(for context on what this series is, please see my Day 1 post here: https://rosaliarambles.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/redundancy-review-day-1-a-new-beginning/)
Good morning alligators and crocodiles, welcome to Day 3 of Rosalia Rambles Redundancy Review.
Have to admit, waking up today was a struggle. My body felt extremely heavy for some reason and the temperature under my duvet was damn near ideal for me to just go, “screw it”, and sleep in a bit more – but I persevered, so here I am with buttered crumpets and my mug of coffee.
Something that is keeping me going a lot in recent days is social connection, being able to talk to friends or have unique interactions with random people online. In the leadup to the axe dropping I struggled a fair bit to be around my friends, but now I am striving to hang out more, arranging coffee dates or informal meets with people.
With regards to the job search I applied to that Jagex role I mentioned yesterday, but shortly after I was scrolling LinkedIn and I saw a post saying that Poncle was hiring a QA engineer.
For those unfamiliar, Poncle are the developers of Vampire Survivors, and well…
…I really like that game.
The application itself was also interesting for one specific question: “What is the most interesting bug you’ve ever found and how did you go about reproducing it?”. It was a difficult question to nail down what I wanted to write.
Breaking software might be my career, but if I am honest it is also a way of life for me – if just because I am a magnet for bugs even when off shift.
I eventually settled on a story from my Codemasters days, which ended up being so long I could not send it as a Discord message for my friends to check out, and I will tell that story another time.
It had the blend of a difficult bug, a consistently inconsistent repro method, collaboration with another person, and a positive knock-on resolution. I was actually somewhat proud of reading the forums after the fact and seeing the chatter around that crash dying down to some degree.
Forum horror stories on the other hand are for different day though.
Time to move onto the review, and you might be wondering what topic might be next, considering I went from video game to instant coffee.
Well, today the topic is food – specifically my lunch from yesterday.
This is a chicken and coleslaw baguette from a local sandwich shop near to me in Shrewsbury called “Brambles”. I was out doing an errand walk and it was next to me as I started my walk home, so I decided to treat myself.
In addition to the main fillings I requested the baguette to be buttered and for the sandwich to have salt & pepper applied after it had been made. The chicken was a breast that had been shredded up which did admittedly leave it a little dry if it were to be on its own, but the butter and coleslaw more than helped make up for what it lacked.
Speaking of, the coleslaw was an absolutely amazing addition to the sandwich. In general I am someone who adores a good homemade coleslaw and this was no exception, the dressing was perfectly creamy whilst not being runny/watery and there were massive pieces of onion and cabbage within the mix, making it the ideal chunky sandwich topping.
What made it the perfect lunch though was the price. When compared to other chain shops around town who charge extortionate amounts for a subpar sandwich, being able to get a modestly sized meal for the price of £4.10 which goes to support a local business, there is no question I will continue going to Brambles for the foreseeable future.
That does it for today, a little bit shorter than yesterday but a bit more reflective of my tired state. I hope reading about the stuff I have been up to has been a positive influence on your day, and whatever you get up to today, I hope you have a good day. You deserve it.
For more information about Brambles, check out their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Bramblesshrewsbury/
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