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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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Fixing a bug vs fixing a feature
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A treasure trove of knowledge open to all.
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We check how many items are in the MoT Glossary each week. As at 02/06/2025 there are 178 terms and...
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From Feedback to Fuel: Turning Constructive Criticism into Career Growth
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Miles and Milestones: The Marathon of Agile Delivery
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Cyber-attacks at M&S, Co-op & Harrods
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LLM Optimization: LoRA and QLoRA
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Up and Coming ARIA
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Introducing: The Women in Testing Newsletter
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Are You Over-Engineering Your Tests?
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Was a professional member in 2025
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Top 5 GUI Testing Pitfalls Enterprise Teams Must Address (and How to Do It)
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Leave Complexity Behind: No-Code Test Automation with Low-Code integration via Robot Framework and TestBench
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Backpressure Isn’t a Bug: It’s a Feature for Building Resilient Systems
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If the AI is so Smart – Why Can’t it Do Things Without me Asking? [Part 1 of 2]
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The Future of Web Design: Will We Even Recognize It in 100 Years?
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The Three Mindsets of a Quality Engineer
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Design system documentation is essential–as long as it’s good
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Some thoughts on LLM usage in my work
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Platform Engineering: measuring your success
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9: Testing for Engineers
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Salesforce UI Automation: POM vs UTAM vs TestZeus Hercules
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Test Automation As You Go: Redefining The Definition Of Done For Quality Software
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Why the Copilot Route Is a Flawed Strategy for Software Testing
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Turn Any GitHub Repository into an Interactive Visual Diagram!
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Revenge of the junior developer
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Glue work - benefits and pitfalls | Episode #29
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An observation that might tell us something about what lies beneath the tools we use directly.
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A Practical Guide to Indexing JSON in MySQL
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Exploring the Culture of Quality
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Meta’s Full-stack HHVM optimizations for GenAI
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The Goldilocks Guide to Leadership
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The Pesticide Paradox in Test Automation Maintenance
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Google I/O '25 Keynote
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An example of using the cypress-rest-easy plugin
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Leading while learning: Why great managers don’t have all the answers
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OWASP Education and Training Committee update
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How benefits are moving the needle on organizational success
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Getting Started with AI Hacking: Part 1
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Top 3 Useless Quality Metrics (And What to Measure Instead)
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TDD vs BDD: Choosing the Right Testing Approach for Your Development Team
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Legacy Applications Aren’t Going Away. Here’s How to Test Their GUI Properly in 2025
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