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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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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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Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
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2.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Lemmy and Torpedo have woken from their first proper hibernation.
They've previously been too young to hibernate the whole winter. It was lovely to see them warming in the sunshine while eating t...
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Lemmy & Torpedo - Guardians of the MoTaverse
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Lemmy & Torpedo - Guardians of the MoTaverse
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Thank you for supporting my career, for giving me opportunities since 2012, when I wrote my first article, and for being an amazing facilitator for the craft and community.Â
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Had an awesome call with Clare Norman, during which she shared a powerful reflection: Are we sharing our testing insights with the right audiences?
Perhaps we need to make formal cohorts of qual...
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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"Love that idea, count me in. "
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2026 started off with a bang in a variety of ways. Some days, it can feel overwhelming just thinking about the days ahead. But, taking the time to process my themes and goals for the year, being pa...
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Do more of what makes you feel privileged to be here.
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Do more of what makes you feel privileged to be here.
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Feeling of happiness is amplified along with each star earned. I am amazed to see 200+ stars on my MoT profile.
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201 stars created Successfully: Thank you MoT
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201 stars created Successfully: Thank you MoT
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Community stars mostly not found
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If 404 is not found, is 1404 mostly not found?
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1.5.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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Don’t automate everything, review everything
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06
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"Also needs to be posted as lyrics"
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It's been 1.5 years being part of MoT. I was part of MoT meet-ups, social gathering and events like TestBash and MotaCon. The more we explore, the more we see and understand. That's where the curio...
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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"I love the line. It is not about how fast, it is about how much you can trust it. Apt for anything related to AI, too. "
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Apply a four-dimension framework to assess whether synthetic data can be trusted for performance testing.
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Beyond data generation: How I learned to trust synthetic data in performance testing
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Beyond data generation: How I learned to trust synthetic data in performance testing
awarded Sudhakar Reddy Narra for:
Beyond data generation: How I learned to trust synthetic data in performance testing
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Beyond data generation: How I learned to trust synthetic data in performance testing
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1.8.0 of A tester’s role in continuous quality
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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Inclusive development teams: Why representation matters
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Inclusive development teams: Why representation matters
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7.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Variable
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Definitions of Variable
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10.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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9.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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9.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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