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Gary Hawkes

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Head of Engineering who came from QE. Admirer of all humans (with a special affinity for testers). I love to bring out the best in people and help them grow. I have a very tactical view of delivery and love working to find the sweet spot so that processes are a balance between effort and value. Music nut.

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Processes are awesome

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Tree roots are the standard of the quality

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MoTaCon, here we go!

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MoTaCon festival week starts in London

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MoTacon 2026 - thoughts of 2025

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Guardrails & Evals: Keeping Your AI Skills Honest

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Is anyone else tired of human in the loop?

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MoTaCon Vibes - People I Met at MoTaCon 2025 — Looking Forward to More in 2026!

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Practices I Abandoned with Agents: An Ode to Test-Driven Development

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Three things I love about testing

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Roundtable: AI did the work. Did anyone do the thinking?

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Roundtable: AI did the work. Did anyone do the thinking?

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Are Test Management Tools Becoming Obsolete?

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How does a wasp in the bathroom link back to QE?

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I am all set for MotaCon Festival 2026

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"AI is great!" says CTO who last touched code in the 90s

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