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Ady Stokes
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Scott and Ady take the stage at MoTacon 2025
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A brief introduction to software testing from its origins, to definitions and its value to working in teams and software development
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What is software testing?
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As per https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/using-ai-prompting-as-a-shift-left-tool-coaching-tool/86925 , I thought I'd share wider the prompt template I use to help Quality Engineers, Developers a...
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AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality
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AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality
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Lessons for software testers from three great Western philosophers
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MoT Leeds Leading with Quality discussion
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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The "Tester to Quality Engineer gap analysis" worksheet for SQEC is fantastic! What a handy tool. I’m excited for SQEC learners to start using it.
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Thanks for your contributions at MoT Leeds.
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I featured your MoT Leeds post on the homepage, thank you!
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MoT Leeds hosted a panel discussion on Leading with Quality, which sparked a lively debate on several topics. The unexpected one was which AI had written the questions! It didn't, it was all me. He...
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Too many stars!
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First I missed capturing 404 stars. Now I missed 500. So I’m celebrating 513 instead. Great problem to have.
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