Yuk Lai Suen's Blog

I'm a software development engineer, I like to write code. I remember when I got the job offer for Microsoft I told Professor Khurshid, my Master's degree supervisor, that "I will just go and automate things in a couple months then enjoy the free pay...

The questions are usually: "Your test is failing . Can you take a look?"; the questions are never: "Your test is passing . Can you take a look?" There appears to be a misconception that "A good test is one that passes" or "Tests should pass". A few...

I just got this question again. In XP, the steps to mute one of the channels in the OS was very few. The Left/Right balance slider is simply a click away from the volume icon (if I remember correctly). But in Vista, that control is more steps away...

Just chatting with a SDE about hiring someone from the SDET organization. Two comments I found interesting: Some (more senior) SDE positions are not good fit for SDET to transition to. There is a mindset shift between writing test code and product...

Bug management is like any management, it's half science and half art. I don't know how many people actually explored this field specifically and professionally, but I don't think many engineers do it exceptionally well, myself included. Some of my friends...