Simon Tomes | Activities
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"Lovely to see this. Congrats! May there be more moments that matter. "
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MoT-NL is back — and what a comeback it was!
Yesterday, September 9th, we held the very first chapter meeting of Ministry of Testing Netherlands — and it felt like a long-lost friend finally retur...
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"Great photo! Looking forward to more shared moments. "
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A snapshot from our first MoT Porto meetup back in April! The energy was fantastic. We're excited to continue fostering a strong testing community here in Porto.
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Thanks for answering questions about TestBash and for suggesting an update to the TestBash event page FAQ.
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Thanks for upgrading to a professional membership. Team MoT and the community are here to support you. Enjoy!
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Bug congrats on becoming MoT-STEC qualified! 🎉
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See you at TestBash! 🙌🏻
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See you at TestBash! It will be good to see you again. 😃
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Explore different mindsets to improve testing, overcome bias, and add more value.
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Automating Apple Maps: Dead Simple E2E Testing with Maestro
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I’m excited to share that, alongside TeamMoT, we’ll be gathering 50 Leaders in Quality on September 30th.
What looks like a one-day event is actually the beginning of a bigger journey: a committ...
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I mean technically you can sit on any of these, but likely wouldn't be your first choice, or comfortable to sit on the apples, hot drinks or microchips. Perhaps the question is actually "which of t...
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I’m coming from: West Wales
My role is: Principal Quality Engineer at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
I’d love to meet others who are into: building things to test things
I'm coming to ...
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🌟 Half-Century in the MoTaverse! 🌟
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Thrilled to share that I’ve crossed 50+ stars and earned 12 badges in my Ministry of Testing journey. 🏅
Thanks to Rosie Sherry, Simon Tomes & the MoT community for a space to grow and connect.
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It was so great to listen to Twit Episode 103 where we had a talk around being a solo tester in the organisation.
Watch out the full episode to understand the challenges, struggle, mindset, conve...
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See you at TestBash! 😃
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 43
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are hiding outside the entrance to the Brighton Dome, the venue for TestBash 2025. Can you find them?
I took this photo while grabbing a quick breather during ...
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Becoming STEC qualified is now a thing!
I'm STEC qualified, are you!?
STEC, STEC, STEC.
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Who's really doing the testing? Plus plenty more happenings in the MoTaverse.
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Not every large language model (LLM) is built the same, and not every tester needs the same models.
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Nothing fails like a history of success
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Bug congrats on becoming MoT-STEC qualified! 🎉
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Bug congrats on becoming MoT-STEC qualified! 🎉
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My first attempt at creating mnemonic on the current most popular word in Testing Community...VIBIUM
"I like it. An excellent first attempt! "
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It feels weird to see talk of quality talk in relation to tech becoming a hot topic of interest. But I'm so here for it!
A surprise? Not from our "quality engineering" perspective. I've had many...
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Take Screenshots with Playwright MCP - Effortless Documentation Creation
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Using Playwright with WonderProxy for Region-Specific Testing
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The Agentic AI Test Team – Roles, Skills, and the Future of QA Work
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AI Agents Explained (More Capable Than Models)
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End-to-End Automation with SmartBear Reflect and AWS CodePipeline
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Security Testing: Best Practices for Ensuring Quality
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Something feels odd in software testing - Software Testing Community Question No. 6
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Great to hear from you during episode 103 of This Week in Testing.
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Great to hear from you during episode 103 of This Week in Testing.
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Thank you for hosting This Week in Testing. You were awesome! 🤩You and Judy Mosley were an excellent co-hosting combo.
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Hooray. Congrats on hosting This Week in Testing. You were awesome! 🤩Looking forward to more.
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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