Ady Stokes | Activities
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Thanks for spotting the display issue with the MoT Community Stars page on a mobile browser.
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 50
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are celebrating Ady having too many badges to fit on the lead newsletter image...
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We featured you on the MoT homepage via the MoTaverse Weekly newsletter. 😃
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Proud of My MoT profile and reaching 50 Badges
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I gained my 50th Badge on my MoT profile today, and it felt like such a proud moment for me. I wanted to celebrate it and create a memory.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Advanced prompting for testers course.
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Automated Dunning-Kruger effect
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Drake is leaning away with his hand up (no) with the text, wondering why AI is so confident when it's wrong? Drake is smiling at the camera and pointing to the answer that says, realising it is an ...
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Andrew Morton when the MoT site goes down
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The MoT site was down briefly and Andrew posted he was going scorched earth on it. Made me think of him in a maze looking for the cause.
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Portfolios
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Top tips and advice for showcasing your talent with an engaging portfolio
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Apply autism-aware design principles to improve software usability for autistic and neurodivergent people.
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Continuous Testing Meetup
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"Could be https://www.ministryoftesting.com/p/matthew_hadfield "
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Max the intelligent
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The smartest and possibly grumpiest dog we had. Max had the nickname grumpy old man when he turned grey around 5 years old.
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The gorgeous Roxy
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Only in our lives for a few years, Roxy was the most loving dog we ever had.
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"Hip replacement operation is done. She need some rest and then physio but should be able to regain the mobility she had. "
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404 Patient not found
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My aunt, who has learning difficulties, fell and broke her hip. Just home after 9 hours at the hospital but couldn’t find her.
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TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110
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Celebrate the spooky side of quality as community members share their funniest, scariest, and most unforgettable stories that turn everyday mishaps into lessons worth laughing about.
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ or Treat. Your scary story was utterly scary! 👻📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 📧 💥
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Email Dead III - Don't. Open. The. Attachment.
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From Friday, the 31st of October, TWiQ or Treat, this week in quality session. I told a horror story of triggering emails that wouldn't stop coming. What was supposed to be one was thousands. We ca...
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Email Dead 2: BCC - You won't see them coming
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From Friday, the 31st of October, TWiQ or Treat, this week in quality session. I told a horror story of triggering emails that wouldn't stop coming. What was supposed to be one was thousands. We ca...
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Email Dead
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From Friday, the 31st of October, TWiQ or Treat, this week in quality session. I told a horror story of triggering emails that wouldn't stop coming. What was supposed to be one was thousands. We ca...
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WCAG free accessibility foundations course online
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Digital Accessibility Specialist Apprenticeship - Skills England
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Strengths:
- eats bugs
- loves routine
- abhors chaos
- alerts her people to anything out of the ordinary
Weaknesses
- eats bugs
- loves routine
- abhors chaos (Don't try to give Judy a h...
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Bug congrats on 250 community stars! Let's make it 404 ⭐
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Fashion bug in the wild
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I mean, I saw it straight away. You can see it straight away. Why didn't they see it straight away?
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What are some misconceptions you have seen in Quality Engineering?
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Ever been writing automated tests with an AI code assistant, only to have it completely forget the framework you're using? Or start generating tests that don't match your page object patterns? Yeah...
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Thanks for introducing yourself on an introductions thread. I'm glad folks get to meet you!
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This badge is awarded to those who teach workshops at a MoTaCon conference
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This badge is awarded to a member who has given or participated in a Chapter talk, AMA, Panel Discussion, etc
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Thanks for participating in the chat during TWiQ.
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Live test found in the wild
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I had solar panels installed this week (October 2025) and had to download an app. What was the very first thing I saw? A test for having multiple call to actions displayed. We can only guess if the...
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AI cannot replace these
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 WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified. Struggling to write a book about testing mindsets and thinking's application in software development.
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