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APIs - what are they? What should we keep in mind when testing an API? What are the benefits of API testing over UI testing?

This episode's guest is Callum Akehurtst-Ryan, a principal test engineer at Chetwood Finance, who is on a mission to educate more testers (and not only) about APIs and their testing. Not only you're going to learn what APIs are, how to test them, or where to start, but also hear Lina and Callum discuss the terms technical vs. non-technical. If API testing sounds like a challenge, then this episode will help you by simplifying sometimes overcomplicated terms and leaving you inspired to learn more.

Find Callum on:
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/cakehurstryanCallum's website: https://cakehurstryan.com/Mentions and resources:
Callum's article "A Beginners Guide to API Testing": https://cakehurstryan.com/2023/07/26/a-beginners-guide-to-api-testing/Postman: https://www.postman.com/Postman's courses on API testing: https://academy.postman.com/page/course-catalogSwagger: https://swagger.io/If you liked this episode and would like to dig deeper into a type of API testing - contract testing that Callum mentions, check out this past episode of Quality Bits:
Contract Testing with Lewis Prescott
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12402778
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Do you remember your childhood dreams? What did you want to be when you grew up? How did you imagine your life?

Dr. Rochelle Carr is a coach and speaker on a mission to shift people's lives and encourage them to rediscover their why: the guiding light purpose which sparks joy in whatever we do. In this episode, Lina talks to Dr. Rochelle about finding your why, escaping society's "mold" on who we should be, drafting an "exit plan," and learning from failures.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrochellecarr/Twitter: https://twitter.com/drrochellecarr Path to Empowerement website: https://pfempowerment.com/ Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
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What makes an effective 1-on-1? What are the key aspects of valuable 1-on-1s? Is there a difference between a leader and a manager? Why does the language we use matter?

Tune in to this episode to learn more from Farai Madzima. Farai is a people leader who challenges our misconceptions about 1-on-1s and shares valuable tips on making these meetings much more helpful. In addition, during the conversation, Lina used the word "superior" instead of "supervisor" or "manager," and that sparked some interesting discussions on the significance of the language and different cultures people come from.

Find Farai on:
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/farai/Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyfaraiFarai's website: https://faraimadzima.com/ Mentions and resources:
Farai's newsletter: https://www.heyfarai.com/newsletter/Farai's article on 1-on-1s from his newsletter: https://www.heyfarai.com/im-1-wait-did-we-agree-on-why-we-need-1-1-meetings/Recap of Farai's "Working with Strangers well" session: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/sunday-rewind-working-with-strangers-well-by-farai-madzima/ Seth Godin: https://www.sethgodin.com/Lina's summary of "Nonviolent Communication" book: https://qualitybits.tech/writing/book-impressions-nonviolent-communicationBooks:"Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" by Marshall B. Rosenberg"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable" by Patrick M. LencioniIf you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:
Radical Candor: Effective Feedback and Helping People We Work with Shine with Amy Sandler
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12259658
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User experience (UX) research is a field that can help us prevent issues before they take place. Greta Ruskiene knows this first-hand: she used to work as a QA and made a career shift to UX with time.

In this episode, we discuss UX research, the art of question-asking, and how frequently, even when we truly believe we know our users, we may not.

Find Greta on:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greta-ru%C5%A1kien%C4%97-53183a55/
Mentions and resources:
WomenGoTech mentoring program: https://womengotech.com/On sunk-cost fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costFigma: https://www.figma.com/Paul C. Nutt - "Why Decisions Fail"Conferences:Figma's conference: https://config.figma.com/Zeplin conferences: https://zeplin.io/harmony/HFI conference: https://hfi.training/na/thinkers-invited/eventsGoogle UX design certificate: https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalworkshop-eu/course/gccs-ux-designUX research repository: https://condens.io/ux-research-repository/WIX UX mentorship: https://www.wixuxmentorship.com/Meetups in Lithuania:Fresh meetups: https://www.facebook.com/freshmeetups/ UX Salon: https://www.meetup.com/ux-salon-vilnius/ UX Writer Talks: https://www.meetup.com/wix-vilnius-ux-writer-talks/If you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:
Creating Valuable Products with Andrea Sipos
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12123103
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What's the difference between observability and monitoring? What's a telemetry? Why do they matter, and how could we use them more beneficially?

Abby Bangser shares her journey from a QA to a platform engineer in this episode. We discuss the similarities between testing and infrastructure-related areas like site reliability engineering. In addition, Abby explains observability and shares some sound advice regarding implementing it.

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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbybangser/
- Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@abangser
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_bangser
Mentions and resources:
Abby's talk on measuring quality in production at Ministry of Testing (free sign up is enough to access it): https://www.ministryoftesting.com/talks/567372c2?s_id=14698896 Abby's course on Test Automation University - Introduction to Observability for Test Automation: https://testautomationu.applitools.com/observability-for-test-automation/ThoughtWorks graph showing different roles and overlaps by Laura PatersonSome more fun readings suggested by Abby:https://oschvr.com/posts/what-id-like-as-sre/https://blog.alicegoldfuss.com/how-to-get-into-sre/https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2021/08/13/root-cause-of-failure-root-cause-of-success/https://www.learningfromincidents.io/https://kratix.iocncf.io/blog/2023/04/11/announcing-a-white-paper-on-platforms-for-cloud-native-computing/https://www.syntasso.io/post/the-12-platform-challenges-recapIf you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:
Testing in Production with Rouan Wilsenach https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11623978 
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With over a decade in data-related roles, working with Data Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and MLOps Engineering, Aurimas Griciūnas is a great role model for many people wanting to learn more about data. The author of the SwirlAI newsletter with over 7000 subscribers, Aurimas' posts with visuals explaining data have reached many more people on LinkedIn.
In this episode, Aurimas shares valuable insights about what working with data means. Is it just a trend to be data-driven, or, a reality? Are all the data products big data products? Who and how should help define good business success metrics? Tune in to learn the answers to these questions and much more. 

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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurimas-griciunas/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aurimas_Gr
- SwirlAI newsletter: https://www.newsletter.swirlai.com 
Mentions and resources:
Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/Tools to help with data quality:Great Expectations: https://greatexpectations.iodbt-expectations: https://github.com/calogica/dbt-expectationsOn techniques for testing Machine Learning Models:A/B testing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testingMulti-arm bandits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_banditFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
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- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/

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