My first blog rebooted and renamed

Aug 11, 2025

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Screen shot of Gary Hawkes wordpress blog site showing the title of "Bugs and Hugs"
In this memory: Gary Hawkes

I wrote my first blog 6 years ago, half hearted and unshared...just in case people read it.

Thanks to the Motaverse for giving me the confidence in putting myself out there, I decided to revamp it, rename and start blogging again. The difficult bit? Renaming it. I'm hopeless at coming up with names for anything, usually the first thing I delegate.

So I started "Dancing with Quality"...instantly hated it...I don't dance. OK I did win a dancing competition when I was 11 but those heady heights of success are gone. No I delegated it to chatGPT to come up with names making sure I have enough details about me in the prompt to come up with something relevant.

So here it is, "Bugs and Hugs"...classy eh? :-)

QA Lead
He/Him
Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering
Rosie Sherry
Bug congrats on the blog! Remember you can add links to it via The Observatory and then it will also appear on your MoT Profile. :)

Mariem SAFI
Bug congrats Gary! I love the title! I don’t know you in person YET (though I feel like I do a little), but I’m sure it suits you perfectly! You can count on me to be a regular reader ^^

Gary Hawkes
Thank you both, really appreciate it :-)

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