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An exploration of shift right and how to practice it within testing

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two people suggest you fix flaky tests by disabling them or doing a retry. someone else suggests you automate at right layer, use appropriate waits and better selectors

Fixing flaky tests

Fixing flaky tests

Catching Flaky Tests Before It’s Too Late

“It’s Just A Flaky Test”: The Most Expensive Lie in Engineering

False Positives, Flaky Tests: Here's How to Make Tests Reliable Again.

Quality is a System

Leading With Quality - Brighton

MoTaCon 2026

As per https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/using-ai-prompting-as-a-shift-left-tool-coaching-tool/86925 , I thought I'd share wider the prompt template I use to help Quality Engineers, Developers a...

AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality

AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality

AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality

A one-day educational experience for quality engineering leaders

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Learn how to deal with people's misconceptions about testing

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A tech conference to help you navigate the ever-shifting landscape of Quality Engineering, AI, Leadership, Product, Accessibility and Security.

I loved Philippa's MoTaCon talk on balancing Automation and Exploration. So insightful and brilliant as ever!

This was originally shared in Slack by James Wadley, but I needed an MP4 for testing purposes, so I borrowed it.

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Building trustworthy AI requires a partnership between the two

We think we need a robot to be more powerful. What we really need is the power of the Duck.

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This meme captures the reality many testers face when flashy automation dashboards show near-perfect pass rates, but bugs still slip into production. Often, it’s the quiet power of exploratory test...

Classic words from Ben Dowen during an episode of This Week in Testing.

As a tester, I’ve heard it all — but the classic “just 20 more minutes” from devs hits different. Fast forward 8 hours later: I’m still refreshing the page, Staring at the same 503 error like ...

Dev: That bug’s impossible. Me: I made it possible. Twice😂

As a QA learning to say No is very important skill while proving not being a blocker-try to be polite, confident enough to say why you are saying No with reasons and example no to last minute chan...

AI hype is temporary. Test Craftsmanship is permanent

Tools, tools and tools. In the MoTaverse we do like to talk about tools. And rightly so. Tools can be one of the things that support or hinder our careers. As Rahul Parwal puts it during the Softwa...

Explore 99 must-know resources to elevate your skills and simplify your search for the best tools, methodologies, and insights

A guide to getting started in software testing

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The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!

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Read "Ten Reasons The Whole Team Owns Defects" by Kate Paulk from Ministry of Testing's Testing Planet

Tasked with reviewing a large requirements document? Bob Salmon has you covered with his handy tips for reviewing requirements documents

Explain software testing to anybody

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