Background
Again, Twitter comes to my ”what should I write about next?”-rescue! Heather Reid shared a challenge from the Bloggers Club on the Ministry of Testing. The challenge is to write a blog post about the topic “Testing is like…”
Testing is like…
Testing is like fireworks.
Lighting up my brain with ideas neverending. Challenging my thinking with endless possibilities.
Testing is like a mosquito.
An annoying buzzing keeping me awake at night. Always present, never close enough to touch.
Testing is like the wings of a butterfly.
Placing a tiny speck of a question in the right place, at the right time. Seeing it toppling mountains.
Testing is like fear of the dark.
Clearly seeing all the things that might go wrong, actually knowing the worst thing that could happen. Wondering how others manage to live in blissful ignorance.
Testing is like improvised dancing.
Moving freely where my senses guide me. Moving in, or out of, harmony. To my own beat. Maybe making sense to only me.
Testing is like scripted baking.
Repeating the motions and steps of others before me. Getting the perfect result every time, without waste. Always predictable, always reliable.
Testing is tedious, and exciting.
Testing is repetition, and creativity.
From safe and boring to exhilarating and breathtaking in one fluent motion. Like riding a roller-coaster that never stops.
Testing is everything.
Everything I wished for, everything I do. From start to end. Endless. Curious. Liberating.
Testing is nothing.
Nothing without context, nothing without purpose. Nothing like they said it would be.