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Field notes from building test systems that have to survive real teams.

July 17, 2023 · parody

Love and Lost Car Keys: Meet Harry Bumpkin, the First Grumpy Old Bachelor on TLC

Join Harry Bumpkin, TLC's first senior bachelor, on his humorous quest for love, companionship, and missing eyeglasses this fall.

July 10, 2023 · parody

The Tale of Mister Sneuss and the Fuddleroo

Explore fidelity and honesty in 'The Tale of Mister Sneuss and the Fuddleroo', a poignant, Seuss-inspired parable.

June 26, 2023 · ai

Board Game Universe (BGU) Announces Highly Anticipated Sequel “Chess 2: Checkmate Royale”

The classic strategy game gets a modern and thrilling update after centuries of anticipation

April 17, 2023 · svelte

Svelte: Kicking React's Ass One Line of Code at a Time

Hold onto your keyboards, nerds! This sassy blog post spills the tea on why Svelte is kicking React's butt all over the web-dev playground. We're talking size, speed, and simplicity, served with a side of snark. So, ditch that bloated React baggage and embrace the sleek, sexy world of Svelte!

August 16, 2022 · parody

Manti Te'o's Girlfriend Finally Comes Forward

After months of speculation, Manti Te'o's girlfriend has finally come forward. In an exclusive interview with the National Inquirer, she reveals that she is actually a figment of Te'o's imagination.

July 5, 2022 · funny

Bette Midler and the Large Hadron Collider

This story was generated using the top trending searches: CERN & Bette Midler

June 27, 2022 · ai

Kanye West and John Cena play badminton after long day

This is another AI generated article about John Cena and Kanye West playing badminton

June 12, 2022 · ai

California’s wildfire season being alleviated by Donald Trump's Space Lasers

This is a post that was written entirely by AI. Pretty fun and amazing how great openai's neural network is!

May 31, 2022 · technical

Create your own WORDLE using Svelte!

We will be learning how to make a Wordle game using Svelte!

March 4, 2022 · learning

Learn to Learn

In this post we will be talking about how to get back into the learning mindset.

ben@spurlock:~$

Senior test automation consultant in Salt Lake City. I help Series A–C startups build Playwright systems that scale without breaking — including MCP and agents in the test loop.

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