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Partially back from a two month hiatus - apologies this took forever but it never left my backlog!From the original moment: AMA about Epi...
AMA Epistemology Answer: Definition Shifting image
Partially back from a two month hiatus - apologies this took forever but it never left my backlog!From the original moment: AMA about Epi...
AMA Epistemology Answer: Limits of Testing image
Partially back from a two month hiatus - apologies this took forever but it never left my backlog! From the original moment: AMA about Ep...
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Partially back from a two month hiatus - apologies this took forever but it never left my backlog!From the original moment: AMA about Epi...

Chapters

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Recorded insights with Simon on engineering management and AI. It will be published soon, so watch this space. If this is somet...
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What a night in Veenendaal.We filled the room with that unmistakable MoT‑NL buzz, the kind where conversations start before the event off...
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We are just a week away from our next Leeds Chapter meeting, where we talk all things side hustles. Visit the link below to read all abou...
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James Thomas gives a talk at Munich Chapter on the challenge of testing a software that never stops changing. 

MoTaCon

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The lineup is out and oh my... how exciting is it?These are the contributors we've announced publicly... but let me tell you something. E...
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What happens when the person who fundamentally changed how the world tests software looks back at two decades of automation, and then loo...
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Is Engineering Management your next move? There’s a common myth that Engineering Management is only for developers. The truth? Some ...
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Coming all the way from New York to Brighton, we're very happy to announce that Susanne Abdelrahman will be joining us at MoTaCon to answ...

Call for Insights

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Any of my former coworkers can confirm that I can talk about QA for hours at work, where I'm comfortable; where I know the audience.&nbsp...
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Simon Tomes
Cristina shares a handy reflection of how we might refer to AI tooling.Watch the full convo: The soft skills shift everything. Are we tra...
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One of the big things about ADHD is time blindness.Heleen Van Grootven explains how time blindness impacts her approach to working. This ...
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AI Guardrails in one sentence, thanks to James Pearce.

MoTivation

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I made it to 404 stars! Guess I don't have any excuse to not join the TWiQ stage this Friday...
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It feels surreal to me, but I've passed 3,000 community stars. Last week I earned 112 and awarded 97. It is easy to show your appreciatio...
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A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. Last time around they discussed writing about something they don't know much...
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A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. After agreeing they could write about things that worry us it was time to ex...

Guardians of the MoTaverse

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Luna - our white Lion from Sirius, protector of the realm.Munja (eng. Flash) - our Black Lightning, a shadow hunter.
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Link was chosen by the Goddesses of Quality Assurance to guard the realm from the Great Calamity (otherwise known as "Deadlines"). H...
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After the loss our last Guardian Cooper, we had a break as a point of respect and reflection on such a wonderful and dare I say unique do...
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Meet Percy. We are looking after him for the day.

Memes

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Recently my team has taken on the arduous task of migrating one of our oldest applciations from weblogic to containers. A task that is pr...
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Writing Automation has made me realise after 10 plus years I am actually a good tester.I am however possibly the worst developer known to...
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It's nice when people notice!
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At the top is written "Hey, has this been deployed in dev yet?"
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Heleen Van Grootven
We do try to be subtle...(Sometimes it actually wasn't in dev yet!)
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