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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Definitions of Clean Code
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Learning lots of secrets about clean code with Simon and Demi!
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How would you define a guardrail?
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Recently my team has taken on the arduous task of migrating one of our oldest applciations from weblogic to containers. A task that is proving more difficult then expected. With tickets stuck for s...
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Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
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Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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How clean is your code?
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How clean is your code?
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Bring your vacuum, feather duster and wipes because it's time for some clean code!Why bother? As Martin Fowler so gracefully puts it:
"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good p...
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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How would you define a guardrail?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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Sometimes the most effective guardrail isn't the most sophisticated one
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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Sometimes the most effective guardrail isn't the most sophisticated one
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Learn how test coverage is a necessary condition for shipping AI, but not a sufficient condition for trusting it.
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Beyond test coverage: engineering trust in AI-powered systems
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Beyond test coverage: engineering trust in AI-powered systems
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If you could slow one thing in AI down to let security catch up, what would it be?
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Thanks for sharing positive feedback about the Micro Call for Insights on guardrails. So glad you contributed.
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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Nice one for sharing those job boards with the MoTaverse Slack.
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Thanks for accepting the Clean Code Moments Challenge. 😃
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"Amongst many helpful things is the table that maps the common layers in AI agents and operating systems. I think that's the thing that will help folks understand where an AI agent fits in."
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A guide to AI agents for testers
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A guide to AI agents for testers
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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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