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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. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
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👋 About Me:
I’m coming from: Denver, Colorado USA
My role is: QA Manager
I’d love to meet others who are into: all aspects of software testing, continious improvement, and/or movies 🎥
I'm comin...
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Hello, fellow testers!
I'm joining you from Sheffield, UK. (originally from Hungary, Budapest)
I work as a Quality Engineer (QE) at Capgemini.
I'm absolutely thrilled to be at TestBash! It's b...
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"Will be great to meet in person. See you there! 😃"
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Here's Why AI Can’t Replace You
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Great to see your STEC blog post featured on the MoT homepage. 😃
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Thank you for sharing such helpful information about STEC on your excellent blog post. No doubt folks will be inspired by your words and honesty.
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"We're so glad you're part of the community, Neil!
See you soon. 😃"
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Thanks for choosing TestBash. See you there! 😃
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Bug congrats on your ten Polish Quality Retreats. Great to see those numbers shared on your recent memory. Sounds like a wonderful community.
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"Wow! Bug congrats on those numbers. Impressive! "
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This weekend (19-21.09) marked the 10th Polish Quality Retreat 🎉
It's been over 6 years since our first Retreat on 22.03.2019
- 10 official Retreats
- 20 active members
- 30 days of inspir...
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Bug congrats on guessing the MoT name of the official photographer. 📸
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"Love it. These things happen for a reason, my friend. Bug congrats! "
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A short story...
Three weeks ago, I uploaded a contribution abstract to the MoT website.
Two weeks ago, industrial action by underground staff caused a delay in the London Meetup 5.0.
A few da...
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An AI Testing Agent walks into a bar…
…and gets tricked into rewriting the menu. (Prompt Injection)
…and leaks the secret cocktail recipe. (Sensitive Data)
…and installs a shady bar plugin. (Sup...
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Great work putting out a glossary search so quickly.
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The test "Why is the fact only 10%
OF the AI code I'm using
TO write tests, even Actually
Tested itself, such a big deal guys.
everything is fine."
Is above an image of Mariah Carey with...
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"Ha. 😆 The "All I Want For Christmas" heuristic. Brilliant! "
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I used to know disaster recovery planning was coming for Black Friday when we first heard all I want for Xmas on the radio....
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AI can walk through all the doors at once
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 44
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull have taken over the MoT meetup takeover. Can you find them?
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Great to see Princess featured on the MoT homepage! 🤩
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When you begin your STEC journey, but notice that one of the MOT creatures looks like your dog, Princess.
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Hi! I'm coming from Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
I'm a Senior QA
I'd love to meet others who are into user experience, risk, team dynamics
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as an attendee
I'...
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What quality conversations happen in-person? Get a sense of what's going on in the MoTaverse with this week's MoTaverse Weekly
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If your developer can “get it” at a glance, you did it right. Screenshots, short steps, clear punchline. No one laughs at a confusing meme — same with a confusing bug ticket.
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Great presentation on how Paola and Meritxell designed their QA Strategy at LIDL!
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The audience getting engaged with the presentation!
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"Thanks for sharing, Michelle. 🤩
No doubt your time in 2023 was a turning point that will continue to inspire many more people to share their voices. "
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Back in July 2023, I finally faced one of my biggest fears, which was speaking in front of a crowd. I became a speaker at a Ministry of Testing Philippines meetup, and it was both nerve-wracking an...
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Bug hunt is one of the favourite task in tester's life and it doubles the fun if rewarded.
Enjoyed the Bug hunt challenge at London MoT Meetup 5.0.
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Good to see you and the MoT London crew featured on the MoT homepage. 😃
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"Letttss gooooooo!"
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Letttss gooooooo
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Building a Quality Narrative
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Vibe Coding Is Creating Braindead Coders
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A Quick Guide for Building your own GitHub Copilot Extension
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What I learned from making a (second) mobile app
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Defining Chat Apps
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Confessions of a Web Design Generalist (a.k.a. The Person Who Does Literally Everything)
SmartBear's vision for using AI agents to support application integrity and software quality
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