Deborah Reid | Activities
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AI will replace all coding
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Some testing related limericks
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Testing Limericks
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Testing Limericks
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Testing Limericks
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4 Lessons We Learned from Bringing AI to Our Company
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What Is API Mocking & How Does It Work?
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Beyond the test case: 5 Insights from Elisabeth Hendrickson’s ‘Explore It!’
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What Is Shift-Left Testing? And Why Most Teams Do It Wrong
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I asked 47 strangers to hold up their phones. A single camera found 44 of them in four minutes and the misses taught me more than the hits
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Hidden in plain sight: Hacking permissions through the URL
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Orchestrating AI-Native Testing with Playwright - C2 (Cost involved)
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Agentic AI
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Yes you can run exploratory testing with ai
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AI Prompts for Playwright: Getting the Most Out of Your AI Assistants
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Letting Playwright MCP Explore your site and Write your Tests
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Playwright v1.54.0 release notes
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Axe Accessibility Testing with Playwright + HTML Reports: The Complete Guide
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When not to use AI
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Here's a little note you can add when accepting an opportunity to speak at a conference:
"Thank you for the opportunity. I'm very happy to present, and I am happy to accept the invite. Th...
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A template note you can use when accepting to speak at a conference
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A template note you can use when accepting to speak at a conference
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A template note you can use when accepting to speak at a conference
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Loved recording the 404 talk for the SQEC Certification module on Monitorability, Observability, Testability. It was great to think about how these often forgotten areas of quality can be so impact...
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Monitorability, Observability, Testability
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Monitorability, Observability, Testability
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Spotted this when thinking about ordering a pizza last night.
My favourite was the "Well done" in the middle :D
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Pizza options (including a little affirmation!)
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As per https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/using-ai-prompting-as-a-shift-left-tool-coaching-tool/86925 , I thought I'd share wider the prompt template I use to help Quality Engineers, Developers a...
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AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality
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AI Prompt Template - Review a Story to improve Quality
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From many companies digital accessibility feels optional, But it is a human right and fundamental to usable software. And you can't argue with Batman
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Accessibility is fundamental
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Accessibility is fundamental
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Based on a discussion earlier in the year (2025) about all the things AI will replace. I pointed out a few things it couldn't replace or do. This image was created so I could share it and prompt so...
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AI cannot replace these
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AI cannot replace these
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RCRCRC is a regression testing heuristic developed by Karen Johnson that helps identify areas that need testing when software changes.
Recent: new features, new areas of code are more vulnerable...
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RCRCRC — A heuristic for regression testing
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RCRCRC — A heuristic for regression testing
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RCRCRC — A heuristic for regression testing
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RCRCRC — A heuristic for regression testing
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1. Where have you travelled from to be here today?
2. What have you enjoyed so far?
3. What are you looking forward to?
4. Who are you looking forward to meeting today?
5. Have you met [Name of...
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Questions to ask someone you've just met for the first time at TestBash
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Questions to ask someone you've just met for the first time at TestBash
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Questions to ask someone you've just met for the first time at TestBash
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It's official! We can now comment on Memories. 🎉
How many comments can we get on this one? 😄 😅 🫠
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We can now comment on Memories
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We can now comment on Memories
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We can now comment on Memories
Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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Deborah has been testing for about 15 years now. She is currently Lead Test Engineer at Bloom and Wild group. She specialises in exploratory and risk based testing with a passion for accessibility. Deborah has written a course for MoT on an Introduction to Accessibility Testing as well as an article on speaking at a Conference for the first time, spoken at an AMA on Soft Skills and more!
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