Ady Stokes | Activities
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The standardisation shivers
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The standardisation shivers
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The standardisation shivers
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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What happened to charters and templates that guide us?
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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Everything is scattered. Nothing is structured.
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2.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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Prediction: AI will make accessibility worse
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Prediction: AI will make accessibility worse
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Vibe coding, agentic engineering or coding, conversational programming, and others are terms for using AI (Artificial Intelligence, not actual intelligence) to create code, products and systems. Th...
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A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. Previously they agreed to write about new processes at work which means thinking about the impact a new process will have on the future....
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Write about a prediction
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Write about a prediction
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"If they are not on your list, Gary, I'd highly recommend Crucial Conversations, Thinking, Fast and Slow, and Time to Think. They all gave me different perspectives on how we think. "
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When anyone on the MoTaverse recommends a book, I add it to my read list. (I've only been reading books in the last few years because it is a weakness of mine...to be honest "English Language" is a...
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Book recommendation - The Fifth Discipline
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Book recommendation - The Fifth Discipline
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Claude Code Security plugin is reported to cut security-related comments on pull requests by 30 to 40%
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Security is shifting left into the coding session itself
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Grounding, reviewing and trimming your way to something more reliable
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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A focused AI agent does one thing exceptionally well
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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3,000 Community Stars
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4.3.1 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Myth: The real work is technical, empathy is extra
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Is empathy a nice extra, or the engine behind good quality work?
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 MoT and WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified.
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