Simon Tomes | Activities
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🖖 Beyond the exception with Root Cause Analysis
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🖖 Beyond the exception with Root Cause Analysis
awarded Richard Adams for:
🖖 Beyond the exception with Root Cause Analysis
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One of the biggest motivations for me with the MoTaverse is simply to make an excuse to meet, catch up, geek out and make friends.I connected with Susanne Abdelrahman via the MoTaverse. Then along ...
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It's uncomfortable staying quiet
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It's uncomfortable staying quiet
awarded Susanne Abdelrahman for:
It's uncomfortable staying quiet
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Thanks for your ideas around previous chapter events and displaying chapters that folks belong to on their profile page.
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My love-hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
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My love-hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
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A hot-takes episode where the crew debates AI skepticism, manual testing’s staying power, whether AI agents really speed delivery, and why quality ultimately lives (or dies) with leadership decisions.
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During episode 132 we discussed hot takes. One that came up is that testers love the moment they can say "I told you so", but then feel guilty about it.I would like to argue that that is because te...
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
awarded TWiQ — This Week in Quality for:
Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Great to hear your hot take during TWiQ. Thanks for taking to the stage!
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Great to hear your hot take during TWiQ. Thanks for taking to the stage!
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Great to hear your hot take during TWiQ. Thanks for taking to the stage!
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Thank you for co-hosting a hot takes TWiQ episode. You and Judy were epic! 🤩
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Thank you for co-hosting a hot takes TWiQ episode. You and Clare were epic! 🤩
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This Week in Quality
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AI Evals
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Definitions of AI Evals
awarded Frederick Vandenbosch for:
Thank you for sharing feedback about SQEC. We very much appreciate it.
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You're Not Ready For Quality Engineering with Callum Akehurst-Ryan
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What Are AI Evals?
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Welcome to the MoTaverse, Miranda. It was good to meet the rest of your team. Sorry you weren't able to join us. If you have any questions, we're here to help. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
awarded Francis Ball for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
awarded Harrison Wootten for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
awarded Arundathi Chandapuram for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
awarded Richard Stanyon for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
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Thanks for co-hosting Software Testing Live with James Lyndsay. Great to see you have fun exploring with the audience.
awarded James Lyndsay for:
Thanks for co-hosting Software Testing Live with Ben. Great to see you have fun exploring with the audience.
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Thanks, Leigh, for helping set up an onboarding session for your team. Great to meet you and your colleagues. 😃
awarded Stephane James for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you.
awarded Daniel Box for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you.
awarded Leigh B for:
Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you.
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Evaluate the shift from "automate all" to "review all" by using AI agents for test plans while applying human-led ACE feedback to ensure code quality and business relevance.
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
awarded Emily O'Connor for:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
awarded Emily O'Connor for:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06 - Don't automate everything, review everything
awarded Cameron Browne for:
It was good to talk with you on a Call for Insights. Very much appreciated all you had to share. I look forward to folks listening to it and to us recording another episode. 🤩
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What I think about when I edit
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Who is actually winning the AI battle?
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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. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
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