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Marie Cruz
Senior Developer Advocate
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Marie Cruz is a Software Tester with over 10 years of experience and the co-author of the book Contract Testing in Action. Currently, she works as a Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs.
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9.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Thank you for your donation to scholarship fund ⭐️
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This badge is awarded to those who teach workshops at a TestBash conference
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Poppy - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Poppy - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Poppy is your frenchie/pitbull guardian! 🐶
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- A professional sleeper
- Ability to always look sad and neglected even though she is actually a spoiled princess
- Can sneakily eat l...
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Poppy is your frenchie/pitbull guardian! 🐶
Superpowers:
- A professional sleeper
- Ability to always look sad and neglected even though she is actually a spoiled princess
- Can sneakily eat l...
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Willow - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Willow - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Willow is your super fluffy Samoyed! 🐶
Superpowers:
- Sweetest dog ever to exist and very affectionate
- Smiles for the camera with his signature “Sammy smile”
- Stunning white fur!
- Smells...
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Willow is your super fluffy Samoyed! 🐶
Superpowers:
- Sweetest dog ever to exist and very affectionate
- Smiles for the camera with his signature “Sammy smile”
- Stunning white fur!
- Smells...
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Marie Cruz on the MoTaCon Stage
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Thanks for taking to the stage for a 99 second talk!
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Thanks for accepting the challenge of posting a job to the job board 🤩
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Senior Quality Engineer
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Remote
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton/MoTaCon 2025
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Celebrate the creativity and courage of testers and quality engineers as they share stories, lessons, and ideas in just 99 seconds.
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Previously known as TestBash, MoTaCon is the new name for our annual conference. It's where quality people gather.
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Contract Testing workshop with Lewis!
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Taking a selfie before starting the workshop! Full house as well 😱
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Contract Testing workshop is packed!
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Glad to be in this learning opportunity around Contract Testing with Marie Cruz and Lewis Prescott.
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This badge is awarded to members who create on-demand courses
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This badge is awarded to members who update their profile with a new photo.
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This badge is awarded to members who visit the Ministry of Testing site 99 times
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This badge is awarded to members who update their social links on their profile.
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This badge is awarded to members who add their pronouns to their member profile, helping create a more inclusive community.
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STEC is complete 🎉: 19 modules, 58 voices, and jam packed portfolio to show your growth
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Eighteen months, 19 modules, and 59 amazing contributors later, the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is complete!
Looking back, my favourite part has been seeing so many community m...
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:tada: Module 18 is now live in the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate!
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During filming for Module 18 of the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate, Marie Cruz put a demo e-commerce site through its paces with a k6 Studio load test and managed to reveal a hidden we...
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This badge is awarded to members who contribute a talk to the MoT platform
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STEM in the garden: How to monitor plants with IoT sensors and Grafana
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Level up your testing and observability skills by turning your dying houseplants into a fun learning project!
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Thanks for following me 🤩
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Recorded today, a brilliant talk with Marie Cruz, Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs — coming soon to Ministry of Testing!
In “STEM in the garden: How to monitor plants with IoT sensors a...
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Perhaps the best Slackbot response ever, it sure does make me giggle.
Disclaimer: Just a bit of community humour. We love seeing more pathways open up for quality learning!
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Thank you for keeping your course up-to-date :)
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A family STEM project: Learning monitoring and observability with your child (and a plant!)
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Recorded today, a brilliant talk with Marie Cruz, Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs — coming soon to Ministry of Testing!
In “STEM in the garden: How to monitor plants with IoT sensors a...
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This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to TestBash Brighton 2025
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Earned through actions that have made the MoT Community a more pleasant and useful place to be.
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Chaos Engineering
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Definitions of Chaos Engineering
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Introduction to Cypress
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A Cosmic Conversation on How to Select the Right Tool
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The Psychology of Web Performance
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99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2022 Day 2
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