Sarah Deery Activities

A lovely moment from Leeds Testing Atelier; folks excited to meet, in their words, "the Rosie Sherry!" Rosie is pictured here with Layla Abbott and another attendee, both newer to testing and pa...

Getting under the surface with subcutaneous testing

Costa Giannakopoulos introduced the term and concept of subcutaneous testing, an approach that sits just beneath the UI layer to test application logic directly. He shared examples using PactumJ...

A glimpse of life as a Research Software Engineer in academia

Sorrel Harriet gave a fascinating look into the world of the research software engineering role. She shared what it’s like to support universities in building better software, and how coaching, ...

Empowering teams through self assessment

Clement Pickering shared how a simple self-assessment tool can help teams reflect, grow, and move towards a fast, effective delivery culture. Drawing on work at Conflux, Clement showed how self-...

From Gatekeepers to Quality Coaches

Kat Obring’s talk at Leeds Testing Atelier explored how QA roles can evolve from blockers at the end of a pipeline to enablers of quality throughout it. Kat shared practical ways testers can shi...

Testing with ethics in mind

Chris Briggs gave the first outing of his talk "The Good, The Right, and The Fitting at Leeds Testing Atelier," a session on moral philosophy in software testing. He introduced ethical concepts ...

STEC in the sunshine!

This snap from a sunny break at Leeds Testing Atelier captures just a few of the many brilliant contributors to the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC). In the pic are Gwen Diagra...

This snap from a sunny break at Leeds Testing Atelier captures just a few of the many brilliant contributors to the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC). In the pic are Gwen Diagra...

Jessica Bane goes by the name of The Testing Mermaid, we have a photo somewhere of her on Brighton beach dressed up as mermaid, I will dig it out soon. It was great to catch up at Leeds Atelier....

Testing your assumptions

Emily O’Connor’s talk at Leeds Testing Atelier was a great reminder that we’re not our customers and we shouldn't design or build as if we are. She explored how small assumptions can quietly sha...

Live at Leeds Testing Atelier: What a lot of Things

For the first time, Ash Winter and Ian Smith recorded an episode of their What a Lot of Things podcast live in a packed room at Leeds Testing Atelier. They tackled two big topics: glue work and ...

Accessibility affects everyone!

Melissa Rocks gave a powerful and practical talk at Leeds Testing Atelier, tackling a topic that affects far more people than many realise: accessibility. Melissa shared a great quote from Mozil...

Rahul discovers his article went to print in The Testing Planet paper!

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