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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. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
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.  image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. Grateful for you sharing your cautious tale about MUI. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Great fun co-hosting TWiQ or Treat with you. So many spooky stories! 🎃 image
Great fun co-hosting TWiQ or Treat with you. So many spooky stories! 🎃
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
Police app books the wrong person.   image
"Police app books the wrong person. "
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
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
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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.  image
Cool to see your Claude post featured on the MoT homepage. 
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
commented on:
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.  image
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title.  image
Thanks for sticking up for us regarding the latest MoTaverse Weekly title. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Sarah Deery for:
Great work pulling together a team of article contributors for the Software Quality Engineering Certificate.  image
Great work pulling together a team of article contributors for the Software Quality Engineering Certificate. 
Buggy cash machine  image
Buggy cash machine
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Buggy cash machine  image
Spotted this bug whilst taking out some cash from a cash machine. However, the service worked seamlessly. Card goes in, PIN number entered, service selected. Cash pops out. Zero issues. Job...
Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into Your Product image
Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into Your Product
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Software Testing Live: Episode 04 - The awesome power of shifting left image
Discover what’s possible when you shift your testing left and do it well
GenAI Wars episode 3: Return of the explorer image
Explore how GenAI is changing quality by increasing complexity and uncertainty, making visible confidence more critical than ever.
A theory of quality of four parts image
How Google defines quality as part of developer velocity
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
Great news!

Richard's knowledge and experience is fantastic.  image
"Great news! Richard's knowledge and experience is fantastic. "
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
Boo Bug!  image
"Boo Bug! "
New profile pic image
I was getting annoyed that the default MoTaverse pic looked just like me. It's time for a new profile pic!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Cassandra H. Leung for:
Thanks for sharing feedback about the MoTaverse Weekly email.  image
Thanks for sharing feedback about the MoTaverse Weekly email. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
I'm hearing you, Ashutosh. 

The power of selfies and photo memories. 😃 image
"I'm hearing you, Ashutosh. The power of selfies and photo memories. 😃"
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ayesha Saeed for:
Nice one for amplifying Judy Mosleys article: Wide open spaces: A thought worker's guide to asking good questions  image
Nice one for amplifying Judy Mosleys article: Wide open spaces: A thought worker's guide to asking good questions 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ramanan Prabakaran for:
Thank you for continuing to post all the job adverts. It's a great way to contribute to the community, to help folks ... image
Thank you for continuing to post all the job adverts. It's a great way to contribute to the community, to help folks discover their next opportunity. 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
commented on:
Thanks for posting, Samarth. Congrats on building what sounds like a helpful framework. 

Out of interest, what's the... image
"Thanks for posting, Samarth. Congrats on building what sounds like a helpful framework. Out of interest, what's the difference between application feature testing and application stability testing? Would application stability testing include things..."
This Week in Boundary Testing image
This Week in Boundary Testing
This Week in Boundary Testing image
This Week in Boundary Testing
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
This Week in Boundary Testing image
We were so close. The limit for the number of people on stage is 10. We got to 9. Next time we need to try for 11 to see what happens. 😃 Join
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
This Week in Boundary Testing image
We were so close. The limit for the number of people on stage is 10. We got to 9. Next time we need to try for 11 to see what happens. 😃 Join
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Richard Adams for:
Glad more folks will get to meet/know you via your introduction on The Club. Nice one, Richard. 🙂 image
Glad more folks will get to meet/know you via your introduction on The Club. Nice one, Richard. 🙂
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Yulia Yudit Sharabi for:
Thanks for taking a moment to introduce yourself on an introductions thread. 😃 image
Thanks for taking a moment to introduce yourself on an introductions thread. 😃
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thanks for introducing yourself on an introductions thread. I'm glad folks get to meet you!  image
Thanks for introducing yourself on an introductions thread. I'm glad folks get to meet you! 
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Thanks for introducing yourself on an introductions thread. I'm glad folks get to meet you!  image
Thanks for introducing yourself on an introductions thread. I'm glad folks get to meet you! 
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