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Today, I came across a very useful video about modern development with AI by Matt Pocock. The main ideas are below.
🧪 Development and AI
In an ideal world, we write a spec and then implement it in ...
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Fundamental knowledge matters more than ever
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Fundamental knowledge matters more than ever
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NATS technical fault causes widespread disruption at UK airports
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No Bull: Why I Built an AI Tool That Argues With Me
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When only Pro Members can submit to talk at an event it means:
as organisers we don't have to spend a lot of time filtering through abstracts (win)
the quality of the submissions are much higher (...
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What it actually means when only Pro Members can submit to speak at events
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What it actually means when only Pro Members can submit to speak at events
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No Bull: Why I Built an AI Tool That Argues With Me
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Why Mutation Testing is Essential for Trustworthy AI
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Location, themed and branded Chapters are here and growing
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In case you missed it, we now have Chapters in the MoTaverse.
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In case you missed it, we now have Chapters in the MoTaverse.
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Is It Too Late To Discover The Value Of Exploratory Testing? A Love Story - Simon Tomes
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Is It Too Late To Discover The Value Of Exploratory Testing? A Love Story - Simon Tomes
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Bug congrats on the new role! 🎉
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Thinking back to a call in Feb where a CITo/CTO forgot he was not muted and said 'AI can do the software testing - we can save a fortune!"
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"AI is great!" says CTO who last touched code in the 90s
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"AI is great!" says CTO who last touched code in the 90s
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Great to speak with you on a Call for Insights. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, experiences and advice about continuous learning. 🤩
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Earlier this week, I was looking for a simple way to illustrate to my teams why shared understanding and early discussions matter so much.
That’s when I remembered software pioneer Jerry Weinberg’s...
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Mary's lamb is a trap
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Mary's lamb is a trap
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Want to speak in Paris on the 19th of January?
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🇫🇷 Speakers wanted!
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🇫🇷 Speakers wanted!
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Excited to be heading to Leeds shortly for the excellent TestUp North Conference. I’m happy to be a sponsor and see my local community shine. Feeling spoiled with Testing Atelier on my doorstep too...
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Test Up North Day
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Test Up North Day
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Test Up North Day
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Test Up North Day
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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What do you mean, it has been two years?
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What do you mean, it has been two years?
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Great to meet you during a team onboarding session. Thanks for your feedback. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Great to meet you during a team onboarding session. Thanks for your feedback. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Great to meet you during a team onboarding session. Thanks for your questions and feedback. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Great to meet you during a team onboarding session. Thanks for your questions and feedback. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Great to meet you during a team onboarding session. Thanks for your questions and feedback. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Joined Smartesting chapter
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"Added to the "AI is going just great" collection: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/collections/ai-is-going-just-great"
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"Hi Robbie! 🫠"
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Spotted this within an app recently and made me giggle - doesn't it look and sound appealing!
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A very popular dish indeed - looks and sounds appealing...
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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