Simon Tomes | Activities
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Observe, assert, and validate (OAV)
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TBM 383: Maximizers vs. Focusers
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The price of mandatory code reviews
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Nathan Ladd: Relentless Improvement and the Cost of Neglect
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Design for All, Continuously: Automate Accessibility & Visual Quality for Your Website
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The Strategic Value of Agentic QA
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Visual Regression Testing Across Locales with Percy and WonderProxy
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Write an API Spec & Scaffold Fast with Postman Agent Mode
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Levels of Autonomy in Software Development: Closing the Gap Between Creation and Confidence
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The Complete Software Development Security Guide
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How quality is created, maintained and lost in complex software systems
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The Emotional Side of Building QA in a Startup
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Prompt Like a Pro: 10 Smart Ways to Hack Your Learning Curve
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Building your product with AI Workshops for Tech Women Week
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Too close to see the canvas – Part 2
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I Vibe Coded an App and Learnt Exactly What I Thought I Would
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Unintended consequences of prompt framing
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Fixing Claude Code's amnesia
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Why training alone is never the solution to ableist behavior
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OpenAI, ARIA, and SEO: Making the Web Worse
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Atlas Ableism
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Mobile Ticketing Accessibility: Buying Haunted House Tickets with a Screen Reader
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"Great to see this, Aditya. Glad you enjoyed it!
And kudos to Rahul for introducing you to it. "
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B A D U X W O R L D C U P
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awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Nice one for recommending The Testing Planet newspaper to Aditya Saxena. Cool to see their photo memory.
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Some mornings start with coffee ☕, but today mine began with a copy of “The Testing Planet – October Edition” by the Ministry of Testing—and it turned out to be one of the most refreshing reads I’v...
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.
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