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Clare Sudbery

@claresudbery.bsky.social
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Principal Developer (Autotrader), writer (queen-of-questions.kit.com), podcaster (bit.ly/making-tech-better), @claresudbery@mastodon.social, Insta @claresudbery #BLM she/her

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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I'm very excited to be keynoting the JManc unconference next week ON MY BIRTHDAY! Woop! Come along to this FREE ALL DAY community event on Fri 10th July. jmanc.org/schedule
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JManc Unconference
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
SoCraTes UK is a non-profit retreat for open-minded crafters who want to improve their craft and the industry. Organised by a group of volunteers from the Software Crafters Community, the conference is an opportunity for curious and talented people to collaborate in a relaxed and beautiful setting.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We've therefore started a crowdfunder to raise money to clear the remaining debt: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/socrates-u... We will be delighted to receive whatever you are able to share. No amount is too small! And if you can't donate money, then sharing this campaign also helps :)
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SoCraTes UK 2026 Crowdfunder
SoCraTes UK 2026 was a fantastic event as always. Sadly this year we sold fewer tickets than we hoped, and we are short £2,300 :(
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
SoCraTes UK 2026 was a fantastic event as always. Sadly this year we sold fewer tickets and had fewer sponsors than we hoped, and the upshot is that we finished this year’s event with a shortfall of £2,300. :(
Logo in red and blue with pics of people and computers and background of countryside, with words saying "SoCraTes UK - International Conference for Software Craft and Testing
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
For completeness (and now we have access to more characters in a new post), the full title of Nat and Duncan's session is "I Suppose This is My Life Now - Mercilessly Refactoring AI Code." (5/5)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Info: socratesuk.org/training_day... (4/5) 🏁
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
We ALSO have (3/5): @emilybache.com - Approval Testing Lisi Hocke - Secure Development Gemma Cameron - User Stories @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs Jon Jagger - Cyber-dojo Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Refactor AI Code Tim Ottinger (@agile-otter.bsky.social) - Value Stream Mapping
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
About Lisi Hocke: A security engineer and specialized generalist since 2009. Lisi focuses on product security and whole-team approaches to resilience. She’s a frequent community contributor, blogger, and a fan of indoor volleyball and gaming! 🏐🎮 (2/5)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Wondering how to spend your training budget? Join @socratesuk.bsky.social Training Day (nr London, Jun 18) with Lisi Hocke for her session, “Secure Development Lifecycle Applied”. Learn threat modeling and secure coding to make things more secure every day! socratesuk.org/training_day... (1/5)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
For completeness (and now I have access to more characters in a new post), the full title of Nat and Duncan's session is "I Suppose This is My Life Now - Mercilessly Refactoring AI Code."
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Info: socratesuk.org/training_day... (4/4) 🏁
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We ALSO have (3/4): @emilybache.com - Approval Testing Lisi Hocke - Secure Development Gemma Cameron - User Stories @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs Jon Jagger - Cyber-dojo Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Refactoring Tim Ottinger (@agile-otter.bsky.social) - Value Stream Mapping
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
About @agile-otter.bsky.social: A "full stack" consultant and author with a bias toward Continuous Delivery and XP. Tim has taught thousands to build software safer and faster. He brings curiosity, trust-building, and even a bit of guitar to his technical training! 🎸✨ (2/4)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Stop working harder and start delivering faster. Join @socratesuk.bsky.social Training Day (near London, June 18) to meet @agile-otter.bsky.social for his session on Value Stream Mapping! 📊 Reveal hidden waste and optimize your team's interactions. 🔗 socratesuk.org/training_day... (1/4)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Full training day info here: socratesuk.org/training_day... Tickets here: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The main open space event costs £675. The training day (on the Thursday) is paid for separately, includes lunch on Thursday, and costs £375. An extra hotel night on Wed night is also available for £110. It'd be fab to see you there! Links >>>
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
- @emilybache.com - Approval Testing - Lisi Hocke - Secure Development - Gemma Cameron - User Stories - @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs - Jon Jagger - TDD with Cyber-dojo - Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Extreme Refactoring - Tim Ottinger - Value Stream Mapping (@agile-otter.bsky.social)
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The theme is software crafting, and we'll also branch off to wherever our will and imagination takes us. We’re also very proud of this year’s training day (socratesuk.org/training_day...), with content from world-renowned trainers...
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The open space event is an opportunity for you to engage in discussion, hands on activities, games, and whatever else you fancy - because the content is entirely curated and generated by you and your SoCraTes friends.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tickets are fully inclusive, including a hotel room and three meals a day (and snacks!) and full access to the event itself. The venue has amazing grounds to relax and wander in and boast a gym, sauna, steam room, indoor pool and tennis court if you fancy.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
So we really appreciate every individual who joins us, as well as anything people can do to help publicise the event. The event runs on Thurs 18th June (training day), and from Fri 19th to Sun 21st June (open space event), in a gorgeous countryside location at Milton Hill House in Oxfordshire.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Only six weeks to go now until SoCraTes UK 2026! We’re very excited, and we’re now on a final push to sell as many tickets as possible. We’re a community not-for-profit event, and every sale makes a huge difference to us.
