Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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When a system improvises like a jazz soloist, "different" stops meaning "wrong"
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SmartBear CEO Dan Faulkner on the quality gap created by agentic coding, why intent validation is quality's next big role, and what BearQ is trying to do about it.
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Coding Velocity Is Not Delivery Velocity. We Explore Why - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 20
awarded Dan Faulkner for:
Coding Velocity Is Not Delivery Velocity. We Explore Why - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 20
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Coding Velocity Is Not Delivery Velocity. We Explore Why - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 20
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A conversation on engineering management and AI
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Throwback Wednesday: A FABUD quality roundtable
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Wonderful to chat with you again on a Call for Insights. đ€©
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Congrats on solving the TWiQ puzzle. đ§©
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Congrats on solving the TWiQ puzzle. đ§©
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Congrats on solving the TWiQ puzzle. đ§©
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Check out our new chapter artwork above, just in time for our next event this Friday!
(Not registered for the event yet? Do it now here: MoT Berlin Chapter Event #50 (actually #60 đ„ł): Building Bett...
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Chapter achievement unlocked: MoT Berlin has a new chapter artwork!
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Chapter achievement unlocked: MoT Berlin has a new chapter artwork!
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Chapter achievement unlocked: MoT Berlin has a new chapter artwork!
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Chapter achievement unlocked: MoT Berlin has a new chapter artwork!
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Throwback Wednesday: A FABUD quality roundtable
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Roundtable: AI Learnings and Demos
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Small group sharing to level up your AI skills
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Designing selfâexplaining test automation for fast rootâcause diagnosis
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Learn how to get faster feedback, fewer blocked merges and better trust in automation.
awarded Tomislav Delalic for:
Thanks for upgrading your membership to Unlimited. We look forward to collaborating with you. Let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Team MoTaverse and the community are here.
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Tomislav presenting "Yes, it's magic (or maybe not...)"
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Tomislav presenting "Yes, it's magic (or maybe not...)"
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Tomislav presenting "Yes, it's magic (or maybe not...)"
awarded Tomislav Delalic for:
Tomislav presenting "Yes, it's magic (or maybe not...)"
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The product-led approach to Quality: What I learnt working side-by-side with testers and engineers
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Stop treating quality as a final gate and start using these practical, field-tested rituals to bake reliability into your product from the very first idea.
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Throwback Wednesday: A FABUD quality roundtable
earned:
Throwback Wednesday: A FABUD quality roundtable
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22 October 2016 at TestBash Manchester Unconference day. Pretty sure Rajit Singh (my business partner at the time) and Joep Schuurkes decided to run a small session. I can't remember what lens...
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I believe this was TestBash Brighton 2016.If I recall correctly Deborah Reid did a 99 second poem, I could be wrong.In the back I recognise Emma Keaveny, Neil Taylor and Maaret PyhÀjÀrvi.Long live ...
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Throwback Wednesday: Deborah Reid 99 Seconds at TestBash Brighton
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Throwback Wednesday: Deborah Reid 99 Seconds at TestBash Brighton
awarded Neil Taylor for:
Throwback Wednesday: Deborah Reid 99 Seconds at TestBash Brighton
awarded Emma Keaveny for:
Throwback Wednesday: Deborah Reid 99 Seconds at TestBash Brighton
awarded Deborah Reid for:
Throwback Wednesday: Deborah Reid 99 Seconds at TestBash Brighton
awarded Maaret PyhÀjÀrvi for:
Throwback Wednesday: Deborah Reid 99 Seconds at TestBash Brighton
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An exploration of how to think about templating to enable others
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Test charters and templates: Same objectives, better tools
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Test charters and templates: Same objectives, better tools
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. đ MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
âThanks for making me feel so confident about myself.â | âI'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!â | âA simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.â | âSimon 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.â
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