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Five practical ways to use AI as a partner in Quality Engineering image
Great article, the joy of it is its simplicity. These 5 steps are perfect examples to open everyone up to use, extend them to multiple scenarios and grow and share them. I especially like 3...even though I use AI for analysing problems frequently, I'm kicking myself that I didn't think of this one so thanks! 😁
Pizza options (including a little affirmation!) image
I'd like Margherita Pizza please...but with sausage, pepperoni and spicy beef...without a tomato base...medium...swap the mozzarella for vegan cheese...extra cheese....with less cheese.
I blame Ministry of Testing for this! image
Inspiring to see Stuart! Congratulations on raising the bar each time ✌️
Lemmy & Torpedo - Guardians of the MoTaverse image
I don't think I could give tortoises better names! 😂
MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering  image
Oh my goodness!!!! That is fantastic 👏👏👏
The future of testing: Autonomous agents, ethical AI, and human oversight image
Thats one of the most comprehensive and engaging articles I've read. Fantastic job Matthew 👏. Very thought provoking, so adding this to one of my collections.
A quality engineer's guide to the Helpful, Honest, and Harmless Framework (HHH) image
My fear with this framework is it implies that AI is a "must use tool", hence a framework is needed to ensure that the AI is performing as we would want. It implies its more important to make sure AI is right, than getting the job done. AI should be nothing more than an advisor where we ultimately take responsibility for whether we use its findings or not. It shouldn't be about working on the AI to make sure it gives answers that are good enough where we can renege on our responsibilities.
Back to the basics: Rethinking how we use AI in testing image
I mentioned this in a club post. Quality is about balancing cost, quality and timescale. To improve, we need to get cheaper and/or better and/or quicker. How many articles do you see from people or vendors about using AI to be better? I'm seeing those outside QA, the focus is always on cheaper and faster, never on better.
Let's test your visual testing skills: Spot the 9 differences image
Got them all...thanks to Ady's tip 😁
Preliminary goals for 2026 image
- For my role, next year I want to kind of maintain the new efficiency we've found, but look at what we can do and influence to reduce our unplanned release and support ticket levels - Keep building my personal brand but finding where I fit and have the most influence. More meetups, more MoT articles and do a talk. - Maintain my health regime, look after my own mental health better. Apparently I do bottle my anxieties without knowing so I clearly need to talk more, as well has help others
How quality is created, maintained and lost in complex software systems image
Glad to have caught up with this talk as on the day I was attending a workshop. Excellent talk Jitesh! 👏
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Gary Hawkes
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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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