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⏳ Events happening this week: From Ad-Hoc Prompting to Agentic Engineering (AI Chapter) and This Week in Quality
📸 Photo of the week: Community and tech is everywhere.
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Shift Critical Thinking Left: Continuous Critical Thinking in the Test Lifecycle — Stephen Platten
In this episode, Stephen and Rosie explore how Stoic philosophy shaped his approach to critical thinking, and why that skill matters more than ever in the age of AI.
Engineering quality in an AI based product — James Pearce
James presents a framework for testing AI systems based on three core concepts learned from martial arts competition.
Are your AI efforts good enough? — Rosie Sherry and MoTaverse Friends
10 ideas to question your quality AI work.
Untangling the DOM: How automation really breaks (and how to fix it) — Ujjwal Kumar Singh
Browsers keep four different pictures of your page at once, and automation bugs live in the gap between them.
Motivation and strategy: the two forces behind technical learning — Sarah Deery
What actually sustains technical learning once the novelty fades?
The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP) — Simon Tomes
Lightly plan every exploratory testing session before you dive in
Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management — Leading With AI
A panel discussion exploring how AI is really affecting engineering teams today, from tool adoption and team confidence to testing, leadership, and the risk of over-relying on automation.
These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142 — This Week in Quality
Simon and Demi host a high-energy wins episode, starting with Demi’s week of intense data testing and Simon’s reflections on recent MoTaverse milestones, including Diana’s first 10K, 45 Call for Insights, new company chapters, and fresh writing prompts for community moments.
Roundtable: AI Learnings and Demos
In this AI sharing, learning and demo session we work through where AI has been earning its place in a testing workflow.
Lessons from London Community Week: Community decay is normal, and that's ok — This Week in Community
This week, Simon is joined by Rosie Sherry live from London Community Week, with a surprise appearance from Marie Cruz, developer advocate at Grafana.
Moments in the MoTaverse, create your moment today.
- Together, We Find Solutions — Melissa Fisher
- Coverage you can actually act on — Justin Holsgrove
- Wins and grins — Simon Tomes
- Footholds, not answers: What the AI Learning Companion taught me about itself — Sarah Deery
- Security Shifting Left in Lovable — Rosie Sherry
- What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse — Diana Dromey
When AI writes the code, test environments matter
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📆 All upcoming events
MoTaverse online:
- Influence, from the other side of the table — Masterclass — Sept 10th
- Test data driven development — Masterclass — 23rd Sept
MoTaverse, in person:
- Leaders Dinner, London — 28th Sept
- Leading With Quality is returning to Brighton. SOLD OUT, add yourself to the waitlist.
- Engineering management beach party — 30th September
- Leaders Dinner, Brighton — 30th Sept
- MoTaCon 2026: 257 people already registered. Let's go!
- MoTography at your service — October 1st
- Brighton walking tour — Friday 2nd of October
MoT Chapter events:
- From ad-hoc prompting to Agentic Engineering: Latest trends in AI | AI Chapter
- TWiQ, listen live, or join the stage, and join the Chapter.
- Leeds Chapter summer social | MoT Leeds
- Social event at the Fringe: Get Your Geek On | MoT Edinburgh
- The MoTaCon Pre‑Party: The Spoiler Episode...Live from Groningen | MoT Netherlands
- Testing What You Can't Control: Adam Davis | MoT Leeds
- Newcastle, TWiC, San Francisco, AI Chapter, Leeds, Netherlands, Leeds, Brighton.
Partner events:
- Master AI Testing: Join the Top 1% — BrowserStack
- QA Leadership Summit - The AI-Native Edge: Leading the Future of QA — BrowserStack
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