Ben Dowen
Lead Quality Engineer
He/Him
I am Open to Speak, Teach, Write, Mentor
I explore the world of software development and testing. Join me as I continue my adventures, discovering the wonders of quality.
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Achieving 5 or more Community Star badges
Activity
earned:
10.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
earned:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
earned:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
earned:
Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
Contributions
Evaluate the shift from "automate all" to "review all" by using AI agents for test plans while applying human-led ACE feedback to ensure code quality and business relevance.
Getting myself in the mood for today's episode of Software Testing Live, I've gone for the "grab what MoT merch I can find" look.
And today, MATT was born. The Mimica Automation Test Teller.MATT is my slack app, I can tell MATT when my tests fail, and he tells my team.Only I don't have to tell MATT, my Acceptance Tests runnin...
Having AI coding agents write code for you is all well and good, but it all costs... like a modern fairground and seaside arcade, we don't see these costs directly as cash money. Instead, we have u...
Rich Adams asks:Would you prefer to eat a lot of one snack at one, seeing how two snacks mix together or sampling the full bowl of snacks?
I'm a big fan of pair-wise testing... sorry I mean pairin...
Simon asks:If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
Testing would be something with variety, that has an element of different sizes and flavours, even some randomn...
New Collection
Question by Ben Dowen:What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?Response:As a newbie, one mistake that I made was try...
Explore the new Ask MoTaverse Anything format, unpack βquality beyond correctness,β and pick up practical ideas for communicating impact, not just checking boxes.
I love my snacks, and I love testing systems holistically, across the full stack.Ask me anything about testing software systems, eating snacks, collaboration or food generally.You can also ask Chip...
Analyse the risks of stagnant pull requests and adopt a Quality Engineering mindset to reduce technical debt and accelerate value delivery through developer-led testing and faster merge cycles.