Simon Tomes | Activities
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Two of the frameworks, which stand at the forefront of automotive software compliance: ASPICE and ISO 26262.
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Despite your expertise and commitment to quality, you remain “just the tester”. It’s frustrating. It’s demoralising. And unfortunately, it’s incredibly common.
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Discover exciting events and talks, new articles, glossary updates, testing trends, fun memes and memories, hot topics and new collections.
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Where does the problem exist? Read a roundup of news, events and ideas from the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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03/04/2025. Another milestone for Eamon Droko. His first time speaking at a meetup and what a wonderfully kind and inspirational talk it was. Eamon shared gratitude for the Ministry of Testing comm...
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London Meetup for testers, QA and quality engineering professionals/leaders. 03/04/25.
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aving joined my first Salesforce project just over six months ago, we’re now ready to consider automating the UI
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This means a ticket must NOT be marked as done until the automation work, as well as development and manual testing activities is completed
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Culture plays a significant role in shaping how quality is perceived, prioritised, and embedded into an organisation’s day-to-day operations
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Just like pests develop resistance to pesticides, software can evolve in ways that make existing test cases blind to new issues.
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If you never used cy.intercept command, you should. If you are using it a lot, maybe take a look at the new plugin cypress-rest-easy.
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OWASP Education and Training Committee has been working on a set of new initiatives and one of them is collaborating with Events Committee
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We will kick off the series with a more “traditional” form of AI hacking that focuses on classifier models
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This post dives into Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) – two powerful methodologies that are transforming how teams build software.
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Bug mugs, yet does one of them have a handle missing? Does that make it a buggy bug mug? 😅
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Me imagining Stuart Day sharing a story about how big a bug was.
Simon listens intently.
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From a personal perspective, it's such a joy getting back into selfie mode!
I'm here with Simon Tomes, The Gary Shannon and Diana Tomes.
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Simon and I actually managed to take a moment to catch up and grab a rare selfie after the London Meetup.
We normally prioritise catching up with MoT members and forget to take a moment to breat...
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I spotted these three looking for bugs at great height during the inaugural Ministry of Testing meetup in London (30/01/25). It helps to zoom out. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/software-testin...
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Watch the season finale episode of The Testing Planet News
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🎙️ Nostalgia/Back to the 90s Join me, Gary Shannon, and Leigh Rathbone (Head of Test at Cavu) as we embark on a nostalgic journey through the evolution of testing tools and more.
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It happened to be April 1st 2025, and we launched MoTaverse.net. Folks could see a banner message at the top encouraging them to click it to start the migration process. The banner just redirected ...
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This badge is awarded to members who create their first collection, organising learning content for themselves or others.
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This badge is awarded to members who contribute a new term or an alternative definition to the software testing glossary.
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Expand the community guide to quality coaching. Find out what's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enrich your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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Unpack quality coaching, job titles, happy paths, and pull request templates in an episode full of candid chat and personal stories
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Clare Norman, Shweta Jaju. Aj Wilson and Ben Dowen enjoyed a giggle with Diana "Mission Control" Dromey's sound effects during a Supernova Showdown: A debate about the realities of Quality Coaching...
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My first TestBash
My first Testing Planet News
My first Ministry of Testing Contribution
My first time speaking at a conference
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Doing something for the first time is special. This collection is dedicated to many of those moments. Every "first" expands the MoTaverse!
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Advice on coming back to work after a career break, including parental leave
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Two split imaged. In both, there are two men. One is sitting down behind a desk. The other is standing in front of the desk. In the top photo the person standing says "TestSphere?". In the bottom p...
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Navigating a crowded job market. Seek help and advice from the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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Explore hiring gap, mentorship, frameworks, and tackling stressful work realities, this episode is packed with honest chat and community insights.
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What does the community think about automation, AI, continuous quality, quality engineering, systems thinking and more. Unique teams of reporters dive deep into community poll results and commentary. Discover important industry trends.
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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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