Simon Tomes | Activities
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Potential pitfalls of Quality Engineering
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Hello, I'm Nadja 👋🏻I started in IT as a part-time software tester 7 years ago.For the last two years I have been working as a project manager for a small team of developers. The client handles...
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AMA about project management (with a tester's hat)
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AMA about project management (with a tester's hat)
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11.9.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Live from the MoTaverse, it's Software Testing Live!
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How much does that bug cost?
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What do you think are the pros and cons of a podcast being an audio-only medium?
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Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything
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I left the dentist after having a root canal at 12.30pm, and joined This week in Quality just after 1pm. As a joke, when I joined stage, I put my tongue in my cheek so it sounded like I was all swo...
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What is a dentists favourite time? Tooth hurty
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What is a dentists favourite time? Tooth hurty
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What is a dentists favourite time? Tooth hurty
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This Week in Quality
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I thought it would be helpful to do an AMA on The MoTaverse!A lot has been changing over the past couple of years. It's been tough for us as TeamMoT to keep up with all the change. I'm sure it can ...
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AMA about The MoTaverse
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AMA about The MoTaverse
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Learn how to help foster a collaborative and joyful culture in your company with this talk from Neil Younger
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Joy Inc - Neil Younger
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Joy Inc - Neil Younger
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Great to hear about the new Engineering Management chapter.
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Great to hear from you during TWiQ.
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Thank you for co-hosting TWiQ. It was fun!
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Live from the MoTaverse, it's Software Testing Live!
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Great hosting on This week in Quality Simon
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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I was just at a test tool demo today, and I had a moment. Test cases are no longer carefully crafted and unique, they are generated.Test cases are no longer an atomic unit of measure (if it ev...
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Test cases are no longer crafted nor unique
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Test cases are no longer crafted nor unique
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Thank you for being a star-host!
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So your boss built a prototype
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Joined Engineering Management Chapter chapter
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A MoTaverse chapter to explore events and support for Engineering Managers.
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"Hooray, Gary. Bring on the joyscrolling! 😌"
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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Live from the MoTaverse, it's Software Testing Live!
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Markdown
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Definitions of Markdown
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AGENTS.md
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Definitions of AGENTS.md
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A printscreen taken from my VScode at the end of this evenings session, which provided an introduction to using Playwright Agents and Claude code to create a "happy path" guest checkout test.Someth...
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Thanks for having me on Software Testing Live!
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Thanks for having me on Software Testing Live!
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Writing an agents.md that outlines Playwright standards isn’t just documentation for its own sake—it directly improves how reliably and efficiently your automated agents (or test authors) behave.
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Write an agents.md file that improves AI-created test output and can be used for review before PR
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Write an agents.md file that improves AI-created test output and can be used for review before PR
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AGENTS.mdTitles must describe the expected user behaviour, written from the user's perspective:
test('As a user, I can create a new project', ...)
test('As a user, I can delete an existing client',...
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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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. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | “I'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | “A simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | “Simon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.”
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