Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Continuous joy
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Continuous joy
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Continuous joy
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From The Traitors to Testers: Why Perspective Matters
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From The Traitors to Testers: Why Perspective Matters
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From The Traitors to Testers: Why Perspective Matters
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Simon Devon explores how diverse lived experiences can make testing more inclusive, uncover overlooked issues, and improve software quality.
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From The Traitors to Testers: Why Perspective Matters
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From The Traitors to Testers: Why Perspective Matters
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From The Traitors to Testers: Why Perspective Matters
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Can we actually co-own quality?
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Can we actually co-own quality?
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Learn how to share quality ownership across your team by passing on the judgement behind your practices, using a simple responsibility model that makes accountability clear.
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Can we actually co-own quality?
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Can we actually co-own quality?
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The tipping point: AI and coding chaos
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The tipping point: AI and coding chaos
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The tipping point: AI and coding chaos
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Nadim Rohani explores how AI amplifies organisational complexity and why strong guardrails, systems thinking, and proactive testing are essential to managing risk.
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The tipping point: AI and coding chaos
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The tipping point: AI and coding chaos
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The tipping point: AI and coding chaos
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Introducing TWIQ hosts with AI
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Introducing TWIQ hosts with AI
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Had to have a play based on something said in TWiQ today on AI introducing the hosts. So here it is 😂Shawn Vernier"Today we're joined by Shawn Vernier, a Quality Engineer, community leader, and pas...
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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🎤 MoTaCon Karaoke night 🎤
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Would you walk 500 miles to join the MoTaverse in Karaoke?
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AI-powered testing: supercharging the human tester
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AI-powered testing: supercharging the human tester
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AI-powered testing: supercharging the human tester
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Up skilling and empowering Test Engineers to streamline testing, not replacing them!
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AI-powered testing: supercharging the human tester
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AI-powered testing: supercharging the human tester
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AI-powered testing: supercharging the human tester
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Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
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Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
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Learn how to use production telemetry and trace-based testing to catch hidden failures, like background microservice errors, that traditional scripted tests miss.
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Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
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Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
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"I'm so pleased that I got to see this. This is really relevant and powerful for us right now as we look to adapt to a very competitive world where competitors are building with AI and we have to at least stay in touch. Excellent talk Adam!"
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When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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Learn ways to introduce controlled chaos and help teams think more clearly about how systems really behave.
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When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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How can you test a system that you don't understand?
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How can you test a system that you don't understand?
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How can you test a system that you don't understand?
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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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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