This Week in Quality

Episodi

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  MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence - Ep 149 25.09.2026 59min

  A warm pre-MoTaCon episode full of conference anticipation, community stories, practical advice for first-time attendees, and excitement around stars, selfies, Moments, meetups, and merch.
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  A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection - Ep 148 18.09.2026 59min

  A lively return episode catching up on MoTaCon preparations, community updates, AI overwhelm, demo-day disasters, knowledge sharing, and why human connection remains central to quality work.
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  Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are - Ep 147 14.08.2026 59min

  A reflective episode on joining new teams, respecting existing quality processes, asking better questions, naming the work we already do, and using community to turn uncertainty into learning.
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  The search for the lost code, best chair and the magic of MoTaCon - Ep 146 07.08.2026 59min

  A lively episode about MoTaverse profile upgrades, MoTaCon momentum, AI-assisted testing, hidden knowledge silos, and why real human conversations still matter when tools move fast.
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  Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page 31.07.2026 59min

  A lively MoTaverse walkthrough episode covering AI chapter momentum, new profile pages, community learning, chaos-driven development, AI skills, and big personal wins for the community.
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  Being helpful, livestream gaming and the testing edge - Ep 143 20.07.2026 50min

  A community-led episode on job hunting, scaling quality engineering, authentic career growth, AI adoption, gaming, and the value of staying connected when the industry feels noisy or uncertain.
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  These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142 10.07.2026 59min

  A celebratory 'wins' episode full of community milestones, personal breakthroughs, bug catches, career confidence, and the many small moments that keep the MoTaverse moving.
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  Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141 03.07.2026 59min

  A hot-takes episode on AI dependency, community knowledge sharing, silos, and why exploratory testing matters more than ever as software teams move faster.
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  Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140 26.06.2026 1h 4min

  A thoughtful, vulnerable episode about grief, identity, AI, writing, and the emotional cost of trying to influence quality in organisations that don’t always listen.
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  Future platforming conversations, right here, right now - Ep 139 12.06.2026 1h 5min

  This episode explores the new “cameras on” era of TWIQ, platform engineering, negative testing, CV advice, and whether quality teams are really building quality or just pretending to.
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  TWiQ, camera, action: Vibe mapping high value activities - Ep 138 05.06.2026 58min

  Simon and Demi kick off TWiQ’s 'cameras-on' era, then unpack what high value activities really mean for quality engineers - especially the tension between deep exploratory work, coaching others, and deciding what (not) to hand over to AI.
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  Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 29.05.2026 56min

  Judy and Clare trade spicy hot takes, from notification overload and 'done > perfect' learning, to a passionate deep dive on accessibility as a moral (and business) imperative.
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  How clean code led to continuous cleaning - Ep 136 22.05.2026 56min

  Clean code, messy legacy, and good products. Demi, Simon, Rolf, Nadja and the TWiQ crew get into it all.
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  Quality thinking and the role of epistemology - Ep 135 15.05.2026 59min

  An exploration of how epistemology underpins quality thinking, helping quality people examine what they know, how they know it, and how that shapes their quality choices.
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  Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134 08.05.2026 52min

  A reflective “wins” episode that turns everyday progress into momentum, and reminds us to log the good stuff, not just the problems.
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  I was absolutely right! But no one listened - Ep 133 01.05.2026 53min

  A lively chat about influence without authority, from asking better questions and telling clearer risk stories to navigating stakeholders, careers, and community visibility.
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  MoTaCon 24/7/404 - Ep 131 17.04.2026 58min

  A chaotic-but-fun start with 'Diana 404' turns into a big community update: SQEC milestones, the MoTaCon lineup reveal, and why MoT Pro membership is the simplest way to be part of it all.
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  SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130 10.04.2026 51min

  With SQEC now fully live, the community swaps stories about new roles, flaky tests, accessibility audits, and why shared language, pairing, and “being the duck” can make quality work easier.
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  Joy Scrolling - Ep 129 27.03.2026 52min

  Simon and Judy celebrate “joy scrolling” in the MoTaverse, swap stories on time-zone chaos and quality moments, and spotlight how community content, chapters, and AMAs turn learning into momentum.
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  It depends - Ask MoTaverse Anything - Ep 128 20.03.2026 53min

  Explore the new Ask MoTaverse Anything format, unpack “quality beyond correctness,” and pick up practical ideas for communicating impact, not just checking boxes.