Victoria KruczekCreate a local database with docker-compose and view it in MySQL WorkbenchSome time ago, I was forced to make my local database to test one of my database migration scripts. I wanted to go through the easy road…4 min read·May 2, 2023----
Victoria KruczekHow to debug node-tap tests in VSCode?If you decided to start writing your unit test with the tap-node library but struggle to debug it in your VSCode, you’re in the right…3 min read·Sep 20, 2022----
Victoria KruczekThe tale of my first backend taskA long time ago, in a far, far away city that settled between two big rivers, there was a fierce mystic company with huge dreams. It wanted…4 min read·Jul 28, 2022----
Victoria KruczekIs being a Software Engineer better than being a QA Engineer?I used to say I would not ditch Quality Assurance for being a Software Engineer. I believed it, and back in the days when anyone asked me…7 min read·Jul 26, 2022----
Victoria KruczekTracking queries with knex-mock — mocking database transactions with multiple queriesSuppose you face a situation where you have to write some unit tests to your endpoint that uses a database transaction, and you use the…4 min read·Jun 29, 2022----
Victoria KruczekHow to manually test GCP Pub/Sub handler implementationWhen I say to people that I did not start my backend journey from scratch and I come from QA Engineering's dark side, they always ask if I…6 min read·Jun 28, 2022----
Victoria KruczekError handling is sometimes just not good enoughI decided to share another case of a bug that I introduced to my implementation. Thankfully I managed to crash on this wave before shipping…3 min read·May 21, 2022----
Victoria KruczekModifying a string to a boolean value via Boolean object is sometimes a bad ideaSoftware never forgives a mistake, and although I feel I am learning this over and over again, I am still running into my own silly…3 min read·May 15, 2022----
Victoria KruczekHow to solve ECONNREFUSED error — service can not reach the other serviceI have been assigned to a task that required me to create a new topic and a subscriber, which would listen to it. Whenever a new message…3 min read·Apr 20, 2022----
Victoria KruczekLearning from Request Cryptography library: JWK + JWE with AES EncryptionAs I tried to find a repository to contribute to, I have encountered an open-source library that handled a topic I know nothing of. It’s is…6 min read·Apr 15, 2022----
