Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

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Tempting

A simple formula, which I had never considered, having worked in executive positions at several companies: a director is a manager of managers. If you are a director, but have specialists (individual contributors) below you, then you are not a director but a manager, regardless of what your position is called.

Expanding on the topic, if you are a manager and have no subordinates (those who report to you and whose work you are responsible for), then you are not a manager, but in essence a specialist. In the fields of project management, sales, procurement, or HR.

If only such definitions were simple, everyone would find it convenient. Do you agree?

Just published a new article on Hybrismart.com:

End-to-End Test Automation: Why Was It Worth to Write Our Custom Framework

There are dozens, even hundreds of test automation frameworks available, and we developed our own. Why? Why? Was it worth the effort?

This article describes our needs and our solution, E2E CLI: the architecture of the API testing tool which has been used by our team for about 2 years. Back in 2020, it was developed by me from scratch over the course of a weekend — In other words, it is a very simple piece based on very simple ideas.

We use this tool to end-to-end test all our services and integration flows. Whenever we make changes to a software system, we need to ensure that they do not break what was already working.

As the architect and lead developer, I designed and developed it from the ground up, so, of course, I am very proud of my brainchild. But the field cannot be well seen from within the field. You know, reinventing wheels is not always bad. When you build something on your own, you are in full control over what is being built, what its purpose will be, and when it is finally conceived and executed as you wish. It has been two years since I have encountered any alternative to our solution.

To reach a wider audience, I found it beneficial to share key concepts hoping to get some feedback from the community and enhance the product.

First time seeing a toilet monitoring system. You could actually create charts and send alerts to the staff.