Cyber Security Essentials Certification

I’m so excited to announce this… We were recently officially awarded the Cyber Security Essentials Certification! This was one of the main goals I had in mind for 2020 and I’m pleased to say we finally achieved it! I’ve been working on guides, policies, processes, and bringing in new tools since mid-2019 but the pandemic […]

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KeyMash Tree Planting Scheme Launched

I’ve been wanting to make this post for nearly 3 years and am so excited to finally make it. When KeyMash was founded in April 2018, I had two main goals in mind: To provide the best possible quality Testing for our clients To make a company that didn’t damage the Earth in the process […]

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KeyMash 2020 Round-Up

Wow. This year has been… something else, hasn’t it?! I’ll get the obvious out of the way first… COVID-19 has been a massive challenge for everyone and impacted pretty much every aspect of our way of life. It changed everything we knew and took for granted in the space of a week. We went from […]

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World Mental Health Day 2020

Around 1 in 4 in the UK will suffer from Mental Health issues each year. To mark World Mental Health Day, we’re giving away 1 month’s Headspace subscriptions to two lucky people! Headspace is one of the leading organisations specialising in Mindfulness and their app guides you through everything you need to know to get […]

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Latest COVID-19 Stats API Requests

COVID-19 appears to be spreading at an alarming rate and as of this morning, the death toll in the UK has broken the 1000 mark. Postman, my favourite API Testing tool by a country mile, posted a list of APIs on their website this week. I’ve made a Postman collection of the ones I’ve found […]

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What’s in store for KeyMash in 2020

Can you believe it’s 2020? 2019 was such a big year at KeyMash for a number of reasons however it feels like it went by in a blur! Although 2019 was full of highlights, here are some that I want to shout about: Worked for clients in 3 different industries: Government/Cyber Security, Retail and Healthcare. […]

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Android Q

Are you Android Q ready? The next major release of Android has been announced and, based on previous years, likely released in October 2019. Although we don’t yet know what it’s called (I’m hoping for Quesadilla!), we can be certain it’ll bring with it a raft of improvements and new features. However, this causes problems […]

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API Automation & Monitoring

Don’t be left in the dark These days APIs have become an essential part of any companies software stack, but they’re often the root cause of the most critical failures. Many companies employ tools such as CI/CD, Unit Tests, Automated UI tests and crashlytics, and that’s great, but do you know what’s going on with […]

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KeyMash Testing goes Green!

At KeyMash, we believe companies have a responsibility to help protect people and preserve the environment. The average medium-sized business uses around 3 times more energy than the average UK household (source) and it’s important that businesses do their part. We’ve briefly talked about the steps we’re taking to build KeyMash Testing’s Eco-Friendly Foundations, and […]

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Building KeyMash’s Eco-Friendly Foundations

It’s not easy being Green Ensuring that KeyMash Testing is an eco-friendly company right from the word “Go” has been my number one priority. Building the business on an eco-friendly foundation will help bake this into our DNA so that it’s second nature. We shouldn’t think twice about picking the eco-friendly alternative or make a […]

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