Philosopher about Quality & Test. Mostly harmless, but grumpy! Tweets represent my personal view/opinion. Retired #TestBash organizer. Hobby woodturner & sewer.
Joined May 2013
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22 Oct 2022
In the meantime, I give you a little “post mouse”, that materialized on our fridge door.
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Scamming has just become so much easier. Thank you world for ruining the internet.
12 Mar 2025
Introducing Same.dev
Clone any website with pixel perfect accuracy
One-shots Nike, Apple TV, Minecraft, and more!
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Patrick Prill (@TestPappy) compares testing to zoomies, highlighting the need for testers to shift perspectives and zoom in/out in Systems Thinking. (1/16)
bit.ly/3VMNBCk
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
29 Oct 2024
"In prAIse of Skepticism" is ostensibly "for technologists" & "about AI". But really, it is for everyone - especially folks that "believe nothing". Trust is blind; based on faith. Sometimes that is enough. But sometimes, evidence-based knowledge is wiser.
ineffable-solutions.com/in-p…
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
3 Sep 2024
People suffer at work every day, just trying to get their jobs done.
Leaders, we have the power to change this but we need each others support.
Let’s #ACT! (Aspire Collaborate Thrive!) and learn to lead in a new way!
Will you sign the leadership pledge? letsflow.sg
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
30 Aug 2024
🌸 The Problem: 70% of women face vaginal infections, but many struggle to seek care—only 26% self-diagnose correctly.
💡 The Solution: @Bayer & Ada's AI tool empowers women with accurate, confidential self-assessments.
Learn more: ada.com/supporting-womens-in…
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
This week, I've been tricked into taking on new responsibilities 😲
The scoundrels!
I've written it up as a blog post where you can read about:
- What triggered the trap
- Why the trap isn't really a trap
- How other Testers and QEs deliberately spring similar traps
- What I'm going to learn about while I'm in this trap
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
19 Aug 2024
Ada was tested at @uni_mainz, demonstrating diagnostic accuracy on par with professional psychologists (Kappa=0.78).
Delivering quick and efficient assessments in just a few minutes, we're redefining the future of mental health care.
ALT "An infographic titled 'Diagnostic Quality of Ada for Mental Disorders' compares diagnostic accuracy between laypersons and psychotherapists using Ada for mental health assessments. The graphic illustrates two horizontal bar charts showing 'Correct Diagnosis' and 'Differential Diagnoses' for both groups. The bars for psychotherapists are notably longer, indicating higher accuracy in both categories. The subtitle reads 'Comparing Diagnostic Accuracy: Layperson vs. Professional Input, with Notable Gains in Precision for Mental Health Cases.' The source is cited as 'JMIR Formative Research,' and the Ada logo is present in the bottom left corner.
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
16 Aug 2024
A recent study shows Ada’s AI surpasses ChatGPT-4 and rheumatologists in diagnostic accuracy for rheumatology, especially in identifying the correct top diagnosis.
AI paired with clinical expertise is the future of healthcare.
ALT An infographic comparing the diagnostic accuracy of Ada, ChatGPT-4, and rheumatologists in rheumatology. The graph shows Ada outperforming both ChatGPT-4 and rheumatologists, particularly in identifying the correct diagnosis as the top condition, with the chart displaying percentages of correct diagnoses across five diagnosis categories.
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Happy Monday folks!
I hope you are well - today I have published my latest video, subtly entitled "Chris is #OpenToWork
youtu.be/41wj1Ia46sM?si=P0xC…
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31 Jul 2024
Leaving this here for a good friend. Every morning I look at the chicory blossoms, I think, man, we need to catch up. Sorry for not reaching out.
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
No amount of testing will guarantee perfection in a program. The real problem here is that Microsoft effectively allowed CrowdStrike to hack into the core of their operating system in the name of security. Maybe, they should pay less attention to AI nonsense and more attention to making their own operating system secure without giving it over to a third-party.
20 Jul 2024
Lots of people speculating that this was due to a lack of testing. Philosophically true: in theory, *even more* testing can find all possible defects. But we can assume they *did* test. Si probsbly something subtle went wrong.
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Around 8.5% of all assessments on Ada are related to sexual health. Our AI-powered technology is transforming access to sexual health information and the path to diagnosis.
In case you missed it, we were mentioned in @MsMagazine's 'Keeping Score' section: msmagazine.com/2024/06/06/ke…
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
26 Jun 2024
Today Is The Day!
Join me from 1-5 to laugh and learn how the fundamental principles of #improv is a great analogy for testing! Applicable for testers & anyone who works with them. #kcdc @kc_dc
24 Jun 2024
If you're at #kcdc this week, visit my "Improv(e) Your Testing!" workshop Wednesday to laugh & learn how improv is a great analogy for #softwaretesting, or my "Word Smatter" talk Friday to learn about #semantics & the role of #testing. More info at kcdc.info/
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
20 Mar 2024
Reflections and learning on my last day working for a big bank linkedin.com/posts/leahstock…
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
12 Mar 2024
if you’re really good at your job, instead of getting a raise, you just get more people’s work
8 Mar 2024
What’s the one thing you cannot wrap your head around ?
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
11 Feb 2024
I get tired on the AI hype. Hopefully we soon get into a time where people really start to understand that Large Language Models (LLM) of this GenAI era are just clever token auto-completers and do NOT understand anything, even if their answers are always looking convincing.
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
11 Feb 2024
After 39 years of programming experience, I can only agree: "The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the OTHER 90 percent of the development time." — Tom Cargill, Bell Labs
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28 Jan 2024
Hey @RTLplus , Eure App ist echt Mist geworden. Ich konnte nicht mal die Helligkeit einstellen ohne dass der Stream unterbrochen wurde und ich wieder die ganze Werbung anschauen musste. Wechsel zu PiP ging nur innerhalb der App halbwegs, wenn wieder max dann black screen, nur Ton
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Patrick Prill @testpappy.bsky.social retweeted
I never said that some people will not be more expert than others in some skill area. Pay equity is another issue entirely. Pay should be commensurate with the value you bring to the org. Sometimes a great tester brings way more value than an engineer. Not paying them accordingly is exploitation.
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