Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Finding joy in your role
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Finding joy in your role
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"Very powerful insights, these is such an important learning for me. Thank you for sharing Heleen! đ"
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Master the RICCE framework to transition from manual testing to AI-augmented automation by leveraging structured prompting and the Playwright MCP agent ecosystem.
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From manual to automated: a testerâs journey into AI
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From manual to automated: a testerâs journey into AI
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From manual to automated: a testerâs journey into AI
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From manual to automated: a testerâs journey into AI
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Learn how system design concepts can be applied to test engineering.
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System design interview for test engineers
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System design interview for test engineers
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System design interview for test engineers
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System design interview for test engineers
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System design interview for test engineers
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System design interview for test engineers
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On a nice and sunny day the MoT Berlin chapter met to discuss ideas and opportunities for our upcoming chapter meetings. But again, in the end it felt so much more than just a planning session!&nbs...
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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Small group, big ideas: MoT Berlin April 2026
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This Week in Quality
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The demise of software engineering jobs has been greatly exaggerated
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Autocomplete is enough of a miracle
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Insights from the MoT London Chapter: Advancing quality engineering
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How do we sharpen our ability to stay connected with real experts?
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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99 Second Talks â Day 1 â TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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From The Royal Air Force to Leading Quality with Stephen Platten
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Apply the "5 Whys" technique to both technical debugging and organisational workflows to uncover deep-seated root causes and implement sustainable continuous improvements.
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Two ways to use the â5 whysâ method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the â5 whysâ method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the â5 whysâ method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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"From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be sone to bridge the gap between manual testing and automated testing being separate jobs done by separate people? If they are jobs done by separate people, what can th..."
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The Sisyphean Tragedy of Planning
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Absolutely Fit to Lead
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I've seen this Reddit post make the rounds. It talks about how AI replaced QA and then it went wrong.But here's the thing. It's 99% probably not true. It sounds true, but it's a more of a story tha...
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Stories that sound true, but (probably) aren't.
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Stories that sound true, but (probably) aren't.
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JUnit Tutorial: Setting Up, Writing, and Running Java Unit Tests
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Bug Hunter Game - Testing Titbits
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"Thanks for shining a light on this. You're absolutely right, we are all consumed with our own battles with AI, that we need to be reminded about the bigger picture. đ"
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During a recent conversation with Rosie Sherry, she mentioned the impact that AI was having on how development and testing is carried out. And it made me think, everyone is so busy talking about th...
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The true impact
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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