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Shawn Vernier
Quality Engineer
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The answer to quality is context.
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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This badge is awarded to members who publish their first article on the Ministry of Testing site
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Cultivate professional trust and accountability by using detailed documentation to demonstrate due diligence and quantify risk for stakeholders.
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Dead Internet Theory and the rise of Intranets?
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Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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MCP Will Fail, And Here's Why
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MCP for Testers - FREE Course
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AI Agents Meet MCP Servers to Revolutionize Software Quality
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MCP, Skills, and Agents
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This badge is awarded to members who contribute a new term or an alternative definition to the software testing glossary.
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Performative Testing
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Definitions of Performative Testing
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A paradigm shift from using AI as a coding assistant to directing AI agents as an intelligent workforce
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Agentic QE: From AI Assistant to AI Workforce
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Agentic QE: From AI Assistant to AI Workforce
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Agentic QE: From AI Assistant to AI Workforce
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The Sticky Tentacles of AI
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This Week in Quality
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The Sticky Tentacles of AI
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Bug congrats on your recent blogging efforts. Great to see you making good use of Moments as a blogging platform. 🏆
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The Sticky Tentacles of AI
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"AI likes to get it's sticky tentacles into all your systems"Talking with Rosie as part of the Into the Motaverse podcast, I made a passing comment on the use of AI that really stuck with the both ...
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AMA about Epistemology - the practice of testing
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Agentic QE: From AI Assistant to AI Workforce
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AMA about Epistemology - the practice of testing
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AMA about Epistemology - the practice of testing
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Inspired by the following challenge: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/create-a-moment-ask-motaverse-anything/
Often we're asked 'what does QA do?' It should be a simple answer, and yet we'...
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There’s a new AMA in town, and we’d love you to take part.An Ask Me Anything (AMA) is a simple way to put yourself out there on a topic you care about. You pick the topic, invite questions, and do ...
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Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything
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Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything
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One small habit I’ve developed is updating my in-house job title to reflect the kind of testing I’m focused on at that moment.
Sometimes the title is straightforward. Sometimes it is slightly...
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Why I change my in-house job title to match the testing I’m doing
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Why I change my in-house job title to match the testing I’m doing
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This badge is awarded to those who appear on the Into the MoTaverse podcast.
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Dead Internet Theory and the rise of Intranets?
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Mind the QA of the gaps
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Dead Internet Theory and the rise of Intranets?
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Recently Rosie covered the Digg shut down. Digg placed the blame on the prevalence of AI Agents flooding the internet with an endless stream of derivative content while at the same time boosting th...
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AI enshittified Digg shuts down, temporarily?
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Dead Internet Theory Explained
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Human Friction: Peer feedback through pull requests
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Human Friction: Peer feedback through pull requests
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