Mihaela Sfat

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - March 2024

💡Subscribe to my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️‌ ‌Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. Book I'm reading The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. is an insightful book that provides

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6 Parenting Mistakes You Should Not Replicate As a Manager🎯

"As a mother, I am a self-professed ninja when it comes to safeguarding my little one. I have a hawk's eye on her whereabouts and who she spends time with. I am like a CIA agent when it comes to her food intake, because let's be real, there are just

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Tenerife With a Toddler

After ten days of indulging in sangria, I am now back home and pouring myself a cup of warm mint tea as the weather is cold and rainy. And as my memories from our vacation in Tenerife are still fresh in my mind, I begin writing this post. I believe

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The Ingredients Of Rediscovering Joy

If you're looking to spice up your mood and find joy or rediscover joy, I think you got to the right place. Of course, there are times in our lives when every day feels like a struggle and we can't seem to escape the blues. But you know what? After

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What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming Manager to My Peers

Becoming a manager is not an overnight process. Although your role and job description may change suddenly, I view it as a transformational journey. It's similar to becoming a parent. You become a parent the day your baby is born, but it takes many years of experience to master parenting.

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - January 2024

💡Subscribe to my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️‌ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. Book I read and stood with me In the past few months, I decided to take a break from reading self-improvement books

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How Synthetic Tests and End-to-End Tests Fit Together

I was introducing you in this post to the concept of synthetic testing and why are synthetic tests so useful. As a software tester, you may have encountered the term "end-to-end testing" or heard someone mention the need for such tests. If you're not familiar with end-to-end testing, let me

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Best Memoirs I Have Read

If you love reading memoirs, here are some of my favorites for you to enjoy! When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 🎖️Rating: 4/5⭐️ Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins 🎖️Rating: 3/5⭐️ Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 🎖️Rating: 4/5⭐️ Educated by Tara Westover 🎖️Rating: 4/5⭐

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Synthetic Tests In a Nutshell🐿️ What You Need To Know About Synthetic Testing

While researching for this post, I came across a humorous definition of synthetic testing. So, let me explain what it means. Synthetic Testing is like having a superhero tester. It's not a real person but a super-efficient, always-ready helper that checks if everything works perfectly before you and other real

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - November 2023

💡Subscribe to my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️‌ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. What I read I read many fiction books in November, including thrillers, mysteries, and crime novels. I absolutely love this genre of

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My 2023 in Pictures

It has become a tradition now to create the "My 202x in Pictures" blog post and it's a pleasure for me to go over my camera roll and revisit all the great memories I made this year. If you haven't seen my previous ones, here's a sneak peek of "My

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Stop Fighting the Impostor Syndrome And Accept It

It has been months, perhaps even years since I intended to write this article. However, something at work triggered me these days, and I felt compelled to put my thoughts on paper. What happened? During a 1:1 meeting with one of my direct reports, the conversation unexpectedly turned into

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From Spreadsheet To TestRail In a Few Steps

💡Disclaimer: This post talks about a certain test case management tool, as this was the one chosen by us at a company level. There are plenty of other tools available on the market, the process of moving your manual test cases should be similar. Around one year ago, the QA

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - September 2023

💡Subscribe to my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️‌ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. What I am reading Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by comedian Trevor Noah is an autobiography that is

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How Does a DEVELOPER See Testers

This is a series of blog post interviews, aiming to help testers understand how different IT departments see the role of a tester. Every tester wants to become a better version of himself, yet not everyone has all the missing pieces to do that. Hopefully, these interviews will give you

Here Is How To Introduce AI Into Your Lifestyle

I admit, I'm not the most tech-savvy person out there. When it comes to AI-based tools or services, I tend to go from denial to uncertainty to sticking with my old-fashioned ways. But, let's face it, Artificial Intelligence is a trend that's here to stay. So, if you're like me

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - August 2023

💡Subscribe to my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️‌ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. Book I read Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day. It talks about how to overcome

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How To Use Mind Mapping As a Hack for Testers

One of the biggest challenges I've seen during the years with many teams is that they do not have a clear understanding and an overview of all of the features and functionalities of the application they are working on. They do know though what their application is doing as this

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - July 2023

💡Subscribe to my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️‌ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. Book I am reading Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. If you wonder how this fundamental aspect of

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Our short, but fabulous trip to Miami

It was at the beginning of May when my husband got the opportunity to go on a business trip to Miami around mid-June. I was incredibly happy to hear that as I was pretty sure he wouldn't mind if I'll join him 🫶 But why was I so happy I'm going

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - June 2023

💡Subscribe to get my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling, and experiencing each month. Podcast I’m listening to I'm constantly listening to the Leading Women in Tech Podcast, and in June, an episode caught

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The Monthly Dose of Testing Land - May 2023

💡Subscribe to get my Monthly Dose of Testing Land ⬇️️ Here is your Monthly Dose of Testing Land, a list of what I’m exploring, mulling and experiencing each month. Book I read The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You where Julie Zhuo explains how

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My Story on How I Improved My Presentation Skills

💡Did you know that public speaking is one of the biggest fears people have? For many of us, before giving a presentation to a group of people, our limbic system decides if we have to "fight or flight". I'm showing you in this article how I manage to keep my

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What Leadership And Parenting Have In Common (Part 2)

Part 1 can be read here. You'lll find my thoughts about empathy, providing safety, patience, and active listening. Show vulnerability. And don't be afraid of apologies Of course, there will be situations when you're decision is wrong or you hurt someone with a piece of feedback not ideally delivered. It's

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For The Sake Of Black Coffee ☕Home Setup

This is not my usual kind of posting, no software testing tips, and no leadership discussion involved, today is just about coffee. And about our long love relationship. A lot of coffee is going to be involved in this post together with exciting tools we have discovered along the way.