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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. π MoT-STEC qualified.
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Monitor logs from Amazon EKS on Fargate with Datadog
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Debug Docker Builds with Visual Studio Code
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Confluent: The Real-Time Backbone for Agentic Systems
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September 2025 in Auth0: Advanced Security Controls and Auth0 for AI Agents
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From Lakehouse to Digital Mind: Architecting a Multi-Agent AI Ecosystem on Databricks
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Copilot Instructions Example. Provide top-level page object with Copilot instructions for faster test writing.
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10 Tips for Writing Playwright Tests with Cursor
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Keep Stirring the Pot: Lessons from Julie & Julia
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Rapid test prototyping with MCP and AI
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A Lack of Inspiration β Ideas for Community Sessions: Lean Coffee
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The Uncanny Valley of AI Testers
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The greatest skill of a quality engineer!
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π‘Quality Insight: How to Ignite Quality Conversations
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QR Podcast β Fiona Charles
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Selfie time with awesome folks
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Most conferences end when you walk out the door. hashtag#MoTaCon doesnβt.
It lingers.
- In the conversations that turn into ideas.
- In the ideas that turn into experiments.
- In the people w...
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Thanks for reintroducing yourself on the Introductions Thread β Q4 2025. Very glad more folks will get to online-meet you. π
My first intro thread where I can say that I have a QA job π
Heck yeah!Β
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Thanks for reintroducing yourself on the Introductions Thread β Q4 2025. Very glad more folks will get to online-meet you. π
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Thanks for re-introducing yourself on the Introductions Thread β Q4 2025. Very glad more folks will get to online-meet you. π
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Thanks for introducing yourself on the Introductions Thread β Q4 2025. Very glad more folks will get to online-meet you. π
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Learn how leading with quality is about continuous learning, experimentation, and care that sustains teams over time.
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Double bug congrats on earning your MoT Intermediate and Advanced Certificate in Test Automation. Amazing work! π
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Solid work and bug congrats for earning your MoT Advanced Certificate in Test Automation. π
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! Great news. π
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Thank you for genuinely connecting with attendees and taking thoughtful notes while supporting everyone in the Corn Exchange during MoTaCon. We appreciate your dedication and the valuable role you played as an essential member of the event team.
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Thanks for sharing the idea to add STEC certificates everywhere. Great idea!Β
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The expression says it all when we saw Mark's creative visiting card.
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π Introductions Thread β Q4 2025
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Go Gary Go!
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01/10/25, Brighton.
It's 14:07 on Day 1 of MoTaCon. Everyone's on their lunch break in the Corn Exchange so the Brighton Dome concert hall is mostly empty and calm.
And boy oh boy is it abou...
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Accessibility Maze
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Nice one for amplifying Judy with your "Judy loves Questions"Β meme. π
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Glad to see you comment and enjoy Callum and Kat's cosmic conversation: The possibilities of Quality Coaching.
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Memes communicate. This meme, made by AJ Wilson, made me laugh and helped me to understand how others might view my work. It was a pleasant surprise to see this in the MoTaverse Slack channel. And,...
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