Uncategorized
-
Dear Testers, LLMs are happy to please you, say sorry, regenerate information, and you can continue playing the game. What’s more – it is so easy to prove how silly they are. It does not need much of a skill. Start with a mission to prove that LLMs are silly. The social media has made
-
Step 1: I coin a term to add something to the way things are done in a field.Step 2: I advocate my way and that in some aspects it is better than the existing way.Step 3: I find the existing way completely wrong and advocate others against it. … Some years later … Step 4:
-
Dear Testers, Following is the first draft of a model that I have put together for using LLMs in solving problems in testing: There are many pieces in this mental model which I need to figure out myself as well in terms of diving deeper. The model depicts my current thinking of how I see
-
Today a participant in my GenAI workshop asked a question about whether the output in ChatGPT response can be in colour. The context was to mark a valid/invalid field conditionally in response. I had so far not come across this usage. I explored a bit and found that it is indeed possible and one can
-
[Ella is nervously adjusting her paintings as Roy approaches, notebook in hand.] Ella: Hi, Roy! I’m glad you could make it. What do you think of the new series? Roy (smiling warmly): Hello, Ella! There’s a lot of emotion in your work. I can see you’ve poured your heart into these. Ella: Thank you, I
-
Good evening, people! Ever notice how some people treat morality like it’s a competitive sport? Yeah, I call it the ‘Holier Than Thou Olympics.’ The only game where no one really knows the rules, but everyone thinks they’re winning! Ever heard of the environmentalist who prints 500-page reports on saving trees? I’m like, ‘You know
-
Scene: The Afterlife. A sparse, slightly shabby comedy club in the clouds. A spotlight hits the stage, where Testing, personified and slightly ruffled, steps up to the microphone. “Hello, Afterlife! Bet you didn’t expect to see me here, did you? Testing, the one thing everyone hoped would vanish—well, surprise! I’m not gone; I’m just on
-
Dear Testers, I am a student of testing. I have learned from a lot of teachers at different stages. If you like my work, all pieces of it most likely have their origins somewhere in the great minds I have come across. Here are **some of the names**, that I often mention when I answer,
-
The Self-Titled Expert: “Restaurant food is all hype. Homemade is the way to go.”The Curious: “Of course, you are great. But have you ever actually eaten at one of those famous restaurants?”The Self-Titled Expert: “No need! My home-cooking class gives you all the flavors without the fuss.”The Curious: “That’s like a baker criticizing a cake
-
In many ways, how well someone can teach depends on the student. It’s a relationship which mimics the epic story between Hanumaan and Jaambvant where Jaambvant reminds Hunamaan that he can fly and that power was in him all along. Of course, the roles are switched as well but that’s talked about more often. We
Rahul Verma: My Petty Bits 