[ale] End to end testing?

[Leam Hall]

Some clients should be fired.

On 05/30/15 15:12, Michael Trausch wrote:
> And you'll lose the client. The only saving grace is that when someone else screws them they come back asking forgiveness.
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> Rarely do I grant that though. I require stable clients, not flakey people who seek nothing but bottom-line improvement. It is absolutely right to be as efficient as possible without overspending, but it seems that manager types do not often understand this.
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> I had one client for years that was focused on microsecond improvements. They went elsewhere and found that nobody else would cater to them. They never liked to pay a decent amount anyway so I wouldn't take them back if they begged. They ate all my time and I let them. It was a mess.
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> Clear definitions or bust.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 21, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> +1 for getting a specification of 'faster' - it needs to be in terms of 'X transactions per second' or 'response time of less than 0.5 seconds' or something measureable and precise, or you will be chasing perfection forever.
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