AI for Designers Will AI Write Software That Fits Like A Glove? Here's a list of UX irritations every user knows by heart, plus prompts to help your AI coding agent understand what "fit" is.
Exploratory Testing Is It Blue, or Is It a Bug? Some cultures don’t have a distinct word for the color blue, considering it a shade of green. Identifying bugs can be a lot like that.
The Software Life Quality Can’t Be Tested In — It Must Be Built In No time or budget for quality assurance, but your last project was full of bugs that could have been avoided? It’s time to shift QA left.
Design Strategy Why Using Software Is Like Eating at a Brazilian Steakhouse Run by Vegans Developers who don't keep the user in mind when designing new software are like vegans running a Brazilian steakhouse.
Accessibility 3 Tools to Help Fix the Web’s Most Common WCAG 2.2 Failures An assessment found that 96% of all WCAG 2 errors fall into 6 categories, and the most common ones have been the same for the last 5 years.
Design Strategy Reduce “After-Market Fixes” with the Right Questions Before Coding Asking these questions BEFORE any code is written can reduce "friction" in the UI as minor after-market fixes are made.
Development Practices Learn More About the Code without Looking at Code, Part 2 These might help you understand unfamiliar code and how users actually use the software. Here are a few ways to glean information.
Development Practices Learn More About the Code Without Looking at Code, Part 1: Where to Look Have you ever been tasked with modifying code you're not familiar with? Or integrating new features into an existing codebase?
Exploratory Testing Running a Bug Bash: A Guide How do you thoroughly test an app quickly, identifying and reporting all bugs? The answer lies in scheduling a Bug Bash.
Exploratory Testing Here’s How to Test Your Site’s “Good Until” State Year end is a great time to review your website for content that isn't fresh or valid anymore, or to delete content that's just outright bad.
UX/Design Practices How My Team is Retrofitting A11y into Our Software Project The whole team is gaining more experience with identifying a11y issues and how to integrate accessible code into development going forward.
Exploratory Testing Snagit: Add It to Your Toolbox Today! One of my favorite tools I use while testing is Snagit from TechSmith. (It's also useful when creating user documentation.)
