I think I'm pretty close to achieving peak social. Like, I can't be bothered any more. Started being playful on my own blog: rosiesherry.com And I write several times a week on rosie.land And even more often in the MoTaverse (www.ministryoftesting.com) Other places just don't bring me the joy.

In case you missed me on @ministryoftesting.com with @rosiesherry.com, check it out nowwwww! Chill vibes all around! 🖖 www.ministryoftesting.com/media-sessio...

From Java Dev to DevRel: What Does a Twenty-Five-Year Career Actually Teach You?

Principal Developer Advocate Adriana Vilela joins Rosie Sherry to explore tech careers, observability, OpenTelemetry, AI slop in open source, and why quality is still a very human job.

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Exploratory #testing? What do I mean with it? Check out this summary by @rosiesherry.com on a mental model that I called the "The Learning Lollipop Model". Sounds tasty? Check it out! www.ministryoftesting.com/insights/the... #MoT @ministryoftesting.com #softwaretesting #quality

The Learning Lollipop Model

Every question you ask during testing is the seed of the next one.

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Also, bloody hell, I’ve shipped 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse.

I had a really good chat with Dan Faulkner, CEO of SmartBear, on the latest Into the MoTaverse podcast. Going into the conversation, I was curious to see how a CEO thinks about leading with quality and AI whilst also having the responsibility of building a new product in the software testing space.

The moment you start defending yourself is the moment you lose. I heard that today and feel like I’m never going to defend myself again.

Every Friday we gather live for This Week in Quality. Join us, listen, join the async chat banter, or come on stage. The choice is yours. We’re talking clean code today. Going live now! www.ministryoftesting.com/this-week-in...

This Week in Quality

Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality

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I’m uncomfortable about where community is heading. So I thought I’d name what how I’m building. In an age of AI slop and lack of care. The pressure to be everywhere is real. Instead, I build for Community Here. Right here. Right now. No messing about. rosie.land/posts/the-co...

The Community Here Era. It's here.

Building community, right here, right now.

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Learning is social. Through conversation. And human systems. Through knowledge sharing. And spreading of ideas. Through invitations. To create positive learning systems. Through algorithms built for curiosity. Not ones of control and oppression. Community is the path to social learning.

🌶️ A few years from now, so many communities are going to regret taking the community everywhere approach. I’m going all in on community here. With care. Consideration. And layers of care.

🖖 Context engineering for testers We are excited to announce that @parwalrahul.bsky.social is bringing a workshop to MoTaCon to focus on the high-level communication skill of shaping and modelling information for AI systems. Register for #MoTaCon today: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/motacon

Thanks for having me, @rosiesherry.com ! Loved this conversation about careers, community, agentic AI (but of course) and more. www.ministryoftesting.com/podcasts/int...

Into The Motaverse

Into the MoTaverse is a podcast by Ministry of Testing, hosted by Rosie Sherry, exploring the people, insights, and systems shaping quality in modern software teams.

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The more we build the MoTaverse the more I believe… rosie.land/posts/its-ti...

It's time for community businesses to rise up.

No need for new models, just the ones that already exist, but for the better good of humanity.

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We implemented a thing in the MoTaverse that limits the amount of reactions you can do/give in a certain period of time. Healthy, protective boundaries. It feels good!

Individualism is killing communities.

“A lot of people talk about community in the online world, but I actually don’t think they use it right, because community is having a sense of belonging, and you get that by shared experiences,” - Dan Clancy, Twitch CEO www.semafor.com/article/04/1...

Twitch CEO says its edge over YouTube, TikTok comes from ‘community’

“A lot of people talk about community in the online world, but I actually don’t think they use it right,” Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said at Semafor World Economy.

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It’s important not to romanticise the past.

Maybe 62 should be the new 67

I approve of Surf Social's moderation/hide settings. #rosieland

Work in progress painting. I wonder what it’s gonna be.

De-shittifying the internet is a mission I can get behind.

It’s unbelievable how much time is wasted trying to find speakers for events. It should be easy. The systems we create should support the processes. The processes should be designed into platforms. And it should be an enjoyable experience.

Digg is dead. They blamed the bots. But really it’s a lack of understanding about community. It got hit hard with bots, resorted to layoffs and it has 'temporarily closed doors'. I have a hunch that the temporary shutdown will turn into a permanent one, time will tell. Do better, I say.

Got a #QualityAndTesting question you've always wanted to ask? @ministryoftesting.com has kicked off a number of "ask me anything" moments in the #MoTaverse My #AskMeAnything is on #QualityBeyondCorrectness. Head over to this link to ask your question now: www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/ama-...

AMA about quality beyond correctness

<div>Inspired by the following challenge: <a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/create-a-moment-ask-motaverse-anything/" rel="noopener nofollow">Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything...

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@rosiesherry.com wrote two great pieces on community & enshittification. I highly recommend reading both of them. rosie.land/posts/the-co... rosie.land/posts/ai-ens...

The community web is enshittified. And we're allowing it to happen.

Creating hope for beautiful communities.

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Are TV shows just expensive podcasts?

Friends don’t let their friends start a newsletter on Substack.

From this day forth I will refer to bad actors within community as dingdongs

We’ve been building ‘meetup’ within the MoTaverse. And it’s aaaahhh-mazing. And MoTivating. Highly recommend!

In the age of AI it makes sense to double down on community. You will need it. In modern community, it’s not just about making friends, it’s also about participating to benefit from the wider network effect. People will come to save you, but they have to know that you exist. Don’t be shy.