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Alex Kuiper

@nightwhistler@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06
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Scala / Java developer, JoC organizer and bicycle travel enthusiast. ADHD.

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Joined April 19, 2018
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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@L_howes@mastodon.social It really should be called ChatPBG - Plausible Bullshit Generator.
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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 44mo ago
Replying to
@gabigueron@aus.social @L_howes@mastodon.social I recently read an article calling ChatGPT "A blurry JPEG of the Internet" and it made a ton of sense.
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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 41mo ago

@mikey@soylent.green Honestly, all this talk about ChatGPT is mostly a good demonstration about how strongly humans have a tendency to anthropomorphize and assign meaning and intent where there is none.

But then again, stick some googly eyes on a rock and we'll think it's alive 😅

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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 41mo ago

@vosje62@mastodon.nl yeah, and that makes a lot of sense from a compliance standpoint and probably for proof in case of legal action.

Like I said: I'm all for being structured, I'm just saying that when you prioritize always adhering to a fixed process over localized decision making, you're not being agile.

And yes, personally I'm a bad fit for "don't think, just follow the steps." That doesn't make it bad perse, just not a situation I thrive in.

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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 41mo ago

@vosje62@mastodon.nl Ironically there is actually a good automated test that already verifies that this screen shows the right text under the right circumstances.

All of this is just about "following the process", because the people doing the checking aren't part of the team.

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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 41mo ago

@vosje62@mastodon.nl Well, I wrote the scenario and then got a comment that I hadn't phrased it in the proper "Given When Then" format 😅

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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 41mo ago

Nice example of "Agile": just finished a ticket for a plain text change. The ticket stated which text to change and what to change it to. Nice and clear.

I submit it for review and get it bounced back because I didn't write a textual test scenario.

Why? Because it needs to be tested by support, and if it needs to be tested by support it always needs a scenario.

People and interactions over process anyone? 🙄

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Alex Kuiper @nightwhistler@mastodon.social
· 41mo ago

OK, I think it's time for me to move instances.

I created this account several years ago as my first entry into the Fediverse, but I'm migrating to hachiderm.io now, which is more of a tech-focused instance.

nightwhistler@hachyderm.io

See you all on the other side!

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