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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. π MoT-STEC qualified.
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Write about a prediction
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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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When anyone on the MoTaverse recommends a book, I add it to my read list. (I've only been reading books in the last few years because it is a weakness of mine...to be honest "English Language" is a...
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Book recommendation - The Fifth Discipline
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Book recommendation - The Fifth Discipline
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What happened to charters and templates that guide us?
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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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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