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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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I am Open to Write, Teach, Speak, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Podcasting, Review Conference Proposals
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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The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production
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The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production
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The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production
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The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production
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Be the Human Out of The Loop to avoid being The Fall Guy
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Big spike or small hike
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4.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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4.3.3 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Talked about Productize Yourself (an updated version of my first TestBash talk) yesterday at TestMu AI Jaipur Meetup.I covered how Productizing is the future and how communities and industry forces...
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Productize Yourself - The MoT Way
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Productize Yourself - The MoT Way
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Productize Yourself - The MoT Way
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Productize Yourself - The MoT Way
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AI Guardrails in one sentence, thanks to James Pearce.
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What are AI guardrails?
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What are AI guardrails?
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What are AI guardrails?
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Get ready to smile and bring joy to how you build your products!Clare Norman will explore the transition from purely functional software to products that spark genuine joy. Drawing inspiration from...
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π Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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π Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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π Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
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2.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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6.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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We can probably do better on social media - Hashtags
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Feature flags entered our workflow as a quality safeguard.
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Martin Poole shares what agentic workflows bring to the table.
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Assign a tester role with agentic workflows
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Assign a tester role with agentic workflows
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Assign a tester role with agentic workflows
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Assign a tester role with agentic workflows
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This is part of The Ahh Test collection.To define The Ahh Test, I had to do a little bit of research first to get the spelling right. Lets explore similar spellings and sounds of the word that act...
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Important spelling motes with The Ahh Test
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Important spelling motes with The Ahh Test
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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What is software quality?
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With MoTacon around the corner, there is no better time to get your pro membership. You'll not only get registered for MoTacon. You'll get connected to a community of people who are ready to suppor...
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Ready to Go PRO
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Ready to Go PRO
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This Week in Quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your weekβs highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
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Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
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Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
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