TheCuriousTester

WEEK 1 – The Curious Tester vs Postman 🧪📮 An Englishman’s tale of confusion, determination, and mild despair. 🔥 A Dramatic Yet Accurate Introduction This week I embarked on what I believed would be a straightforward journey: learning Postman. “How hard can it be?” I thought. I’m a senior software tester — I solve problems before breakfast. Little did I know I was about to step into a labyrinth of outdated courses, extinct APIs, and tools that have apparently rebranded themselves into AI empires overnight. Classic. 😫 Not Quite the Start I Imagined Filled with motivation and what I assumed was enthusiasm , I approached Postman like a fresh canvas awaiting a masterpiece. I don’t use it in my day-to-day job, so this was supposed to be a clean, enjoyable learning experience. Or so I thought. 🔍 The Quest for Usable Course Material (Spoiler: It Went Badly) My journey began on LinkedIn Learning , kindly provided by my employer. I made my way through six or seven lessons an...

Time to Level Up: A Senior Tester’s Journey Into Something New Alright, here we go. I’ve spent the best part of a decade poking, prodding, tapping and swiping my way through mobile apps. From the early days of “does it crash when I rotate it?” to the more recent world of complex user journeys and flaky device farms, mobile testing has been my bread and butter. I know my way around a debug build, I can sniff out a dodgy release before it lands. Just like so many of us stuck in the day to day life, somewhere along the way, I realised I’d stopped challenging myself and had become too satisfied in my comfort zone. Mobile testing is still something I enjoy, but the tech world moves fast—and testers need to move faster. New tools, new approaches, new expectations. And I don’t want to be the person who only used to keep up. I want to stay sharp, stay curious, and keep pushing myself to grow. So, I’ve decided it’s time to get uncomfortable again.