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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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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API
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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API
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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...
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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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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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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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ALL the humans making MoTaCon 2026 happen
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"Thanks Preeti appreciate your kind feedback :)"
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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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Pixelmesh - Great session, visual effects and engaging one - Loved it!!
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Pixelmesh - Great session, visual effects and engaging one - Loved it!!
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Pixelmesh - Great session, visual effects and engaging one - Loved it!!
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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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pixelmesh debuts in London
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"Appreciate the comment thanks Simon :)
100% great way of looking at it."
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pixelmesh debuts in London
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pixelmesh debuts in London
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Member visited The bug you only find in a room full of strangers
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pixelmesh debuts in London
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pixelmesh debuts in London
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Last night I had the opportunity to debut pixelmesh, a personal side project Iāve been building, at the Ministry of Testing London meetup.The demo worked, but what interested me most was everything...
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Last night I had the opportunity to debut pixelmesh, a personal side project Iāve been building, at the Ministry of Testing London meetup.The demo worked, but what interested me most was everything...
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Spoke at MoT London
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MoT London
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What you feed AI matters more than how you ask - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 22
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What you feed AI matters more than how you ask - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 22
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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.
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Member visited The bug you only find in a room full of strangers
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This badge is awarded to members who visit the Ministry of Testing site 99 times
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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Testing you can't control
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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When a system improvises like a jazz soloist, "different" stops meaning "wrong"
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AI can't care
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The bug you only find in a room full of strangers
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This Week in Quality
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Share your weekās highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Will a new tool help? Hereās an IDEA-T to think aboutā¦
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Will a new tool help? Hereās an IDEA-T to think aboutā¦
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