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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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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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MoT Leeds 28th of May
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We are just a week away from our next Leeds Chapter meeting, where we talk all things side hustles. Visit the link below to read all about it and register. If you haven't yet, you can join the Chap...
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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This Week in Quality
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Communities involve many invitations.Our conversations, DMs and emails encourage you to come to events.We reach out to sponsors and companies to seek support. These are invitations too.In the conte...
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Reframing an invitiation: Creating change, one invitation at a time
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Reframing an invitiation: Creating change, one invitation at a time
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6.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Wins of the week Friday 22nd of May 26
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Recently my team has taken on the arduous task of migrating one of our oldest applciations from weblogic to containers. A task that is proving more difficult then expected. With tickets stuck for s...
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Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
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Stop with cleaning code, first make it work!
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Learning lots of secrets about clean code with Simon and Demi!
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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Its TWIQ TIME!!!
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I'm proud to say that at least 5 of my developer colleagues joined today's episode of This Week in Testing!One of them even joined the stage right away to talk about clean code 😱I ducking love it 🦆
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Achievement unlocked: Get 5 developers to join This Week in Quality ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Achievement unlocked: Get 5 developers to join This Week in Quality ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Achievement unlocked: Get 5 developers to join This Week in Quality ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Achievement unlocked: Get 5 developers to join This Week in Quality ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Wins of the week Friday 22nd of May 26
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Starting last Friday, I have started asking questions to help in my struggling efforts to write a book on how we approach thinking in our craft. My first question was on potential titles, with 'Thi...
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A11y North at Channel 4 for GAAD
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1.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Sometimes the most effective guardrail isn't the most sophisticated one
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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What's the simplest guardrail you've used that had the biggest impact?
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Shift‑left security: building protection from day one
The hidden leadership of Quality Professionals: skills you only earn when everything goes to hell
When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos...
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4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss
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4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss
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4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss
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4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss
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4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss
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4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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6.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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6.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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