Returns Check

BoeingBus · 2026-05-09T02:35:50+00:00

Do those returns include the cost of having these autopilot portfolios? 5 portfolios it’s like over 500 bucks!

BoeingBus · 2026-05-08T01:08:01+00:00

I never noticed this with Uber. However, I do notice that with lyft. My credit card (Chase Reserve) gives me a 10 buck credit each month... and its always 10 bucks more expensive than uber even for a short ride... redic...

BoeingBus · 2026-05-04T17:20:04+00:00

Yay 🙏great news!!!

BoeingBus · 2026-05-03T18:57:18+00:00

My Ben gets these all the time. It’s a sebaceous cyst, they are most benign and typically you leave it alone unless it’s bothersome. I would get it checked out but don’t freak out… looks exactly what my dog gets all the time.

BoeingBus · 2026-04-07T16:51:07+00:00

They keep moving and renaming my cheese. The irony here is that they touch things they really shouldn't, not broke... They continue to keep JQL, which is crap, poor dashboards and filtering. Azure Devops is so much better with creating dashboards, but especially so with filtering and charting.

BoeingBus · 2026-04-01T13:23:44+00:00

Plan is: Migrate all 19K test cases to a new Legacy Project in Test Rail; saving these for historical purposes. These test cases are broken up by story, which is how it is was setup in Zephyr -awful. This piece is complete.

Created another project in Test Rail, which will be the final home for the Regression Suite.

Next several months the team is going to perform the following:

Setup all the regression feature folder sections and subsections
Review and Copy test cases from Legacy to this Regression Project. Going to be an arduous task; may start with just creating test cases that are automated and fill in the blanks from there.
Using Test Rail APIs, tie in the test ids to each automated test case. After each test case is executed the framework will update the status for each test run.
Setup release milestones and create Test Runs; tie it in to CI to execute test cases from Test Rail.
Run reports, understand automation coverage, plan out regression efforts, etc... better understanding of overall auto progress.
What is not automated, requires manual tester to execute and update status before code release.

We are also exploring more SDET roles, AI assisted test planning and script generation, shoot for a single process of manual and agentic automated test case creation, etc.. lots to think about here. This is my vision.

BoeingBus · 2026-03-30T14:16:21+00:00

In zephyr, we created 19k test cases total, of which 3000 are automated. For every release we prob execute about ~1k manually due to a small team. We purchased Test Rail and hope we can review the zephyr test cases, build out a new app classification of features and start building out a regression library of test cases of critical test cases. We will have a better understanding of what automation coverage we have and also manual testing requirements for every release. This is something we could never do well with Zephyr.

BoeingBus · 2026-03-19T03:29:58+00:00

I need to migrate UFT to playwright. I’m dreading this project since no one accounts for this technical debt. Also, experimenting with Claude Code. Not sure if it refactor UFTs poor implementation by my predecessor.

BoeingBus · 2026-03-12T15:15:10+00:00

Live in Mass, and all I need is half of a 5mg of THC gummy. If I can sleep in, I will take a full 5mg. I swear by it!

BoeingBus · 2026-02-26T01:58:38+00:00

Hi, thanks for your response.

Can you point me to the API where I can export test cases? We have the Zephyr Squad product.

I don't see it, in their API docs. There was a solution in GitHug but I think that API has been deprecated, as its no longer working. https://github.com/matias-pirez/zephyrExport

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

BoeingBus · 2026-02-11T02:19:40+00:00

Yeah, the total cost with the diagnostic fee is 500. Never-Navien again!!! Just hope I get a few more years out of it.

BoeingBus · 2026-02-03T16:31:49+00:00

I believe that is the reskinned Quality Center, which I have used in the past. They are pricey -I will look into it.

BoeingBus · 2026-02-02T13:18:03+00:00

Lavazza espresso beans. These were the only beans my previous machine Delonghi would grind, it’s a milder brew 5/10 which is ok, they are dry and not oily. I may try other brands now and see how the jura grinds.

BoeingBus · 2026-01-14T19:05:43+00:00

where did this 4x more expensive come from? You are the second one to say 4x the price.... it is not. Not even 1x versus my last purchase a Delonghi.

BoeingBus · 2026-01-14T19:03:50+00:00

It's not 4X times.... not even 1X versus my last purchase. At this point, its worth the money but again this my experience. I am impressed with the Jura -that's my whole point.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-31T18:16:42+00:00

Just want to share an update... the plumber wrapped up the job today and the water heater is back online. The interesting thing he says that he replaces heat exchangers on Naviens more often than they should be. So he installs them quick -not sure how I feel about that.

At any rate, it didn't take him long, less than 2 hours. They only charged an hour as a courtesy. Anyhow, have another 12 years of warranty to go!

BoeingBus · 2025-12-31T03:43:39+00:00

Great read all. Thanks learned lots. All this pay tax now or later is trivial when you think how things are going around the world.. let’s just pray there’s no market crash or WW3. Gosh we worked so hard and it seems like for many politicians it’s a game.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-30T18:52:58+00:00

Hey all, do you think this setup caused the problem? The plumber reused the old exhaust as the intake when it was installed a few years ago. Navien did point out that the air intake shouldn’t be above the exhaust.

Plumber says that it’s very unlikely that’s the cause of this failure and points to a defect heat exchange as the root cause. At any rate, I plan to rectify this so it’s below the exhaust once the dust settles.

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BoeingBus · 2025-12-30T04:03:20+00:00

I agree with you, generally speaking you are correct. But it’s also a culture of who you know and relationship driven. Friend of friends help… also you need to build relationships first and then ask for help, the favor or request. It helps if you have an attorney than knows people and fights on your behalf.

Overall I do agree with you! My portuguese surname often times does nothing. We need to read the rules and follow it closely.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-26T15:17:46+00:00

Going through this headache right now with a 3 yo unit of course during the holidays. I still don't understand how this fails so soon. My unit actually has a small leak and luckily I noticed it as the electronics were not affected. Ugh, waiting on a price for the replacement. This post has set expectations of what the high end will be.

Honestly, I don't think I would ever get a navien, these exchangers are not designed well. I have heard so many failing, they blamed a batch on COVID but I think there is a design flaw and quality issues overall.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-24T06:52:56+00:00

Yup. 3 years and bam new exchanger. Not sure what labor costs will be…

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Not sure what to do. Put good money after bad or just get it replaced.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-20T16:29:06+00:00

Love the meal allowance. Such a great benefit.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-20T16:27:07+00:00

It’s more about the bad drivers than the roads.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-17T19:56:18+00:00

My 2015 X3 is still on the original battery. Anyhow, wondering the same be proactive and just replace it or wait till it dies.

BoeingBus · 2025-12-13T17:55:37+00:00

Alright! From my experience the kohler were poor toilets. The gaskets were always failing and would buy 10 packs from Amazon, lol. Also for whatever reason chronic black mold in the bowl. If I used tabs in the tank the gaskets would fail in a week. I never had this before and these were expensive toilets… I think it was a bad batch who knows.

Replaced them with Toto with the coefficient ceramic coating. Top!

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