I checked into the hotel; seaside, classy, the kind of place where you half‑expect a man in a linen suit to hand you a cocktail and whisper “Welcome, mister van Veldhuijzen… we’ve been expecting yo...

I’ve been looking forward to this week with the kind of excitement testers feel when someone confidently announces: “Don’t worry, this release is low‑risk.”  In other words: pure adrenaline.An...

Last week The Netherlands chapter held a MoTaCon pre-party spoiler edition with me and Rene trying out our MoTaCon talks and Fieke as an extra bonus talk.Not only was it a fun and interesting MoT n...

For the first time ever, the Ministry of Testing Netherlands chapter headed north to Groningen, where DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs) hosted our special MoTaCon Spoiler Edition. After a warm welc...

What a night in Veenendaal. We filled the room with that unmistakable MoT‑NL buzz, the kind where conversations start before the event officially does, and somehow never really stop. The energy wa...

The lineup is out and oh my... how exciting is it?These are the contributors we've announced publicly... but let me tell you something. Every single person walking through the Brighton Dome doors b...

We are very excited to announce René as a speaker at MoTaCon!Imagine a bug in your test suite quietly correcting its own behaviour before you even touch the code. For René, this wasn't a glitch in ...

On March 4 and 5, the 15th edition of Test Automation Days happened in a city called Hilversum in the Netherlands. People from all over the world came to listen to presentations and attend workshop...

What a night! We packed the place, the kind of full house where the buzz starts long before the first talk kicks off. The food was spot‑on, the talks hit that sweet mix of smart and practical, a...

If 2025 was my year of rebuilding, reconnecting, and rediscovering momentum, then 2026 feels like the year where everything accelerates at once. Not in a chaotic way, but more like a well‑timed mon...

Since the rebirth of the Ministry of Testing Netherlands Chapter on 28 May 2025, our community has been on an incredible journey. What started as a fresh restart is quickly transforming into a vibr...

MoT-NL is back — and what a comeback it was! Yesterday, September 9th, we held the very first chapter meeting of Ministry of Testing Netherlands — and it felt like a long-lost friend finally retur...