Hi there. I'm Rosie Sherry, and I'm your MoTaverse Weekly host.
🖖 MoTaCon is coming. 205 people have already registered, it’s one click registration with Professional Membership.
🗒️ Writing is professional development too. The MoTaverse is here to expand your career through social, active and formal learning. Taking the time to write can be seen as part of that process.
☀️ Bug congrats to Jordan McLeod on earning his Software Quality Engineering Certificate!
🔥 Happening soon: A tester’s guide to AI guardrails & Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
👀 Keep your eyes on testkube.
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I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133 — TWiQ
A lively chat about influence without authority, from asking better questions and telling clearer risk stories to navigating stakeholders, careers, and community visibility.
Evals in practice for an AI coding agent — Damian Pereira
Master this framework to systematically verify, secure & improve the output quality of AI coding agents using both deterministic & model-grade.
It was a nice experiment to organise London Chapter gathering differently — Nataliia Burmei
This month we did something differently. Instead of hosting London chapter at host company, we gathered in a pub. As you see from the photo, there were not many people, but this is a case of quality over quantity.
Create your own MoTaCon budget approval letter with a prompt
Diana just made it easier for you to seek budget approval for MoTaCon.
The loss and rebuilding of ambient learning — Rosie Sherry
Ambient learning is the incidental, informal acquisition of knowledge that happens as a byproduct of being present in a shared environment
Three principles for AI Agent Configuration — Cameron Browne
How do we set up AI agents that are secure, reliable and trustworthy? Start with some principles.
Whose code is it anyway? — Charles Penn
If you didn't write it, do you own it? The role of AI Guardrails in code quality.
The career you started isn't the career you'll finish - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 15 — Dan Moore
A squiggly conversation about tech careers, authentication security, agentic AI risks, and the excitement and woes of a fast changing world.
Human in the Loop (HITL) wanted... — Aj Wilson
You cannot claim a system is or uses "Responsible AI" just because there is a human button-pusher.
Software Testing Live is now a Chapter — Ben Dowen
Ben is excited to be sharing that STL is now open as a Chapter, join today!
Missed the live reveal?
Catch the on-demand session with gaming legend John Romero and see how we’re redefining software quality at AI speed.
📆 All upcoming events
MoTaverse online:
- A tester’s guide to AI guardrails - Wed 6th May
- TWiQ, listen live, or join the stage, and join the Chpater. Fri 8th May
- AI-driven testing in practice: from requirements to reliable automation - Tues 26 May
- The product-led approach to Quality: What I learnt working side-by-side with testers and engineers - Thurs 11th of June
- Designing self‑explaining test automation for fast root‑cause diagnosis - Tues 23 June
MoTaverse, in person:
- Leading with AI - The London Edition — Fri Jun 19th 🌟
- MoTaCon 2026: 205 people already registered. Let's go!
- Leading With Quality is returning to Brighton. SOLD OUT.
- Brighton walking tour — Friday 2nd of October
- Chapter events: Manchester, Newcastle, Netherlands, Leeds, Athens, London, Brighton.
Partner events:
- AI Builders Workshop: A smart way to run AI-driven QA — SmartBear
- API Testing in the AI Era — SmartBear
- Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray — Xray
- The Future of Testing is Here — testkube
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