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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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STEC 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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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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"These pictures make it look like nothing serious at all was discussed, lol "
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99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2023
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99 Second Talks - TestBash UK 2023
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Simple Tests for Accessibility
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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"Thanks Simon, that was a fun and thought provoking conversation "
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Depending on the context, we think in different ways
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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Depending on the context, we think in different ways
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And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁
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This is Quality | BBC
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It's rare these days that I start reading a longform article that involves a lot of Deep Thoughts... and then I finish reading the article because it's fascinating. Ady's articles shine here. I immensely enjoy having Ady as a co-editor, because he's encouraging, warm, and considerate. So there are many, many stars I could award to him. We'll start with this one for today.
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁
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And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁
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Looking forward to collaborating with you as a MoTaverse Ambassador in 2026. Big bug congrats on this well‑deserved recognition! 🏆
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Once I was doing what I do best and exploring a product and I decided to see what happens when I have a lot of concurrent users running on the system. So I started performing this test in a stagin...
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Production 404 - Taking down Production by Accident
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Production 404 - Taking down Production by Accident
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