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Neil Taylor
Lead Quality Engineer
I've been testing for 20+ years with experience in Exploratory Testing and tools such as CI/CD, Bruno and Postman. I'm a self-taught pianist and enjoy writing and recording my own music.
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It's good to talk
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I really enjoyed listening to you speaking with Rosie on the recent episode of the Into The MoTaverse podcast. Thank-you for sharing your experiences and insights with us.
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Of course, when Simon and Jesper were talking about friction in a recent Call for Insights, my mind went straight to community.
Partly this is because I've long been saying that community is opt...
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Community, care and friction
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Community, care and friction
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Community, care and friction
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Community, care and friction
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In conversation with Simon Tomes as part of his Call for Insights series, he put me on the spot with this question.
So, Ady, I was thinking for our listeners, a final thought from you is what w...
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The power of being a thought worker is the pause to think before we act
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The power of being a thought worker is the pause to think before we act
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The power of being a thought worker is the pause to think before we act
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Excited to see a shiny new badge on my profile today. Call for Insights, which is awarded to members who share their knowledge and experience in a Call for Insights conversation.
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Call for Insights becomes badge number 64!
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Call for Insights becomes badge number 64!
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This badge is awarded to members who share their knowledge and experience on a Call for Insights conversation.
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The antithesis of see ya later learning
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How is friction helping and not helping software engineering and testing teams?
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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"Thank you both for sharing your conversation. The whole topic of the friction that can restrict and holds us back within a development team is definately worth exploring more. For me the biggest challenges I find are around the cognitive impact of to..."
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Also, what happens when you ask quality people for feedback?
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Friday, 20 February 2026 TWIQ Nadja was quite rightly complementing Ady on his singing skills. Let it be known that Nadja can kick out a tune too at an impromptu MoTacon Karaoke! Alas I don't have ...
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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Recognise the common signs of burnout, and explore practical strategies for seeking support and rebuilding well-being
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Burnout: A personal experience report
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Burnout: A personal experience report
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Burnout: A personal experience report
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Burnout: A personal experience report
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Sigh + AI = sAIgh
It's that feeling and action when you let out a big sigh about AI.
The sigh often happens when AI:
- is overly positive
- not listening
- clearly wrong
- wasting your ti...
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sAIgh
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This Week in Quality
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"Thank you for sharing this Adam.
Some while ago I moved to recording testing sessions using VS Code and Markdown format (I like it as it works quite easily for screenshots and console output) and I've never quite settled on the categories to include i..."
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Simon recently sent out a challenge to spend ten minutes exploring the MoT My Reports page. It seemed like a good excuse to try out my new exploratory testing template, so I decided to give it a go...
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Exploring My Reports
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Exploring My Reports
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Exploring My Reports
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This Week in Quality
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