Hi there. I'm Rosie Sherry, and I'm your MoTaverse Weekly host.
I'm not quite sure where the time has gone, but somehow MoTaCon is next week. Yes, you can still get your ticket, don't put it off until next year, life is short and worth living for now!
Internally, we've called this year a transition year. Change seems easy, until you have to do it and realise so many things are needed to make things happen. Our number one goal is to simplify, simplify, simplify.
As we've been reflecting and injecting positivity, we've felt ourselves saying 'isn't it great'? That everything is bundled into one subscription. That we can serve you better. That you can build your network and credibility. That our offering is forever expanding. And that literally every week hundreds of people are attending our events.
We're doubling down on all of this and calling it Community as a Service. It's different from anything out there, but that's exactly what we need in today's world. It's powerful and deserves attention.
🔥 Join or start a Chapter today. They are volunteer-led and free to attend.
📸 Photo this week is of the Bug Bag.
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From code review to code oversight: Michaela Greiler's SCOPE model — Michaela Greiler, with Rosie Sherry
Dr Michaela Greiler on why agentic coding is breaking code review, and where testers fit into the oversight that replaces it.
Isn't it great? The counterintuitive truth behind the MoTaverse's Membership Model — Rosie Sherry
An opportunity to focus and reflect on the many positives of the MoTaverse.
A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection — TWiQ
A lively return episode catching up on MoTaCon preparations, community updates, AI overwhelm, demo-day disasters, knowledge sharing, and why human connection remains central to quality work.
Isn't it great: community builders are educators and in-person events are back — TWiC
What the seagull? Learn how educators, boundaries, and accessible events shape community building, unpacked through bird-themed lessons.
Gimme something fresh from the MoTaverse — Simon Tomes
Save mental energy: have your next learning pick chosen for you
Staying fast, reliable, and usable — Simon Tomes & Marie Cruz
What can quality professionals learn from site reliability engineers?
Moments in the MoTaverse, create your moment today.
- Where are the humans? Here we are! — Judy Mosley
- My first MoT London — Helen T
- The people behind the testing — Diana Dromey
- Just going for it — Simon Tomes
- London chapter - AI, Agents and Trailblazers — Justin Holsgrove
- Testing AI at MoT Edinburgh — Richard Adams
- Actuarity Models at MoT Edinburgh! — Richard Adams
- MoTaCon Spoiler Edition by MoT-NL lands in Groningen — René van Veldhuijzen
- MoTaCon Vibes - People I Met at MoTaCon 2025 — Looking Forward to More in 2026! — Preeti Gupta
- Notes from a great session on device automation at scale — Neil Younger
- Throwback Wednesday: The stage is set — Simon Tomes
- Episode IV — Jesper Ottosen
- It's not only about what you do, but how you go about it. — Melissa Fisher
- ⚡️ Thunders joins us at MoTaCon 2026! — Diana Dromey
- ACCELQ Named 'AI-Based Engineering Solution of the Year' in the 9th Annual AI Breakthrough Awards 2026 — Guljeet Nagpaul
- ACCELQ Earned 20 Badges in G2's Fall 2026 Reports. — Guljeet Nagpaul
- Rosie Sherry — 5 Moments this week: My first bug bag, Isn't NASA great? And is MoTaCon secretly everywhere?, TWiC Community Conversations, and 2 more.
- Rahul Parwal — 4 Moments this week: Featured in Quality People Series by Katalon - Yay!, How to test OTPs, AI Chapter is coming up with more exciting events, and 1 more.
- Ady Stokes — 3 Moments this week: Luggage by MoT, End of an era for Articles, Will I have 5,000 stars by MoTaCon?
- Deborah Reid — 3 Moments this week: Every stop is a story, Anyone for some Coffe?, Anyone for some Brithday cake?
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📆 All upcoming events
MoTaverse online
- Test data driven development — Masterclass — Wed 23rd Sept
MoTaverse, in person
- Leaders Dinner - London Edition — Mon 28th Sept
- Leading With Quality - Brighton. SOLD OUT, add yourself to the waitlist.
- Engineering management beach party — Wed 30th Sept
- Leaders Dinner with TestMu AI. SOLD OUT, add yourself to the waitlist.
- MoTaCon 2026: Next week!
- MoTography at your service — Thu 1st Oct
- Leaders Dinner with Klarent — Thu 1st Oct
- Brighton walking tour — Fri 2nd Oct
MoT Chapter events
- TWiQ, listen live, or join the stage, and join the Chapter.
- TWiC, listen live or join the stage, and join the Chapter
- MoT Newcastle September Event: UPDATED | MoT Newcastle
- Automate mobile app testing with Katalon | Katalon
- Guardrails & Evals: Keeping Your AI Skills Honest | MoT AI Chapter
- Testing What You Can't Control: Adam Davis | MoT Leeds
- Pre-MoTaCon social | MoT Brighton
- Strangers Showers - MoT Milan #3 | MoT Milan
- AI Is Writing Your Tests, Yet Nothing Is Getting Tested | Testkube
- AI, Actually: Engineering Reliable Agents, Leading Real Change | MoT Berlin
- Bring Playwright into Katalon | Katalon
- From test cases to AI-ready quality data: why structure matters | Sembi
- The Rise of Agentic Testing | MoT AI Chapter
- Session with The Thinking Tester (TBC) | MoT AI Chapter
- If AI is everywhere, what shall I do? | MoT AI Chapter
- AI Governance - Whose headache is it anyway? | MoT AI Chapter
Partner events
- AI Writes the Tests, yet Nothing Gets Tested — Testkube
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