Tammy Xu
Staff Reporter at Built In
Expertise: Software development
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Northwestern University
Tammy Xu is a former Built In staff reporter covering software development and trends across the software industry. She holds a master of science in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor of arts in chemistry from Northwestern University. Prior to joining Built In, she spent five years as a software developer for The Dow Chemical Company. Xu is also a former contributing editor and director of fact checking for South Side Weekly. She is currently a reporting fellow at MIT Technology Review.
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In a fast-paced world of automation, what do we stand to gain from free-form manual testing?
Devs don’t want to spend their weekends troubleshooting.
Why choose between security and flexibility?
Your tests need maintenance just like the rest of your code.
Older users are keeping up with tech. Is tech keeping up with them?
Serverless architecture can cut down on costs and maintenance. But it doesn’t work for everything.
Effective pair programming requires empathy, patience and preparation.
Drift’s support rotation was born out of necessity — but that’s not why it’s still around.
“There’s something very sacred about two people working together.”
Do you need a simple text editor or a full-fledged IDE? It really depends on what you’re trying to do.
Adapting to the effects of security shifting left, QA engineers are diversifying their skillsets.