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"@Melissa Fisher. Also makes me think of the Agile Manifesto and perhaps we could create an AI Quality Manifesto where we list a set of manifesto points which use the " over " style of manifesto writing. 🤔 "
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"> It can change the way team members interact, so need to have company policies on usage in my view.
Good shout, Melissa. Sounds like we could start a new Moment on that. Perhaps something like: "What does your LLM company policy look like?" or mo..."
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Inspired by the following challenge: Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything.We have often seen that many of us who test the software to ensure quality of the product are trapped in the manual test...
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Using Agentic Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex it took Andrew Easter and his team two and half months to go from 20% to 80% of code being written by AI. As Andrew says, "This is unprecedented levels ...
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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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