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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.

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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering? image
AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
AMA Leadership Answer - Can you share a story about an early days leadership lightbulb moment? image
AMA Leadership Answer - Can you share a story about an early days leadership lightbulb moment?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Can you share a story about an early days leadership lightbulb moment? image
I've had a lot of lightbulb moments as I've been going through my leadership journey, most of them subtle learnings the built up over time. At the beginning, I thought the promotion was about me an...
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And perhaps then the fancy sprinkles on the top are the occasional spikes used to explore new tech, languages, tools ... image
"And perhaps then the fancy sprinkles on the top are the occasional spikes used to explore new tech, languages, tools and techniques. 🤔 "
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I likes the sound of that trifle model, Louise. It's great! Makes me wonder if exploratory testing could get its own ... image
"I likes the sound of that trifle model, Louise. It's great! Makes me wonder if exploratory testing could get its own layer baked (!?) in at all layers of the trifle. I kinda feel like it sometimes doesn't get enough of the attention it deserves, its in..."
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AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can... image
Question by Ben Dowen:What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?Response:As a newbie, one mistake that I made was try...
AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can... image
AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?
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AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can... image
AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?
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AMA Answer: What pitfalls or mistakes should I avoid, while getting into Context Engineering? What newbie mistake can you help me miss?
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AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used? image
Question by Gary Hawkes: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?Response:I use Github Copilot at work. My context engineering templates are very similar (and i...
AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used? image
AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?
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Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used? image
AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?
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Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used? image
AMA Answer: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?
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Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering? image
Question by Rosie Sherry:  How can we practice testability within context engineering? Response:Fantastic question. Not many people talk about it (unfortunately).Good news: We at MoT are now ...
AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering? image
AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering?
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Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering? image
AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering?
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Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering? image
AMA Answer: How can we practice testability within context engineering?
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AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?  image
Full Question by Rosie Sherry:  What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering? (It feels like there is a big focus on coding and shipping, yet apply...
AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?  image
AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?  image
AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?
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Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?  image
AMA Answer: What are some good ways to ensure that non-developers get involved in context engineering?
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering? image
AI is stateless.It doesn't know or remember anything about you.  The state has to be managed externally. You share your context with it via "prompts".For a normal AI chatbot (eg, ChatGPT), you...
AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering? image
AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering? image
AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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Simon Tomes
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Nice one, Richard. Thanks for reading. Glad to hear it was helpful.

If it sparks anything else let me know. Feel fre... image
"Nice one, Richard. Thanks for reading. Glad to hear it was helpful. If it sparks anything else let me know. Feel free to create a new Moment with reflections or more tips and advice."
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering? image
AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering? image
AI is stateless.It doesn't know or remember anything about you.  The state has to be managed externally. You share your context with it via "prompts".For a normal AI chatbot (eg, ChatGPT), you...
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session? image
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session?
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session? image
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session?
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session? image
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session?
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How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session? image
Richard Adams asks: How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session? Things that I've found helpful: Establishing an agreement th...
Start Exploratory Testing Today – Risks & Questions image
Start Exploratory Testing Today – Risks & Questions
Start Exploratory Testing Today – Risks & Questions image
Start Exploratory Testing Today – Risks & Questions
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Great to see Chris again!! image
It was great catch up with Chris yesterday!!
Great to see Chris again!! image
Great to see Chris again!!
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Great to see Chris again!! image
Great to see Chris again!!
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Great to see Chris again!! image
Great to see Chris again!!
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
AMA about Podcasting image
AMA about Podcasting
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Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester! image
The time ran fast, and we had very little time for the 99-second talks.But we still managed to get one in by Sarthak Sharma!!Thanks for stepping up and making a 99-second talk in what was more like...
Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester! image
Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester!
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Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester! image
Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Sarthak Sharma for:
Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester! image
Our 99-second speaker at MoT Manchester!
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