Ady Stokes | Activities
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4.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Does it work? A testing poem
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Written in 2018, first performed live at TestBash Brighton 2019 as a 99-second talk. Go to 2:41 to see my shaky performance. It was literally the first time reading my poetry to a crowd since being...
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3.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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I see no bugs / The Fresh Prince of testing
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Written in January 2018In November 2017, I did a presentation at Leeds Tester Gathering. The talk was about how a test manager back in 2005 pitted testers and developers against each other by using...
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A panel discussion exploring how AI gains in silos can break feedback loops, shift bottlenecks downstream, and make quality harder to manage at scale.
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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How to use AI in your daily SDET workflow: a practical ATDD guide
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How to use AI in your daily SDET workflow: a practical ATDD guide
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How do you draw a stick person and how does that relate to QE?
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How do you draw a stick person and how does that relate to QE?
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LLM Wiki - to create and search your own personal knowledge base
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How using a pen can rewire your brain
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Markdown Context Protocol open source project for creating quality documentation
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Microservices Testing Challenges & Strategies
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Microservices Testing Challenges & Strategies
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Good Metric, Narrow Oracle: When the Weaker Model Scored Higher
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Good Metric, Narrow Oracle: When the Weaker Model Scored Higher
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How does Wimbledon relate to success in QE?
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How does Wimbledon relate to success in QE?
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The anatomy of a Three Amigos Requirements Discovery workshop
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What an AI-Enabled Engineering Organisation Looks Like When It Is Working
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How Do We Differentiate Between Being Disabled and Our Insufficient Abilities?
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RoboCon 2027: Online 7-9 April 2027
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RoboCon 2027: Online 7-9 April 2027
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Beyond the test case: 5 Insights from Elisabeth Hendricksonâs âExplore It!â
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Beyond the test case: 5 Insights from Elisabeth Hendricksonâs âExplore It!â
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Celebrating my 8 year work anniversary with another link to QE!
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Celebrating my 8 year work anniversary with another link to QE!
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The Hitchhikerâs Guide to Agentic AI
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The Hitchhikerâs Guide to Agentic AI
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The Hitchhikerâs Guide to Agentic AI
awarded Callum Akehurst-Ryan for:
Yes you can run exploratory testing with ai
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Yes you can run exploratory testing with ai
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How do shoelaces link to risk?
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How do shoelaces link to risk?
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My Collection #14
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A place for all my creative nonsence
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Ady's poetry and songs: If
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Written in 2017 âIfâ by Rudyard Kipling was written in 1895. Hereâs my version, if Rudyard were a tester. Please excuse the artistic licence!Â
'If' by Ady StokesÂ
If you can ke...
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Categorising the Periodic Table of Testing to help scope projects using MoSCow
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First published on The Big Test Theory.com in August 2017Â Why categorise?
There are several reasons, some more personal than others. Entering my 52nd year of visiting Planet Earth, my mind nee...
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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Periodic Table of Testing: Using personas to understand relationships
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First published on The Big Test Theory.com in June 2017. PS Personas â Technique Element Â
Sub-section â ApproachesPersonas element from the Periodic Table of Testing
There are lots of ...
Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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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 MoT and WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified.
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