Gary Hawkes | Activities
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All it takes are a few words
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Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago
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Big spike or small hike
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We are super excited to announce another duo of beautiful human beings at MoTaCon: Lisa Crispin and Eamon Droko 🫶Lisa and Eamon will be facilitating a workshop where they'll show that testing...
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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🖖 Testing as a Party: Inclusive ensemble testing for the whole team
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"Loved this Dara, thanks for sharing. We don't work that much with Feature Flags, but we've talked about it so this is really valuable insight. 🙏"
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Feature flags entered our workflow as a quality safeguard.
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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Testing with feature flags: what we expected and what actually happened
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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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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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Identify, test and improve AI guardrails through a structured, scenario-based framework that addresses common implementation failures and attack patterns.
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Get ready to smile and bring joy to how you build your products!Clare Norman will explore the transition from purely functional software to products that spark genuine joy. Drawing inspiration from...
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🖖 Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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🖖 Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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🖖 Make it joyful: How to build products that make people smile
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Recently, I had the great pleasure of doing a Call for Insights with Simon Tomes, where I got to talk about having ADHD and some of the ways I was able to structure my work around my brain. Here's...
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Stop shaming yourself into doing more—it won't work
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Stop shaming yourself into doing more—it won't work
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"As you coach engineers through with quality assistance model, are there any milestones you need to hit to raise the bar on the wider team taking more responsibility for quality?"
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Color Memory Game
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We are thrilled to announce that the powerhouse team of Gwen Diagram and Veerle Verhagen will be your hosts for MoTaCon! Why are we so excited? Because some partnerships are just meant to be.They f...
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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The ultimate hosting duo returns!
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With MoTacon around the corner, there is no better time to get your pro membership. You'll not only get registered for MoTacon. You'll get connected to a community of people who are ready to suppor...
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Ready to Go PRO
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Ready to Go PRO
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Bugnetism
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Definitions of Bugnetism
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This Week in Quality
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Joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Meet quality people at This Week In Quality. Tune in for the latest news, discussions, and insights from across the world of software quality, testing, and community.
Join a live audio-only session as we connect with the people behind the practice, tackle emerging trends, and celebrate the passion and expertise of those shaping the future of quality.
In quality we gather.
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Test Impact Analysis Explained
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AI Testing: How Solo Testers Stay Confident in Releases with Christine Pinto
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My blog therapy
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If your exploratory testing uncovers an area that may be an ideal candidate for automation, what steps would you go about communicating that to the developers/automators to get it done?
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This is part of The Ahh Test collection.We've been going through big internal transformation at MoTaverseHQ. I wasn't sure how we needed to change, but it wasn't an option not to. Our commitment h...
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The Beginnings of The Ahh Test
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The Beginnings of The Ahh Test
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This is part of The Ahh Test collection.The Ahh Test is a model to help us make better decisions. It is a binary feel good signal for decision making that helps everyone stay focused on the goals ...
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What is The Ahh Test?
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What is The Ahh Test?
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My blog therapy
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Please welcome Rahul Parwal to the MoTaCon crew!Rahul has been a pillar of the MoTaverse community, known for his expertise in testing, automation and AI, he’s been instrumental in shaping what's h...
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering. Recently promoted to Head of Engineering (Jul 2026).
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