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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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Repping MoT in the Peak District
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"Great take, Rahul. I feel like both AI in the loop and quality in the loop should be in the glossary"
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I feel most engineers are optimizing the wrong thing. And they don't even know it yet. Â "Human in the Loop."Â Sounds empowering, right?Â
It's not. It's a cage with good branding. Eve...
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Human in the loop vs AI in the loop
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Human in the loop vs AI in the loop
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Human in the loop vs AI in the loop
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First time speaker
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VIP visitor (very important pet)
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Wow! 2,500 Community Stars
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Meme moment at the Leeds Chapter
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3.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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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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Wow! 2,500 Community Stars
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Stunned to see I have reached 2,500 community stars from the MoTaverse. Thank you, everyone, for thanking me, completing my lessons, reading my articles and encouraging me every day to do more.Â
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What Guides Your Testing Decisions? Ever heard of "Kiddie Oracles" or "Golden Master Testing"? Oracles in testing aren't just fancy tools they're the wisdom behind our decisions, the sile...
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Testing Oracles
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Testing Oracles
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Usually I would struggle, read very slowly and potentially drop technical book. It can feel dry to consume technical information on numerous pages. I love Head First series where you have to do a b...
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The book that doesn't overwhelm nor bore me
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The book that doesn't overwhelm nor bore me
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Thanks to the team Ministry of Testing for giving me access to their icons.Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback.Check out the game here:Â Bug Hunter - Rahul's Testing TitbitsÂ
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Bug Hunter - v3.0 is LIVE NOW
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Bug Hunter - v3.0 is LIVE NOW
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Yesterday we had our first AI Chapter catch up to brainstorm how this chapter will work to help community adopt AI and overcome challenges.We spoke about:
what are current challenges in AI era? Is...
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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AI Chapter. Let's go
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Alex smashed it!
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This badge is awarded to members that are listed as hosts for an MoT Chapter Event in the MoTaverse.
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Hosted MoT Leeds
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Alex smashed it!
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Flying solo at MoT Leeds
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Alex smashed it!
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Meme moment at the Leeds Chapter
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"Joined and looking forward to seeing what the chapter comes up with. "
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We are finally having a dedicated AI Chapter in the #MoTaverse.
AI is changing the way people think, talk, or learn in the world of software as well as software testing.
This chapter is a focused s...
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MoT AI Chapter
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MoT AI Chapter
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MoT AI Chapter
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MoT AI Chapter
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MoT AI Chapter
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MoT AI Chapter
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