Simon Tomes | Activities
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters
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Shipping fast shouldn't mean shipping blind.
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Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
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Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
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Ship with confidence: Agentic AI-Driven Quality with Rovo Dev and Xray
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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The Community's Guide to AI Agents
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Need to configure your AI agent? Want to know why guardrails matter and how to set them up? This collection's for you. Find out the do's and don'ts of working with AI agents.
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Claude Code Security plugin is reported to cut security-related comments on pull requests by 30 to 40%
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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Grounding, reviewing and trimming your way to something more reliable
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Write about a prediction
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A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. Previously they agreed to write about new processes at work which means thinking about the impact a new process will have on the future....
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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When I started out in testing, I got uninspired pretty quickly, my job looked something like:
review specs
write test plans
write test scripts, spreadsheets and word docs, oh my
do the tests, mostl...
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25+ years in the quality space
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25+ years in the quality space
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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And community is the AI for humans.
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Conversational QA: From me to we
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Conversational QA: From me to we
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Conversational QA: From me to we
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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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