Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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A tester’s role in evaluating and observing AI systems
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A tester’s role in evaluating and observing AI systems
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Apply your testing skills to evaluate, measure, and monitor the quality of AI systems with confidence.
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A tester’s role in evaluating and observing AI systems
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A tester’s role in evaluating and observing AI systems
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AI Evals: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Build Them
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Inspired by a wonderful conversation with Judy Mosley during TWiQ, we landed on a disclaimer that we should display on ourselves at all times:
Humans are human and can make mistakes. Please double-...
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Humans is human
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Humans is human
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Humans is human
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Humans is human
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AI Learning Plan for Testers (Free Resources Only)
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Angie Jones: AI and QEs, hiring thoughts
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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"Truly fascinating conversation, thank you both for sharing!"
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"Thank you so much for the mention! That really means a lot, it can't be understated how much me sharing with everyone helps me package up my learning and process any anxieties I've had around them. If you and the community take value from it, its a bea..."
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Simon Tomes returns to Into the MoTaverse for a six-month check-in with Rosie on Community as a Service, care, joy, and the slow pivot to becoming a tech community.
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Organise teams around value, then keep testing the boundaries
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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A major issue hits the production environment. While we want to know what happens next, we need to ask what should've happened before?
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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A while back I wrote about 20% AI time. Where the TLDR is that it felt too risky to drop everything to adopt AI, and instead an intentional, consistent and throughtful approach made more sense. We ...
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I moustache ask AI a question
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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