Simon Tomes | Activities
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Baidu Launches ERNIE 4.5 Turbo, ERNIE X1 Turbo and New Suite of AI Tools to Empower Developers and Supercharge AI Innovation
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The top 10 enterprise generative AI applications – Based on 530 real-world projects
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TBM 357: Perspectives on Change and Improvement
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Quality Software Starts Before Coding
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Good news! AI’s not going to take all your jobs…
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Quality Coaching Scenario: No testing happening
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Creating Focus in a Distracted World
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The Usability Scaling Law: Death of User Testing?
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Creating accessible emails: step-by-step guide
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Introducing Apache Spark 4.0
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Making flex work: How employers can optimize benefits strategies in challenging times
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Multi-Step Grading Rubrics with LLMs for Answer Evaluation
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Building Trustworthy Software: Our Mission at Security, Privacy and Corporate Engineering.
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Why Mattering Matters
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Practical AI techniques for daily engineering work
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Testing without frustration: Low-Code Test Automation with TestBench and Robot Framework
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A day in the life of an engineering manager
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Microsoft commits to Google’s interoperability protocol for AI agents
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Cybersecurity Executive Order: Impact on Industries and Solutions
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AI Can't Even Fix a Simple Bug — But Sure, Let's Fire Engineers
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AI-assisted development needs automated tests
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What I Learned About Annotations in Playwright
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'They yanked their own plug': How Co-op averted an even worse cyber attack
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What Even Is Vibe Coding?
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💼 My Job Hunt – A Game of Rejections, Rewrites & Resilience
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Quality Experience: How I Look for Jobs on LinkedIn
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Micro Frontends — The Story So Far
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Why Leaders Resist AI and How to Build Confidence in AI Leadership
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Four Ways Leaders Make Learning Stick
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Overcoming Bugs in Testing Infrastructure with Playwright
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How to become a more connected leader
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Behind the Scenes: Building a Robust Ads Event Processing Pipeline
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Postman launches full support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) — Build better AI Agents, faster
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Real-Time database change tracking in Go: Implementing PostgreSQL CDC
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Debugging, emotional resilience, and mental models
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The Problem of Trun...
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Breaking Barriers: Oculus, the Metaverse, and the Diversity Disconnect
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Fast Isn’t Free
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Get your work recognized: write a brag document
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Power cut chaos in Spain and Portugal caused by 'rare' atmospheric phenomenon, says operator
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Spite-Driven Career Development
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How we scaled Devvit 200x for r/field (part 1)
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In Software, Delivery Is Just the Beginning
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Understanding the Engaged Employee: Traits and Impact on Success
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There are 47 Million Developers in the World
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Google A2A - a First Look at Another Agent-agent Protocol
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Agile meetings
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4 Web Accessibility Issues You Can Fix in 5 Minutes (Or Less)
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The unbearable lightness of big tech
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Creating an Accessibility Statement: A Beginner-Friendly Guide
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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