TestBash feels like stepping into a real-life version of the best online community. The friendships I’ve made there last way beyond the event. It’s the safest, most welcoming place for first-time speakers—where the audience is so supportive that you just can’t fail. You can learn so much from workshops and talks, meet people who might become future colleagues or friends, and share laughs over rubber duckies hidden everywhere. It’s a space where I don’t have to explain why I notice when a developer writes an E2E test. Every conversation can be deep about quality or just a fun life chat. For those 2-3 days, we are all part of one big team.

A group photo from a Ministry of Testing meetup in Berlin. The image shows 15 people arranged in two rows - 10 standing and 5 sitting/kneeling on a bright green carpet in the foreground. The group appears diverse and casual, with people wearing various informal attire like hoodies, sweaters, and casual business wear. In the background, there's a white wall with what appears to be a blue banner or poster. The atmosphere seems friendly and professional, typical of a tech community meetup."

Distracted Boyfriend" meme format and its software development-themed labels: A popular meme known as 'Distracted Boyfriend' showing three people on a street: a man in a blue shirt looking back at a woman in a red dress while walking with another woman in light blue. The image has text labels: The woman in red is labeled 'UNIT TEST', the distracted boyfriend is labeled 'DEVELOPERS: THAT'S MY JOB', and his girlfriend is labeled 'QAs: ACTUALLY, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER!'. The meme depicts developers being distracted by unit testing while QA tries to remind them it's a shared responsibility.

A group photo from the Ministry of Testing (MoT) Berlin meetup held at the SIBB Startup Incubator. Seven individuals are standing in front of banners with SIBB branding. One person holds a purple bag with the Ministry of Testing logo. Everyone is smiling in a casual and friendly atmosphere.

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A person in a black shirt holds up a sign against a red brick wall in an urban setting. The sign reads 'I'm QA Superhero: Saving deployments one test at a time'. Several people wearing winter hats are visible in the foreground. The image appears to be a variation of a protest sign meme format, but repurposed for software quality assurance humor.

A two-panel Futurama Fry squinting meme. In the top panel, the text reads 'Add tests, Implement feature' followed by 'All Tests passed' in green. In the bottom panel, it shows 'Make changes, Run tests' followed by 'All Tests passed' in green. In both panels, Fry has a suspicious, skeptical expression, implying distrust of the consistently passing tests despite code changes.