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Question of the Week - This or That

  • May 6, 2026
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creeatsafe
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Hi all! It was a big hit last year, so we're bringing it back! This week we're playing This or That — pick your favourites and drop them in the comments below. 🎉

This week's Question of the Week: This or That!

  • Tester or TestFilter
  • Beach or Mountains
  • Dark Mode or Light Mode
  • Morning Person or Night Owl

No wrong answers — but we do want receipts! 🧾 Tell us your picks and feel free to defend your choices in the comments!

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4 replies

redgeographics
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TestFilter because it can replace multiple separate Testers -and- it gives me the option to name my output ports, so for long-term maintainability and best practices this is infinitely better. 

Mountains but it depends on the beach, I find a rocky coastline very interesting (spent some time on the Oregon coast 2 years ago and it was sublime!)

Light mode but that's mostly because I do a lot of FME demo’ing and light mode works better on a big screen or projector.

Morning person if I've had enough coffee.

 

 


nielsgerrits
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TestFilter, creating custom outputports saves me documenting the transformer. I even use a TestFilter for single tests.

Mountains covered with snow is a plus!

Light Mode because summertime and mostly working during day hours nowadays.

Morning Person, becoming a dad converted me. I now really appreciate sunrise.


j.botterill
Influencer
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  • Influencer
  • May 9, 2026

TestFilter it’s easier to annotate the output port and I like to filter records conditionally

Mountains despite living near the coast, you tend to want what you don’t have readily available

Light mode always stuck with this as taking screen shots is more legible than dark images, but I do utilise OS settings to turn down the brightness into an evening

Night Owl as I find a second wind in the evening after sitting at a computer


hkingsbury
Celebrity
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  • Celebrity
  • May 11, 2026

TestFilter slowly weening myself off the Tester. I find the TestFilter to be much easier to self document (ability to name the output port specifically)

Mountains On a beach sand gets everywhere 🙃

Dark Mode for anything code related
Light Mode for FME and anything text (Word/Outlook etc) related

Morning Person, the sooner you start ticking off your days to do list, the sooner you can sit down and relax!