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Blog # 18 :🎪 Playwright Hooks: Your Test Suite’s Best Friends! image
If you’ve found yourself copying the same setup code into multiple tests, you’re not alone! Luckily, Playwright offers a powerful feature to solve this — hooks.
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You Broke AI…You Bought AI image
I am seeing some very senior people with lots of influence making IMO/E poor decisions on how to frame where we we are with AI in testing
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Putting frequent, short meetings to work for your team
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Ben and Brittany: The ultimate exploration duo image
23/04/25: Ben Dowen and Brittany Stewart explored during a Software Testing Live session. They had the best fun, and so did the audience. Watching professionals explore is a powerful technique...
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Mouse hacks are life hacks image
Ben Dowen and Brittany Stewart celebrate Ben's mouse pointer life hack during Software Testing Live: Episode 03. Shop 'till you DROP;
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Going Beyond Code Coverage With Mutation Testing image
Instead of checking which lines are executed, mutation testing introduces small changes (mutants) to your code.
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Technical leadership and glue work - Tanya Reilly image
Let's talk about how to allocate glue work deliberately, frame it usefully and make sure that everyone is choosing a career path they actually want to be on.
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Ministry of Testing London meetup. 03/04/25. A joyful moment. Kika and Shuk Tak Woo realised they knew each other, meeting for the first time in person. I love it when that happens. London's fa...
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Is audacious testing the new vibe testing? MoT Weekly – Issue 513 image
Time to be audacious. Discover many ways to learn and co-create with the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 24 image
Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Do new testers really need to learn automation? Ep 86 image
This Week in Testing #86: Testing Skills, Career Growth & Community Wins
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Creating an Accessibility Statement: A Beginner-Friendly Guide image
An accessibility statement is a simple and clear message on your website that explains your commitment to making digital products and services usable for everyone, including people with disabilities
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what am I going to do with my hands? image
Say Cheese! Photo Booth time from the last Test Exchange!
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AI model selection for testers image
A model to guide software testers in selecting the right LLM based on task complexity and output quality needs.
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10 Years After ‘Testing Is Dead’ image
Testing Is Dead. Oh Wait, It’s Alive Again.
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Feeling brave asking for a selfie at London's fastest growing software testing meetup image
03/04/2025, London. I often feel awkward asking for a selfie as I don't know what the response will be. Fortunately, Tolu Thompson and Shneha Paudyal were in. And Tolu's colleague (sorry I didn't n...
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Feeling brave asking for a selfie at London's fastest growing software testing meetup image
03/04/2025, London. I often feel awkward asking for a selfie as I don't know what the response will be. Fortunately, Tolu Thompson and Shneha Paudyal were in. And Tolu's colleague (sorry I didn't n...
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The precursor of success with AI: You image
When you ask a tool to generate code, your role is central. Every step you take lays the foundation for the final output.
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S1.E33: Enhancing Security Testing with exploratory insights image
In this episode of QA Therapy, we sit down with Richard Adams, a seasoned expert in security testing, to dive deep into the critical role security plays in modern software development.
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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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