testing: The Law of Diminishing Returns

Here I explain how the concept of the law of diminishing returns in Economics applies to software testing.

Explore/Exploit: An Approach to Software Testing

Learn how the Explore/Exploit algorithm concept transforms software testing strategy. Discover practical methods to balance exploring new test areas versus exploiting known issues.

What I wish I knew when I started testing: Get involved with the testing community

I share some benefits I've gained from being in the testing community and how I'm glad I discovered it early in my career.

Bloggers Club: Managing and Achieving Goals

I will focus primarily on the struggles I've faced in managing and achieving my goals, as well as what I've learned from it.

How to write a bug report defect report with an example

Here is some advice on how to write clear reproducible bug reports that your team will appreciate.

The Economics of Software Testing: Opportunity Cost

Here I explain how the concept of opportunity cost in Economics applies to software testing.

What I wish I knew when I started testing: Expectations vs Reality

In this post I share what I wish I knew when I started testing regarding expectations vs reality. This includes my perception of quality, agile and the purpose of testing.

My Most Used Test Heuristics (with examples)

How to add an image for multiple locales using XCTest

Step By Step Guide: Testing Without Requirements Little Requirements

Here is a step by step guide to testing without requirements. This also covers the difference between implicit and explicit requirements.

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