Simon Tomes | Activities
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When AI maintains your tests: Designing safe self-healing automation
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When AI maintains your tests: Designing safe self-healing automation
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Recently I was playing an online game with friends. The game glitched repeatedly, generally full of bugs. "I'm sure it was vibe coded" remarked one player. Thing is, this is the fourth installment ...
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Hot take: Software was bad before AI too
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Hot take: Software was bad before AI too
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: make it joyful
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: make it joyful
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Thought I'd try an experiment. Let's look at the talk and workshop descriptions of MoTaCon 2026 and share my thoughts and reflections before the talk/workshop has happened. And then, hopefully, sha...
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Looking back down memory lane at MoTaCon photos we haven't shared yet.Here's The Simon Rigler, happy as ever!
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Simon Rigler at MoTaCon 2025
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Simon Rigler at MoTaCon 2025
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Simon Rigler at MoTaCon 2025
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Engineering Management
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The 3 product battles 84% of EMs lose
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The 3 product battles 84% of EMs lose
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Being an Engineering Manager at IKEA businesses
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5 Engineering Manager Archetypes
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"Bug is everywhere. Bugs are everywhere."
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Sneaky bug sneaking on the TWiQ stage!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Think bigger: what's going on with the AI test case generation?
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Once we classified our Test data types, the next question was: How should tests consume this data? This is where data-driven testing patterns helped. The data type tells us what kind of data we are...
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Data-Driven Testing Patterns to Keep Your Suite Clean at Scale
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Data-Driven Testing Patterns to Keep Your Suite Clean at Scale
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Kind things people have said about me
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“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.”“Simon is a master steering the conversation.”“Simon is doing so much in the #MoTaverse so that we can all learn new things.”“I'm so grateful f...
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The search for the lost code, best chair and the magic of MoTaCon
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The search for the lost code, best chair and the magic of MoTaCon
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The search for the lost code, best chair and the magic of MoTaCon
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A lively episode about MoTaverse profile upgrades, MoTaCon momentum, AI-assisted testing, hidden knowledge silos, and why real human conversations still matter when tools move fast.
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Learning new (AI) skills
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As Quality Engineers and QE Leads, we are constantly challenging the status quo. Why does it behave this way? Is there a better user flow?What are the biggest risks if this fails? These are the ki...
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Access Quality Insights
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Access Quality Insights
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Access Quality Insights
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Thanks for joining This Week in Quality (TWiQ) and participating in the chat.
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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