Randall Woodman

Engineers don’t trust vibes. They trust systems. You can tell me: • “It worked in staging” • “AI said it’s correct” • “Tests are green” • “We didn’t see errors” But my brain only asks one thing: “What happens when this runs at 3 AM… with real users?” Because real engineering isn’t optimism. It’s controlled paranoia. Trust isn’t built by: – demos – confidence – or dashboards Trust is built when: • systems fail predictably • errors surface clearly • behavior stays inside known boundaries • recovery is boring (that’s a good thing) If I can’t explain **why** it works, I don’t trust it. If I can’t predict **how** it fails, I definitely don’t trust it. That mindset doesn’t slow teams down. It’s what keeps production alive. Engineers don’t fear broken systems. They fear *unknown* ones. If you build systems for a living, you know exactly what I mean. #EngineeringMindset #SystemDesign #ReliabilityEngineering #AITesting #SoftwareEngineering #ProductionThinking #BuildInPublic

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QA workflows should preserve the quality of your pentests without slowing delivery. As teams move toward continuous testing, the ability to scale without sacrificing quality becomes critical. PlexTrac’s enhanced QA workflow keeps the entire review process in one place, from tracking and commenting to approval and closure, making it easier to scale delivery while preserving quality. The result is consistent, high-quality output across engagements, faster turnaround, and less rework. Designed for real pentest and red team environments. See how it works: https://lnkd.in/eyw3azhQ #Pentesting #ContinuousValidation #PlexTrac

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I’ve been using a side project to bring my Java skills fully up to date with the latest tooling. On the dev side it’s Java 25, Spring Boot 4, Maven, Flyway for DB migrations, JaCoCo for test coverage, and Testcontainers for integration tests, so the whole GitHub CI pipeline is on current versions. For runtime I’m running everything in Docker with PostgreSQL 18, Redis 8, and RabbitMQ 4 via Docker Compose, which keeps the stack consistent and easy to spin up. The UI is Thymeleaf and Bootstrap (yeah I know that's a bad idea - it's purely to keep the whole thing in a single repo for this demo). Normally I’d use a separate frontend (e.g. React or similar) and keep the backend as an API. It’s a flash-sales–style demo app (products, sales, orders, async processing with RabbitMQ, caching with Redis). If you’re raising up your Java/Spring stack knowledge, then building something real with this kind of setup is a great way to do it. See the repo here: https://lnkd.in/eumzMQi2 #Java #SpringBoot #Docker #PostgreSQL #Redis #RabbitMQ #SoftwareDevelopment

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Documentation shouldn’t slow you down… It should help knowledge flow easily and accurately. 🧠 Scribe Capture’s latest updates are designed to make your guides clearer and easier to trust: 🔎 Live capture preview so you can catch errors early 🎯 Custom click target shapes that match real UI elements 📊 Tables in Pages to structure information cleanly When guides are easier to follow, Your team moves faster. That is how work gets done with Scribe! Try these features out today, and learn more here: https://lnkd.in/er3Z8Sbb

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