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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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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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7.1.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁
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7.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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6.9.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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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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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering 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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6.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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9.4.3 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.6.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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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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The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123
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Swap your team’s favourite quality superstitions, laugh at cursed demos and disappearing bugs, and turn “don’t deploy on Fridays” from folklore into smarter release habits.
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Thanks for joining the stage and sharing with the TWiQ audience.
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This Week in Quality
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This badge is awarded to members who represent and promote the MoT community as MoT Ambassadors in 2026
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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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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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12.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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And the Ambassadors of the MoTaverse for 2026 are... 🥁
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11.10.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Great conversation with Simon
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Always good talking with you, Ady. Thanks for our call for insights. 🤩
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Great conversation with Simon
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Feedback for the tester to Quality Engineer gap analysis
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Feedback for the tester to Quality Engineer gap analysis
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I had a personal message thanking me for the gap analysis. The person had thought they were not good enough to apply for a role titled 'Quality Engineer'. But after taking the gap analysis, they fo...
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Great conversation with Simon
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I answered Simon's call for insights and had a great conversation with him all about my goals for 2026, and how I want to make thinking in testing visible, intentional, and teachable. I'm looking f...
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