The SoCraTes UK logo ("International Conference for Software Craft and Testing - SoCraTes UK" around the outside of a circle containing images of people and computers), against the background of agricultural countryside and with "SoCraTes UK 2026, June 18th - 21st" written underneath.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Info: socratesuk.org/training_day... (4/4) 🏁
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We ALSO have (3/4): @emilybache.com - Approval Testing Lisi Hocke - Secure Development Gemma Cameron - User Stories @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs Jon Jagger - Cyber-dojo Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Refactoring Tim Ottinger (@agile-otter.bsky.social) - Value Stream Mapping
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
About @emilybache.com: Independent consultant, YouTuber, and Technical Coach. Emily founded the Samman Technical Coaching Society and is a frequent keynote speaker (EuroPython, ACCU). She specializes in helping teams master Refactoring and TDD! 📚✨ (2/4)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Want to be more effective? Join @socratesuk.bsky.social Training Day (near London, June 18) to meet @emilybache.com for her session: “Legacy Code - Characterization Testing with Approvals”. 🛠️ Learn Approval testing to get control of legacy code! 🔗 socratesuk.org/training_day... (1/4)
Photo of Emily delivering a presentation
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Info: socratesuk.org/training_day... (4/4) 🏁
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SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We ALSO have (3/4): @emilybache.com - Approval Testing Lisi Hocke - Secure Development Gemma Cameron - User Stories @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs Jon Jagger - Cyber-dojo Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Refactoring Tim Ottinger (@agile-otter.bsky.social) - Value Stream Mapping
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
About @claresudbery.bsky.social: A software trainer with 25+ years of experience (Autotrader UK). She specialises in technical leadership, TDD, and XP practices. She’s an ex-maths teacher with a passion for helping under-represented groups flourish in tech! 🛠️✨ (2/4)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What are you going to learn this year? Join us at @socratesuk.bsky.social Training Day (near London, June 18) to meet @claresudbery.bsky.social, with her session “Using TDD to get better results from LLMs/AI”. 🚀 Combine XP rigour with AI coding assistants to build reliable software. 🤖🧪 (1/4)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Visit socratesuk.org/training_day... or socratesuk.org/index.html to find out more.
socratesuk.org
SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We ALSO have: @emilybache.com - Approval Testing Lisi Hocke - Secure Development Gemma Cameron - User Stories @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs Jon Jagger - TDD with Cyber-dojo Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Extreme Refactoring Tim Ottinger - Value Stream Mapping (@agile-otter.bsky.social)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
These days Duncan is mostly retired, but still produces a weekly YouTube video on something that interests him. He has tried almost anything in his quest for better software, including, but not limited to, actually talking to people.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Duncan was lucky enough to be an early adopter of Object Oriented programming, which was the gateway drug to patterns, Extreme Programming, agile and lean. He coauthored Java to Kotlin: A Refactoring Guidebook, published by O’Reilly.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Nat enjoys sharing programming tips, tricks and techniques. He co-authored the books "Java to Kotlin: A Refactoring Guidebook" and "Growing Object­-Oriented Software Guided by Tests". Duncan McGregor has been a professional software developer for 35 years.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Duncan has a theory that Snake could be really pure, with only the single side effect of drawing the game state to the screen. Let’s refactor to find out. Nat Pryce has been programming for \<coughty-cough\> years, across many languages, platforms, application domains and industries.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Join Nat and Duncan in this two-hour workshop where we’ll let the AI do the initial grunt work so that we have more time to polish. First we’ll generate a game of snake; maybe even the tests. We could ship that, but it’s beneath us. How good could the code be?
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is SoCraTes. We’re all about the craft. But for some reason the code generated by guessing the next thing the average developer would type doesn’t meet our standards. And sometimes we just like to have a bit of fun.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Where else could get in-person teaching from world-renowned trainers? The @SoCraTes UK CIC unconference’s Training Day (in the UK near London from June 18th, links in comments) includes Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce, with their session “I Suppose This Is My Life Now - Mercilessly Refactoring AI Code”.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
For those in Manchester, I'm hosting some TDD fun with the tiny maze kata at Ada in Ancoats tomorrow night. Come join me! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/xpmanchest... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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XPManchester - Tiny Maze (but Big Fun) Kata
@ClareSudbery will be running April's XPManchester, where she will be having us pair on the Tiny Maze kata using cyber-dojo.org
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Visit socratesuk.org/training_day... or socratesuk.org/index.html to find out more.
socratesuk.org
SoCraTes UK - Training Day
Are you new to the software industry, and want to get a head start? Have you been practicing for a while, but always thought there had to be some deeper method to it? Have you heard about test-driven…
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We ALSO have: @emilybache.com - Approval Testing Lisi Hocke - Secure Development Gemma Cameron - User Stories @claresudbery.bsky.social - TDD with LLMs Jon Jagger - TDD with Cyber-dojo Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce - Extreme Refactoring Tim Ottinger - Value Stream Mapping (@agile-otter.bsky.social)
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Alongside her consulting work, she writes about engineering culture, hiring, and team development on rubygem.blog If that doesn't interest you, she has a whole cheese joke routine and a wealth of ferret facts.
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Gemma Cameron
Tech and Business Consultant
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Gemma has been an active member of the UK tech community for over a decade, speaking at SPAConf, Agile Mcr, DDD Europe & more. She focuses on bridging the gap between business and engineering, with a particular interest in people, ways of working, and making complex ideas practical and usable.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Bring a few of your own users' stories and we’ll bring them to life in a very short amount of time, with no drawing skills required! Gemma Cameron is a tech and business consultant, software developer, and experienced speaker based in Manchester.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
How can you build a system for them that helps rather than hinders in their workflow? How can you plan your system for when things go wrong? We've got a fun thing for you to try in this workshop: Comics!
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
User stories have become boring tasks written in gherkin syntax. How can the ideas and feelings be shared in such a simple way that even your family and friends will understand your product and its benefits? How can you understand the context the user is operating in?
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The hardest thing about software development is sharing ideas and understanding your users. What are we making, who is it for, what problems do they currently have, how can we fix them, how will they feel? What could go wrong for them?
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The Training Day is back! The @socratesuk.bsky.social ‘26 unconference is in the UK near London from June 18th (links in thread), and we’re excited to announce we will be joined by Gemma Cameron, with her session “Hands-on: Bringing User Stories to Life”.
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