Three things I love about testing

08 Sep 2026

In this moment: Ash Winter
Ash Winter shared three things he loves about testing. The last triggers smugness mode! 
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Ady Stokes
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MoT Ambassador. Currently semi-retired and freelancing. I am, amongst other things, a writer, speaker, and accessibility advocate. Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator and article editor for WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified. Struggling to write a book about testing mindsets and thinking's application in software development.

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Thanks Ady! It was excellent to see you as ever. Always hard to whittle it down to three, but a good exercise to prioritise, makes me choose.

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