René van Veldhuijzen

Strategic Consultant & Test Positivo

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Hi, I am René: the Testimist and the Test Positivo. As propagator of Fun Driven Testing, I bring energy and playfulness into serious quality work. I organize the Dutch test conference TestMass, serve as Chapter Lead for MoT Netherlands, and act as a Test Community Architect in order to connect people. I believe in building communities where learning, laughter and craftsmanship go hand in hand.

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Check-in and weird street person

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...

29 Sep

Travelling first class to a first class festival week!

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...

29 Sep

MoTaCon spoiler edition

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...

22 Sep

MoTaCon Spoiler Edition by MoT-NL lands in Groningen

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...

17 Sep

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Preparing for MoTaCon (as an introvert) Speaking as an extravert, it is exhausting 😂..... but fun and worth every minute. ALL the humans making MoTaCon 2026 happen You assume I am human......that's nice!

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