My first blog rebooted and renamed
11 Aug 2025
In this moment:
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? :-)
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? :-)
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
He/Him
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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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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