Ady Stokes | Activities
awarded Lisa Crispin for:
Mapping the Machine: What Fell Out of an LLM Wiki Idea
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WCAG Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0
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WCAG Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0
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Thinking in testing: Are we missing the questions we should be asking
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We will STEC you: Testing song / rap
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A celebration of STEC, the Software Testing Essentials Certificate, going live earlier that year. Big thanks to Scott for supporting with stomps and claps. TestBash / MoTaCon 2025 Day 2 99-second-t...
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Shakespeare by AI and Ady Stokes
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This was done for TestBash 2024 99-second-talks. Since day 1 was AI-themed, I immediately thought of Shakespeare and speeches / soliloquies in his plays. I had AI write one and did one myself. Whic...
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Version 2.0: The tester I became after a career break
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Version 2.0: The tester I became after a career break
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Madhuri Mittal shares how a career pause and motherhood reshaped her into a more resilient, empathetic, and adaptable tester.
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Version 2.0: The tester I became after a career break
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Version 2.0: The tester I became after a career break
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Building vision systems with AI in the real world
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Building vision systems with AI in the real world
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A live demo and case study showing how AI can help build real-world vision systems, while human experimentation and testing still do the hardest work.
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Building vision systems with AI in the real world
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Building vision systems with AI in the real world
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Doing shift-left right: Start thinking and learning early in the development cycle
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Doing shift-left right: Start thinking and learning early in the development cycle
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Testing earlier pays off when it means questioning earlier too.
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Doing shift-left right: Start thinking and learning early in the development cycle
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Doing shift-left right: Start thinking and learning early in the development cycle
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I'll test in live: Testing song
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The meaning of TestBash
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The meaning of TestBash
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Published in September 2022, this was written as a 99-second talk. Posting it makes me think I should do another for MoTaCon. We will see.Â
The Meaning of TestBash
T is for us testers, who tra...
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I'll test in live: Testing song
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The Ministry of Testingâs Test.Bash() event on the 28th of October 2021 was a brilliant event, as was to be expected. Despite not being originally scheduled, after a little nudge from yours truly, ...
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The year of 2020
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I rarely write âseriousâ poetry, but this has evolved over the year, and Iâm happy with where it ended. I started around May or June and first published it in December 2020.Â
It was the best o...
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Who tests the tests?
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This poem was inspired by the Ministry of Testingâs June 2020 tweet asking, "Who tests the tests?"If testers testâŚÂ Then what tests the tester's tests? Who tests the test that testers writ...
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3.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Disabled by their environment - Test.Bash() Manchester 2019
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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4.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Disabled by their environment - Test.Bash() Manchester 2019
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I didn't realise how many of these I did in 2019! A bit rushed but less shaky. This poem was performed at Test.Bash() Manchester at their 99-second talks. Go to 9:20 to hear me perform it. Th...
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4.3.3 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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4.3.1 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Testing is for you - TestBash Manchester 2019
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This poem was performed by me at TestBash Manchester 2019 as a 99-second talk and was inspired by Tony Walshâs Take This Pen. If you want to hear a real poet, please use the link. It is beautiful. ...
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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We Will Test You (music by Queen; lyrics by Ady Stokes)
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From my TestBash Essentials talk on the Periodic Table of Testing, I was very brave and performed a testing parody of Queen's iconic We Will Rock You. Memorable for several things. I changed the ly...
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
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 MoT and WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified.
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