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Rosie Sherry
CEO & Founder at Ministry of Testing
She/Her

I've been working in the software testing and quality engineering space since the year 2000 whilst also combining it with my love for education and community. It turns out quality, community and education go nicely hand in hand.

🎓 MoT-STEC qualified

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MoTaverse Team
Chapter Lead
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Name Generator image
Name Generator simplifies the process of creating diverse names across different categories. Give it a try to generate catchy names!
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Dark Patterns image
Websites on the internet are constantly trying to get you to complete actions.
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Rosie Sherry
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AI Models Are Getting Smarter. New Tests Are Racing to Catch Up image
Despite their expertise, AI developers don't always know what their most advanced systems are capable of—at least, not at first.
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Rosie Sherry
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Rethinking Testing for AI Products: Evals in Perspective image
Why you need more than Evals to ship AI products with confidence: A framework for comprehensive LLM testing
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Rosie Sherry
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4 Quick Ways to Build Your Alt Text Writing Skills image
If you’re learning about digital accessibility, you’re going to read a lot about image alternative text (alt text).
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Rosie Sherry
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The needs of people with cognitive disabilities image
People with cognitive, language and learning disabilities comprise the largest group of those with disabilities accessing the web—approximately 15 to 20% of the population
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Rosie Sherry
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Zooming in and out image
Zooming — thinking about each part of the system to a different depth, and drawing different scopes that include more or less of the bigger picture.
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Looking back at our Bug Bounty program in 2024 image
In 2024 their bug bounty program awarded more than $2.3 million in bounties, bringing our total bounties since the creation of our program in 2011 to over $20 million.
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Rosie Sherry
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Nobody cares image
Why does nobody care about anything? The world is full of stuff that could be excellent with just 1% more effort. But people don’t care.
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Rosie Sherry
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 Abusing URL Shortners to discover sensitive resources or assets image
As of late, a fair few companies and startups have been using dedicated URL shortner services to use for tracking and social media purposes.
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Rosie Sherry
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Generative AI is not going to build your engineering team for you image
It’s easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code.
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Rosie Sherry
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No, GenAI will not replace junior developers image
With the rise of GenAI coding assistants, there’s been a lot of noise about the supposed decline of junior developer roles.
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Rosie Sherry
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Automated Accessibility Testing at Slack image
At Slack, customer love is our first priority and accessibility is a core tenet of customer trust. We have our own Slack Accessibility Standards
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Rosie Sherry
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Don't Know? Find Out! image
HIllel describes how the research is carried out and reviewed and how he explores it,
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A Fable about GenAI image
Tech companies of all flavors and domains are racing to add some kind of LLM/AI assist to their apps without really thinking through the possibilities related to governance and data.
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Calm and Steady as She Goes image
Personal challenges serve me well as my themes to focus on in a year and grow with them.
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Rosie Sherry
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Using recognised techniques to create tests gives teams advantages image
Creating tests using recognised techniques, such as boundary value analysis, enables teams to create more efficient tests and is a basis for learning about testing.
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Rosie Sherry
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Why Good Testers Ship Bad Software image
Testing isn’t just about finding bugs. Testing isn’t just about verifying requirements. It’s about revealing the truth—the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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Rosie Sherry
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Mitigating Risk In Complexity image
Thinking out loud about a problem space. Often what seems like a simple change, or several simple changes can quickly create complexity.
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Rosie Sherry
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9 Key Accessibility Laws for Mobile Apps: What You Need to Know image
Accessibility regulations can be confusing. We explain them clearly so you know what applies to your mobile app and how to comply.
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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Quality Engineer — Career Framework — Dropbox image
The Engineering Career Framework is your source for how to achieve impact for your role and team and how to grow in your engineering career.
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Rosie Sherry
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Glue work considered harmful image
The idea is that there’s a large amount of unglamorous work that every team needs in order to be efficient
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Rosie Sherry
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InclusiveColors accessible palette creator image
This a tool for making custom branded color palettes for web and UI design that are built from the ground up to meet WCAG contrast accessibility guidelines
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Rosie Sherry
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Errors, Errors Everywhere: How We Centralized and Structured Error Handling image
Handling errors in Go is simple and flexible – yet no structure!
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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The Role of AI in Personalizing User Journeys image
When used correctly, AI tools can help you personalize user journeys and, thus, deliver more memorable customer experiences.
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Rosie Sherry
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Catching Flaky Tests Before It’s Too Late image
Test flakiness is a big issue. Not only can it be a colossal time investment to detect and fix, but it hurts perhaps the biggest value you get from your tests—their trustworthiness.
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Rosie Sherry
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Build Your Own Site Speed Testing Tool with Puppeteer image
Puppeteer is a Node.js library that allows developers and technical SEOs to automate headless Chrome browsers.
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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DELETEs are difficult image
Your database is ticking along nicely - until a simple DELETE brings it to its knees.
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Rosie Sherry
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Alt Text: Not Always Needed image
Are there situations where an image doesn’t need alt text?
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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Icon Usability: When and How to Evaluate Digital Icons image
Effective icons depend on recognizability and interpretation. Evaluate them with methods appropriate for your specific research questions
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Rosie Sherry
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Designing for anyone: The power of accessible products image
Accessible design isn't just about adhering to technical guidelines - it's about creating products that work for anyone, in any situation.
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Rosie Sherry
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Microsoft Inclusive Design image
Inclusive Design is a methodology, born out of digital environments, that enables and draws on the full range of human diversity.
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Rosie Sherry
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A guide to designing errors for workflow automation platforms image
Ensuring good visual representation, easy-to-understand copy, thoughtful error placement, intuitive troubleshooting techniques, and accessible error resolution.
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Rosie Sherry
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When life gives you lemons, write better error messages image
Error messages are part of our daily lives online.
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Rosie Sherry
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This is good UX writing image
Eight principles for every interface you’ll ever write.
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Rosie Sherry
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Advancing Accessibility: Strategies for Continuous Improvement image
To elevate your organization’s digital accessibility efforts, consider the principles of accessibility maturity models and the benefits of continuous accessibilty
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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What we don't talk about when we talk about quality... image
Quality adds value to digital products. It makes them worth using and ultimately, paying more for.
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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Designing for Privacy image
Data privacy has transformed from a niche concern to a global imperative.
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Rosie Sherry
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AI will replace all coding image
The end of coding is near
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Rosie Sherry
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Why are we so rubbish at accessibility? image
We pride ouselves on building beautiful, secure products properly
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Rosie Sherry
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AI and Accessibility: Ethical Considerations and Solutions image
Unlock the potential of AI for accessibility. Explore applications, address ethical considerations, and learn best practices for inclusive AI development.
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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An introduction to security image
web security has never been more important
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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Accessibility of emojis for list bullets – potential issues image
Sometimes they can be a huge burden and sometimes just a small annoyance. A quick reflection on what to think before using…
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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Accessibility, An Introduction image
Good accessibility is beneficial to everyone, not just those with disabilities
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Rosie Sherry
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I spent 3 hours learning how Uber manages data quality. image
From the standard to the data quality platform
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
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The Top Ten List of Why You Got Hacked This Year (2023/2024)  image
This list is based on the last couple years of analyzing our report findings, mostly the findings that lead to compromise.
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Rosie Sherry
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Making connections – the rain drop model image
The rain drop model is based on the concentric circles that rain drops produce on the water surface. Each rain drop stands for a particular topic or system
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