Gary Hawkes

Gary Hawkes

@gazzinator.bsky.social

Software Test Manager, music lover, trombonist, darts player...all over the bloody place really 😁

62 Followers 76 Following 20 Posts Joined Jan 2025
2 months ago

Kiss...my falsetto is pretty solid 😁

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3 months ago
Call and response comic. 
Who are we? CEOs
What do we want? AI!
AI to do what? We don't know!
When do we want it? Right now!

Pick your industry, fits 'em all

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4 months ago
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Time to get back to what really matters:

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4 months ago
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I have a very bad feeling about this...

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Seeing this on my run yesterday made me think this person understands Halloween...

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4 months ago
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I Vibe Coded an App and Learnt Exactly What I Thought I Would - Cassandra HL If you read my blog On No / Low Code and AI for Automation, Testing, and Quality Engineering, then you probably already know how I feel about AI in software production and what the kids call “vibe cod...

I vibe coded an app and learnt exactly what I thought I would. Well, there you go then.

www.cassandrahl.com/blog/i-vibe-...

#AI #VibeCoding #SoftwareDevelopment

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4 months ago

See!

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5 months ago
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stop thinking right now

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It's Sunday and I still can't get #MoTacon and #leadingwithquality out my head from last week. I had a meeting on Friday talking about a prototype and I found another level of attention in my questioning. A life changing experience with an incredible @ministryoftesting.com community.

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5 months ago
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How to be a courageous podcast guest in your tech community - Simon Tomes Podcast proliferation. According to Digital Silk, there are approximately 3.55 million podcasts and over 175 million episodes available globally. The podcast format has taken over the world. One of ma...

Wrote about guesting on podcasts.

simontomes.com/posts/how-to...

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5 months ago

Thank you so much for the share. So glad you liked it 🙏😁

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5 months ago

Every time I get to thinking about an new role I ask myself "Do I really want to do this again?".

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6 months ago
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The year was 2025.

Websites still chastise users for not using dashes when specifying phone numbers.

BUT, other sites chastise users for using spaces in CC numbers.

AND, other sites chastise users for using dashes in phone numbers

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6 months ago
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Our Last Night of the Proms concert -Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds, is nearly sold out. Can’t wait to see you there:

🗓️Sunday 7th September @ 7pm
💷£12-£22

Tickets are on sale from the Theatre Royal box office-link below

theatreroyal.org/events/bury-...

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6 months ago
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120,000 Page Lord of the Rings FLIPBOOK - sneak peek YouTube video by Andymation

screw generative AI, support this instead

youtu.be/TlzO4z7hPg0?...

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Our Last Night of the Proms concert -Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds, is nearly sold out. Can’t wait to see you there:

🗓️Sunday 7th September @ 7pm
💷£12-£22

Tickets are on sale from the Theatre Royal box office-link below

theatreroyal.org/events/bury-...

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6 months ago
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The only thing that will make me scream LETS GO BRANDON

Re: “AI artist”

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6 months ago
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Software engineering is here to stay.
Companies can’t replace expertise with AI.

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6 months ago
clippy

AI agents explained in one image

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6 months ago

Feeling embarrassed by your past work is not a sign of incompetence. It’s a mark of growth.

Regretting your prior decisions doesn't reflect poor judgment. It reveals new insight.

Cringing at your old opinions doesn't display ignorance. It demonstrates an open mind.

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7 months ago
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If you are wondering how our rehearsals are going for the Last Night of the Proms, please view our latest video “Bolero”.

Tickets are on sale from the Theatre Royal box office-link below

theatreroyal.org/book/?show=5...

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7 months ago

It's meeeee!!!! 🤘

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7 months ago
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Bug congrats to Gary Hawkes for starting Bugs and Hugs, his new blog!

Learn more about it on the homepage of the MoTaverse :)

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7 months ago
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Don’t miss your chance for a Last Night of the Proms concert at the beautiful Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds

🗓️Sunday 7th September @ 7pm
💷£12-£22

“You’ll hear all the classics – Rule, Britannia!, Edward Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory, Hubert Parry’s Jerusalem”

theatreroyal.org/book/?show=5...

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7 months ago

Tests tell us our software can work.
Observability tells us our software IS working.

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7 months ago
Book | Theatre Royal

Seats are going quick. Don’t miss your chance for a Last Night of the Proms concert at the beautiful Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds which is protected by National Trust. Can’t wait to see you there:

🗓️Sunday 7th September @ 7pm
💷£12-£22

theatreroyal.org/book/?show=5...

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7 months ago
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I'm fkn ready!!! 🤘

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7 months ago
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I'm ready Alanis, are you?

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7 months ago
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An important part of a trip to London for a gig...Italian beer 🕊🙏...after a stressful journey in a packed train surrounded by younguns playing music, games and shouting "hello! Hello! Fkn signal!!"...to qualify as a youngun, you have to be under 35...fact.

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7 months ago

My deepest sympathy. I lost my dad to cancer with other complications 4 years ago. I lost my sister 11 years ago to cancer, my mum couldn't drive so I was the hospital taxi and carer for a very stubborn and proud man. Really tough, so I feel you on the exhaustion ❤️

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