Code Challenge: Valid Sudoku

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Working through these challenges on LeetCode is an interesting experience. This challenge took more code than I expected. It could be that I missed a more simple or elegant solution. However, like the Plus One Challenge, I felt I had a decent approach to start but I still ended up learning a few things along … [Read more…]

Code Challenge: Contains Duplicate

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Working through these challenges on LeetCode is an interesting experience. I try to solve the problems or at least think an approach through prior to hitting the docs and as a last result searching for solution specifics. This is to avoid getting overly frustrated since the purpose is to try and stretch my knowledge while … [Read more…]

Code Challenge: Plus One

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Working through these challenges on LeetCode is an interesting experience. Some have been pretty challenging like rotating an array and some have felt more relatable and straight-forward to solve like finding the best time to buy and sell stock. The range of feelings has been interesting, progress hasn’t been linear but I am enjoying working … [Read more…]

Open Sourcing Your Mindset

This post originally appeared on TestingInDevops.org, unfortunately the Mabl team has decided to no longer continue to support that site. Rather than lose the content, I re-post it here for your reading enjoyment. As development has shifted from waterfall to agile and now DevOps, at each stage you see developers taking on more responsibility and … [Read more…]

Code Challenge: Rotate an Array

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This the 3rd challenge and I came in with high confidence after getting through the first and second challenges on LeetCode. I was feeling good after completing the last challenge to find the best time to buy and sell stock but this one really turned out to be a tough one. The challenge: Given an … [Read more…]

Testing Webhooks with JS – Part 2

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Webhooks are a popular way for platforms to notify external clients and integrations when changes are occurring in near real time. Webhooks can be very useful but they can also present a challenge for both automated and exploratory testing of the webhooks implementation. Rather than rely on sites like webhook.site and requestbin, in this series … [Read more…]

Testing Webhooks with JS

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Webhooks are a popular way for platforms to notify external clients and integrations when changes are occurring in near real time. Webhooks can be very useful but they can also present a challenge for both automated and exploratory testing of the webhooks implementation. Typically the integrator registers to recieve webhooks by providing an endpoint that … [Read more…]