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Ady Stokes
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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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Lesson 2 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started
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Lesson 2 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started
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Lesson 1 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started
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Lesson 1 of Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started
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Not every large language model (LLM) is built the same, and not every tester needs the same models.
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Free, Pro, or Thinking Models: Testers LLM Trends - 2025
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Quality products need good human systems
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Quality products need good human systems
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73% of us haven’t used GenAI pair testing as a testing strategy, yet.
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73% of us haven’t used GenAI pair testing as a testing strategy, yet.
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Is the AI bubble bursting?
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Is the AI bubble bursting?
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Are software testers responsible for continuous quality?
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Are software testers responsible for continuous quality?
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Do you understand what is meant by Continuous Quality?
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Do you understand what is meant by Continuous Quality?
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The community writing trend towards quality engineering, continuous quality and holistic testing
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The community writing trend towards quality engineering, continuous quality and holistic testing
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From testers to quality advocates: Understanding the shift to quality engineering
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From testers to quality advocates: Understanding the shift to quality engineering
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A look at the structure of embedded quality engineering teams
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Embedded Quality Engineer roles in development teams
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Embedded Quality Engineer roles in development teams
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Embedded Quality Engineer roles in development teams
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Embedded Quality Engineer roles in development teams
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The "So What" Test
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The "So What" Test
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The "So What" Test
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The "So What" Test
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The "So What" Test
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The "So What" Test
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AI software testing tools leave most of your project's needs unmet!
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How do you discover new tools to help with your testing?
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Most software testers are obsessed with tools
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Most software testers are obsessed with tools
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Ministry of Testing surveyed the community to get an up-to-date reading of the testing trade's tools.
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What testing tools are in your current tech stack?
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What testing tools are in your current tech stack?
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What testing tools are in your current tech stack?
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What testing tools are in your current tech stack?
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We have always been sharing goals in our organisation at the start of the year. It is a great initiative by MoT team to share and talk about individual goals here. This gives us opportunity and spa...
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