Ady Stokes | Activities
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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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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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LLM Wiki - to create and search your own personal knowledge base
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LLM Wiki - to create and search your own personal knowledge base
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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And why quality teams are built on character, not just skills
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
awarded Parasoft for:
Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
awarded Thunders for:
Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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6.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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7.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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6.10.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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6.9.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Public service announcement
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Public service announcement
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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WebAIM Keyboard accessibility
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Public service announcement
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If you’re using social media, you’re probably using hashtags.
If you’re using hashtags, you’re probably using multiple words.
If you’re using multiple words, you’re probably putting them in a strin...
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I'm the kind of tester who is curious about any and every button. What do they do,? What happens when I press it? What happens when I press all of them at the same time? Why is it here?Sometimes cr...
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The testers urge to press all the buttons, even the ones they shouldn't
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
The testers urge to press all the buttons, even the ones they shouldn't
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WebAIM Keyboard accessibility
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How using a pen can rewire your brain
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How using a pen can rewire your brain
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How using a pen can rewire your brain
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Learn how software engineering is shifting from basic prompt engineering to autonomous AI agents and intent-based workflows.
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From ad-hoc prompting to Agentic Engineering: Latest trends in AI
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From ad-hoc prompting to Agentic Engineering: Latest trends in AI
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From ad-hoc prompting to Agentic Engineering: Latest trends in AI
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
From ad-hoc prompting to Agentic Engineering: Latest trends in AI
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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6.7.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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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