Simon Tomes | Activities
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Martin Poole shares what agentic workflows bring to the table.
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Share your tools / frameworks as well. There is no right or wrong answer, what would be particularly interesting is the reasons a tool was chosen due to your context and environment.
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My integration testing tools / frameworks of choice
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My integration testing tools / frameworks of choice
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"For me, my testing snack is the humble packet of salt & vinegar crisps. While it's one flavour it comes in a variety of shapes, styles and tastes. And depending on the context, one might be more appropriate than another.
I'll enjoy my non-branded ..."
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"Revels! What an excellent representation of testing. And I defo need to try that Sweet and Salty popcorn + Smarties combo. Sounds quality! 😋
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Simon asks:If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
Testing would be something with variety, that has an element of different sizes and flavours, even some randomn...
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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How do we strengthen our foundational knowledge amid rapid AI growth?
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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How do we strengthen our foundational knowledge amid rapid AI growth?
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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Moments that shape us
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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The Book That Talked Back
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"What a powerful lesson. Thanks for sharing, Gary."
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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Simon asks:If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
Testing would be something with variety, that has an element of different sizes and flavours, even some randomn...
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Can you share a story about an early days leadership lightbulb moment?
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I've had a lot of lightbulb moments as I've been going through my leadership journey, most of them subtle learnings the built up over time. At the beginning, I thought the promotion was about me an...
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"And perhaps then the fancy sprinkles on the top are the occasional spikes used to explore new tech, languages, tools and techniques. 🤔 "
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"I likes the sound of that trifle model, Louise. It's great! Makes me wonder if exploratory testing could get its own layer baked (!?) in at all layers of the trifle. I kinda feel like it sometimes doesn't get enough of the attention it deserves, its in..."
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How Long Contexts Fail
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Question by Ben Dowen:What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?Response:As a newbie, one mistake that I made was try...
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AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?
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AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?
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AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?
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Question by Gary Hawkes: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?Response:I use Github Copilot at work. My context engineering templates are very similar (and i...
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AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?
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AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?
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AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?
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Question by Rosie Sherry: How can we practice testability within context engineering? Response:Fantastic question. Not many people talk about it (unfortunately).Good news: We at MoT are now ...
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AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering?
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AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering?
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AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering?
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Full Question by Rosie Sherry:
What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering? (It feels like there is a big focus on coding and shipping, yet apply...
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AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?
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AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?
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AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?
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"This is epic. Thanks for explaining, Rahul. 🤩"
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AI is stateless.It doesn't know or remember anything about you. The state has to be managed externally. You share your context with it via "prompts".For a normal AI chatbot (eg, ChatGPT), you...
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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.
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