Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
he/him
I am Open to Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, CV Reviews, Podcasting, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Review Conference Proposals
Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
Member joined AI Chapter chapter
earned:
Reverse prompting
contributed:
Definitions of Reverse prompting
earned:
Member joined AI Chapter chapter
earned:
Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Contributions
Couple of definitions floating around at the moment.
The process of analysing an AI-generated output to infer the prompt that could have produced it. Also called prompt reconstruction.
The AI asks you questions first instead of writing the prompt yourself. Also called AI-led prompting.
Reflections whilst watching: An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point & dark factories are coming with Simon Willison.00:00 to 20:00.
November 2025 - the inflection po...
With SQEC now fully live, the community swaps stories about new roles, flaky tests, accessibility audits, and why shared language, pairing, and “being the duck” can make quality work easier.
This is one of the questions asked by Simon tomes for the :
AMA about transition from Manual to Automation TesterThe smallest thing someone can do is take out time and dedicate it for automation.&n...
The way software development works is uniquely suited to neurodivergence
