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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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A lovely memory of the one and only Diana with my daughter, Gabby, at the MoT Athens Meetup 2023.
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Let's Play the Waiting Game! image
This is the activity card for the TestBash Liverpool 2023 activity, Let's Play the Waiting Game, in which we learned about the psychology behind waiting and performance.
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TestBash UK 2023 (Selfie with Beth and Russell!) image
Taking selfies with Beth Marshall and Russell Craxford at TestBash Liverpool 2023.
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Marie Cruz
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London meetup Networking image
Meaningful conversations with Marie Cruz and Christine Pinto. Grateful for the London meetup experience.
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Marie Cruz
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Eamon's first 99 second talk at MoT London image
03/04/2025. Another milestone for Eamon Droko. His first time speaking at a meetup and what a wonderfully kind and inspirational talk it was. Eamon shared gratitude for the Ministry of Testing comm...
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Pact Nirvana with Lewis Prescott and Marie Drake image
We talk about pact nirvana and how to achieve it, celebrating small wins, benefits of contract testing, enabling developers to test with modern tools and managing contracts at scale with Pactflow.
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Definitions of User stories
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Heuristics image
Definitions of Heuristics
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Marie Cruz
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Test ideas image
Definitions of Test ideas
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Marie Cruz
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MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate image
Boost your career in software testing with the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate. Learn essential skills, from basic testing techniques to advanced risk analysis, crafted by industry experts.
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Marie Cruz
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A Cosmic Conversation on How to Select the Right Tool image
Marie and Nate provide a comprehensive guide to choosing the most suitable testing tools for various projects
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Marie Cruz
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The Psychology of Web Performance image
As humans, we have been exposed to a lot of waiting times.
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Marie Cruz
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Let’s Play the Waiting Game! image
Learn about the importance of perceived performance and how it differs from objective performance.
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Marie Cruz
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Psychology of Web Performance image
Discover why page speed matters to deliver a product closer to our users' needs
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The Psychology of Web Performance image
In this Masterclass, Marie Cruz describes the psychology of waiting and how it relates to web performance. Learn ways to make websites faster for both objective and subjective performance measures.
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Marie Cruz
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Performance Testing 101 (TestBash UK 2022) image
Learn about the key differences between front-end and back-end performance testing and why it’s needed to perform both
Marie Cruz
Marie Cruz
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UI Challenge - Marie Drake using K6 image
Marie Drake solves the UI challenge from Test.bash(); 2022 using K6.
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Marie Cruz
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Discussion: Automating UIs image
Elevate your UI to new heights with valuable perspectives from automation gurus
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Marie Cruz
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ReTestBash UK 2022: Live Q&A with Marie Cruz image
Marie Cruz joined us at ReTestBash UK 2022 for a live Q&A session after her talk Performance Testing 101​​​​​​​ and we had some very interesting questions and answers.
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Marie Cruz
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Testing Ask Me Anything - Automation image
Find out how to get solid test automation practices in place
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ReTestBash UK 2022 image
ReTestBash UK 2022 is an online version of TestBash UK 2022, which took place in September, Manchester, UK
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Marie Cruz
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99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2022 Day 2 image
Discover what inspired TestBash UK 2022 attendees in our 99 Second Talks
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Test.bash(); 2022 image
Our automation and technically testing focused TestBash
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Marie Cruz
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Performance Testing 101 image
New to performance testing, Marie shares the 101s.
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TestBash World 2022 image
Testers of the world unite!
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Lessons Learned As A Quality Engineering Manager image
What can you learn about leadership from being a Quality Engineering Manager? Marie shares all in her talk from TestBash Leadership 2022
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Discover your inner leader
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TestBash Home 2021 image
Join us this year for our worldwide 24 hours online TestBash software testing conference
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Team Care: Making Mental Health an Agile Practice image
One way to help our teams and peers avoid falling into the trap of burnout is to start making good mental health habits a part of everyday practices.
Marie Cruz
Marie Cruz
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Introduction to Cypress image
Become comfortable with using Cypress and discover how to introduce it to your work projects
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Ask Me Anything - Marie Drake image
Watch Marie Drake's Ask Me Anything from Test.bash('Online'): 2020
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