Ady Stokes | Activities
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Itâs always a people problem: the reality behind AI in testing
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Itâs always a people problem: the reality behind AI in testing
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Itâs always a people problem: the reality behind AI in testing
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"Your turn next Simon"
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With MoTaCon 2026 approaching, I've been reflecting on how ideas from the community can find their way back into our teams and become something practical.
Over the last year, ideas and conversation...
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From Community and Conversations to Quality Strategy
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From Community and Conversations to Quality Strategy
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
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5,000 community stars achieved
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5,000 community stars achieved
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5,000 community stars achieved
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Iâm announcing a very proud bug congrats to myself for reaching 5,000 community stars. Since my early days with the MoTaverse I e tried to give back and share information as well as supporting...
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How to test alternative text (alt-text)
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How to test alternative text (alt-text)
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Ninja duck
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Get Simon to 5,000 community stars
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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Good examples of adding Evals and Guardrails to Skills
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Good examples of adding Evals and Guardrails to Skills
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Good examples of adding Evals and Guardrails to Skills
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Good examples of adding Evals and Guardrails to Skills
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Something that has been bothering me for a while.When people talk about AI, new tools, and new ways, the concept of 'human in the loop' normally gets thrown in as a check box item. As a way of sayi...
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Is anyone else tired of human in the loop?
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Is anyone else tired of human in the loop?
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AI;DR (AI; Didnât Read)
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Full disclosure before anything else: I work at Testkube, and we launched a test creation feature today. I'll mention it near the end, but that's not really what this post is about.What this post i...
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What AI-generated tests keep getting wrong (and what finally fixed it for us)
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What AI-generated tests keep getting wrong (and what finally fixed it for us)
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What AI-generated tests keep getting wrong (and what finally fixed it for us)
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What AI-generated tests keep getting wrong (and what finally fixed it for us)
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How to test alternative text (alt-text)
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Test data driven development
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"Thank you so much Demi. Some great points raised.
Formatting didn't move over.
I'll edit to make the headers bold to see if that helps.
Great feedback about more examples. Great idea to add an 'How to get started using it'.
There isn't a 'what wor..."
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TWiQ or Treat
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Share your weekâs ghostly highlights, ghoulish challenges, and spooky lessons in quality
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Test data driven development
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Discover how to implement a data-first development methodology that ensures quality in analytics and reporting features without the need for dedicated testers
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Guardrails & Evals: Keeping Your AI Skills Honest
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 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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