Reminder that I am now mainly on bluesky -> bsky.app/profile/pitest…

Just published a short blog post on how to use some new features in pitest and arcmutate to tune your build.

blog.arcmutate.com/faster-mutatio…

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Nice write up from Mahak Tripathi at @Atlassian on setting up Arcmutate for mutation testing Java and Kotlin.

linkedin.com/pulse/mutation…

For anyone interested in trying out arcmutate, you can find more info here

arcmutate.com

That's pitest 1.18.0 syncing through to maven central

github.com/hcoles/pitest/…

It was finally time to say goodbye to Java 8 and some of the crustier older code. Looking forward to enjoying some of the benefits that came with 9, 10 and 11.

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My first book is on submission.

Wish me luck or, better yet, force your friend who's an editor at a big 5 publisher buy it.

I’m now at end of life care - palliative care-and will be going into a hospice for the foreseeable - thanks to everyone who sends me love and support- you’ve been amazing

The @WomensPrize Trust is launching the 2025 Discoveries writing development programme and prize to inspire unagented and unpublished women in the UK and Ireland to write their first novels.

Find out more 👇 thebookseller.com/news/the-women…

💥 NEW: A disabled children’s charity handed over 43% of its grants to rightwing think-tanks and pressure groups based at Tufton Street and beyond over the last five years. 🧵

🔎Read our latest investigation with @MC_00_ here ⬇️

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Does anyone happen to know of any good resources on the internals of @robolectric?

I'm having a poke around, but a map or guide would be handy.

Hot on the heels of last week's pitest release, we have another one.

github.com/hcoles/pitest/…

Friends, do you use mutation testing with your Java apps?

I want to write an article, but need understand the relevance first 🙃

Tangent Online bitched about the chess moves I used in "The Immortal Game", apparent not realising that I used the exact moves made (up until the point things get gruesome in story) by real masters (Topalov and Kasparov, 1999).
It's ranked as the #1 chess game of all time 🤣

And of course, having released yesterday I now see there is a better more complete solution.

A little more detail on the pitest 1.16.2 release

blog.arcmutate.com/pitest-1-16-2/

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when our baby was 3wks old he said he was nipping out & after 20mins I realised he hadn't come back, then realised a bag was gone & now it's been 11 years since either of us have seen him 😂 so dunno. probs something like that 🤷‍♀️

Pitest 1.16.2 has now synced through to maven central.

github.com/hcoles/pitest/…

Includes additional info in the html report (thanks @Vivek_Ganesan) and some deep magic to enable "delayed execution" code used in static initializers to be mutated.

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It's just over a month since #REEK came out – thank you to everyone for making it so amazing. To celebrate, let's have a giveaway!

Reek is a sci-fi tale of poisoned air, evil tech bros and a kick-ass heroine, with art by the amazing @Caltsoudas. To win one of 5 signed copies, RT ingtonStoke. Ends 6th September!
More info👉 alastairc.com/books/reek/
#giveaway #competition #happyFriday

My social media "strategy" is somewhat haphazard, but I'm trying to post more over on Bluesky.

It isn't perfect, but it looks like the current best option for a townsquare that's not entirely overrun by bots and nazis.

It would be nice to see more people I know over there.