Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123
earned:
Rainbow vomits and AI Guardrails - Ep 124
earned:
Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125
earned:
You're absolutely right! I have a love hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
earned:
Porridge caring: Finding joy in a shifting industry - Ep 140
Contributions
An experimental evening turned into a discussion on how to be a new tester. Managing scripts and what might be next. Of course as Ady was involved there was robust discussion on accessibility! But,...
I’m guessing it’s 10 years of Hippo but not certain. Either way, big congrats!
Having never done an unscripted Summer Social is this the etiquette for them???
First written in 2023, but all the points are valid, and the introduction of AI seems to have made it worse. TL;DR
Digital accessibility refers to designing and developing websites and digital tool...
A 'good problems' episode about production-testing drama, MoTaverse growth, new voices, lifelong learning, and how community conversations help people keep going.
A celebration of STEC, the Software Testing Essentials Certificate, going live earlier that year. Big thanks to Scott for supporting with stomps and claps. TestBash / MoTaCon 2025 Day 2 99-second-t...
