Gary Hawkes | Activities
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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Combine AI-generated tests with intelligent test selection to manage large regression suites and speed up feedback
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Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat
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Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat
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A look at the structure and responsibilities of a whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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In the age of AI, for how long should the we test?
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The relationship test
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The relationship test
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"Hearing what you said about influencing developers, I think you're on the right path. Its no different to influencing outside engineering."
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How do we convince product and project people about the importance of testing?
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Advocacy beyond developers
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Advocacy beyond developers
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Advocacy beyond developers
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"The advocation to those outside QA is tough. Its not a thing that gets solved, but it is possible to improve it but speaking their language. If I can help with advocating outside QA I will 🙏"
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River - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Also, what happens when you ask quality people for feedback?
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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MoTacon Singers
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"😂😂😂😂"
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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The Small Changes Series: Ep2 - Adding Quality Without Slowing Your Teams Down
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Explore how quality engineering ensures defect prevention, automation and collaboration for better software
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Why does Quality Engineering matter?
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Why does Quality Engineering matter?
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Explore how quality engineering extends beyond traditional testing
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How is Quality Engineering different from testing?
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How is Quality Engineering different from testing?
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How teams implement quality engineering through collaboration, continuous testing and modern practices
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How are teams approaching Quality Engineering?
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How are teams approaching Quality Engineering?
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Stuart Thomas answers this question in 4 minutes
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What is Quality Engineering?
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What is Quality Engineering?
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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Friday, 20 February 2026 TWIQ Nadja was quite rightly complementing Ady on his singing skills. Let it be known that Nadja can kick out a tune too at an impromptu MoTacon Karaoke! Alas I don't have ...
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Simon recently sent out a challenge to spend ten minutes exploring the MoT My Reports page. It seemed like a good excuse to try out my new exploratory testing template, so I decided to give it a go...
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Exploring My Reports
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Exploring My Reports
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Exploring My Reports
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Sigh + AI = sAIghIt's that feeling and action when you let out a big sigh about AI.The sigh often happens when AI:- is overly positive- not listening- clearly wrong- wasting your time- AI is halluc...
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sAIgh
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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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