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Adam Davis
Senior Systems Development Manager

Adam is a seasoned Software Engineering Manager with over a decade of experience leading medium to large-scale teams of testers, QA professionals, developers, and release engineers. He is passionate about cultivating collaborative environments that spark innovation, both in professional settings and through side projects. Adam believes that side quests are crucial for nurturing creativity and skill development, allowing individuals to explore new technologies and approaches. With a focus on creating scalable solutions across diverse infrastructure platforms, he combines a practical and analytical mindset to address complex challenges. Adam is dedicated to fostering a culture where teams can thrive and achieve outstanding results.

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Adam Davis
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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API image
Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API
Adam Davis
Adam Davis
earned:
Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API image
Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API
Adam Davis
Adam Davis
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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API image
Decrypt the Narrative is a deliberately contrived API testing challenge designed to simulate the kind of behaviour you only really encounter once systems start misbehaving in production. On the sur...
Adam Davis
Adam Davis
earned:
I asked 47 strangers to hold up their phones. A single camera found 44 of them in four minutes and the misses taught ... image
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
Adam Davis
Adam Davis
earned:
I asked 47 strangers to hold up their phones. A single camera found 44 of them in four minutes and the misses taught ... image
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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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API image
Decrypt the Narrative is a deliberately contrived API testing challenge designed to simulate the kind of behaviour you only really encounter once systems start misbehaving in production. On the sur...
Pixelmesh - Great session, visual effects and engaging one - Loved it!! image
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Amazing session by Adam Davis - A session not to be missed where not only the audience but also their phones were engaged. Colourful phone screens, rainbow lights and games along with curiosity to ...
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Last night I had the opportunity to debut pixelmesh, a personal side project I’ve been building, at the Ministry of Testing London meetup.The demo worked, but what interested me most was everything...
What you feed AI matters more than how you ask - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 22 image
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Adam Davis explains why observability, not prompt engineering, is the real challenge in AI-assisted projects, using his phone-display art project Pixelmesh as a live test bed.
What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time? image
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When a system improvises like a jazz soloist, "different" stops meaning "wrong"
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Hands-on and interactive, you say? Our September meetup is the place for you. A live demo-led session where you become part of the systems environment. How will it misbehave? What will you see, fin...
4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss image
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Shift‑left security: building protection from day one The hidden leadership of Quality Professionals: skills you only earn when everything goes to hell When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos...
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Watch this live demo where the audience was the test.
MoT London: The impact of AI on quality, career growth and building vision systems with AI image
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On June 18th the London Chapter meets again for an evening of discussions, conversations, demos and stories. We have a very exciting evening planned for you with sessions from Ten10, Madhuri M...
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The lineup is out and oh my... how exciting is it?These are the contributors we've announced publicly... but let me tell you something. Every single person walking through the Brighton Dome doors b...
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