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Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
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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. πŸŽ“ MoT-STEC qualified.
The Global Quality Index 2025/2026: Highlights image
The Global Quality Index 2025/2026: Highlights
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Resilience by Design: Lessons in Multi-Cloud Readiness image
Resilience by Design: Lessons in Multi-Cloud Readiness
More than 1.1 million public repositories now use an LLM SDK image
More than 1.1 million public repositories now use an LLM SDK
GitHub Universe 2025: Where developer innovation took center stage image
GitHub Universe 2025: Where developer innovation took center stage
Security Doesn’t Have to Hurt image
Security Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
None of us Read the specs image
None of us Read the specs
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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What system design concepts would you add? image
What system design concepts would you add?
System Design in a Nutshell image
System Design in a Nutshell
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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So glad Oleksandr could join us at MoTaCon, even if virtually.  image
"So glad Oleksandr could join us at MoTaCon, even if virtually. "
Olekasandr joined MoTaCon from afar image
Olekansandr Romanov was there with us in digital 99 second talk digital spirit.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Philippa has arrived! 

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"Philippa has arrived! πŸ’―"
Wow - What an experience! On Stage at TestBash 2025! image
Wow what an absolute privilege it was to stand up on stage at TestBash (MoTaCon) 2025. It was my first time speaking on such a big stage and in front of great peers in the Testing and Quality Comm...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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I hope your aunt's doing ok! πŸ’œ

Good work spotting the 404. πŸ˜ƒ image
"I hope your aunt's doing ok! πŸ’œ Good work spotting the 404. πŸ˜ƒ"
TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110 image
TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110 image
Celebrate the spooky side of quality as community members share their funniest, scariest, and most unforgettable stories that turn everyday mishaps into lessons worth laughing about.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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One, two, Bug's coming for you! image
"One, two, Bug's coming for you!"
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Heleen Van Grootven for:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat! Appreciate you sharing your scary quality story.Β  image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat! Appreciate you sharing your scary quality story.Β 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. Your scary story was utterly scary! πŸ‘»πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§... image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. Your scary story was utterly scary! πŸ‘»πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ“§ πŸ’₯
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. What can I say about your scary quality story, it was utterly horr... image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. What can I say about your scary quality story, it was utterly horrifying! 😱
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. Grateful for you sharing your cautious tale about MUI.Β  image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. Grateful for you sharing your cautious tale about MUI.Β 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Great fun co-hosting TWiQ or Treat with you. So many spooky stories! πŸŽƒ image
Great fun co-hosting TWiQ or Treat with you. So many spooky stories! πŸŽƒ
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Police app books the wrong person.   image
"Police app books the wrong person. "
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Auckland November Meet Up  image
Another wonderful meet up in Auckland where we learnt about Spark NZ's adoption journey to AI in testing.
Email Dead III - Don't. Open. The. Attachment.  image
From Friday, the 31st of October, TWiQ or Treat, this week in quality session. I told a horror story of triggering emails that wouldn't stop coming. What was supposed to be one was thousands. We ca...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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MUI!!!!!!! image
"MUI!!!!!!!"
MUI!!!! image
Image inspired by This Week in Quality, after sharing the story of our latest upgrade to MUI. They remove the test-ids in production. Why???
Tests aren't being run but I can't prove it image
Inspired by Judy Mosley's scary story today on TWiQ!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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I deleted my testing database or was it prod? image
"I deleted my testing database or was it prod?"
Share a quality scary story in 10 words or less image
You've got 10 words to create a scary story
Eamon Droko is going for a record 99 99 second talks image
Eamon is here to break boundaries and is actively looking to do 99 "99 second talks". I think this was number 9, or 10?
Vu Tran from Katalon image
Vu Tran from Katalon took to the stage to do a 99 second talk on behalf of Katalon
Princess - Guardian of the MoTaverse image
Strengths: - eats bugs - loves routine - abhors chaos - alerts her people to anything out of the ordinary Weaknesses - eats bugs - loves routine - abhors chaos (Don't try to give Judy a h...
Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down in Microsoft global outage image
Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down in Microsoft global outage
Debug like a boss: 10 debugging hacks for developers, quality engineers, and testers image
Solve stubborn bugs faster by breaking things on purpose, questioning your assumptions, and thinking your way to clarity.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
registered for:
AI Quality Lean Coffee image
AI conversations in a virtual Lean Coffee format
Pitch your MoT Professional Membership Template image
A template you can use to help pitch MoT Professional Membership to your managers. Adjust as you feel necessary. Thanks to Jonny for nudging and collaborating on this. -----------------------...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Christine Pinto for:
Cool to see your Claude post featured on the MoT homepage.Β  image
Cool to see your Claude post featured on the MoT homepage.Β 
So Apparently I've Been Using Claude Wrong This Whole Time image
Ever been writing automated tests with an AI code assistant, only to have it completely forget the framework you're using? Or start generating tests that don't match your page object patterns? Yeah...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Fascinating insight and learnings. Thanks for sharing!  image
"Fascinating insight and learnings. Thanks for sharing! "
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Martin Hynie for:
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title.Β  image
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title.Β 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title.Β  image
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title.Β 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Sarah Deery for:
Great work pulling together a team of article contributors for the Software Quality Engineering Certificate.Β  image
Great work pulling together a team of article contributors for the Software Quality Engineering Certificate.Β 
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