From abff6ed772333209061925cd62562be51f1d3b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Kenst Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:11:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] 10 year anniversary --- ...5-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md diff --git a/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md b/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5f3adfb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Celebrating 10+ Years of TestingConferences.org" +date: 2025-12-17 09:00:00 +categories: news +author: Chris Kenst +permalink: /celebrating-10-years/ +twitter: + username: testconferences + card: summary +social: + links: + - https://twitter.com/testconferences + - https://github.com/testingconferences +--- + +## A Decade of Sharing Testing Conferences + +Back on April 16, 2015 I pushed the first commit for this project, followed by the October 30, 2015 LinkedIn post titled **"A simple list of software testing conferences"** that officially invited the community to help. Ten-plus years later the idea is still alive because the testing world keeps iterating—and so do we. + +### Highlights from 2015 to Today + +- 182 contributors have shared updates, suggestions, fixes, and inspiration. +- Nearly 1,600 deploys have kept the listings current for conference organizers and attendees alike. +- Countless testers discovered new events, new peers, and new ideas because someone took the time to send a pull request. + +### Still Going Strong + +TestingConferences.org remains a volunteer-built, community-curated resource. Whether you submitted a single typo fix or continually add new events, thank you. Your contributions help testers everywhere find spaces to learn, teach, and connect. + +Here's to the next decade of software testing conferences and workshops. If you see something missing—or want to celebrate a milestone of your own—[let us know how to contribute](/how-to-contribute/). + +Thanks again to everyone for a decade of support! From 766e952c49d33fe4380974e5ec3440e97b884421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Kenst Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:42:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revise post for 10+ years of TestingConferences Updated the date and improved the narrative for clarity and engagement. --- _posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md b/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md index 5f3adfb6..0da668b3 100644 --- a/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md +++ b/_posts/2025-12-17-ten-years-of-testingconferences.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: post title: "Celebrating 10+ Years of TestingConferences.org" -date: 2025-12-17 09:00:00 +date: 2025-12-18 09:00:00 categories: news author: Chris Kenst permalink: /celebrating-10-years/ @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ social: ## A Decade of Sharing Testing Conferences -Back on April 16, 2015 I pushed the first commit for this project, followed by the October 30, 2015 LinkedIn post titled **"A simple list of software testing conferences"** that officially invited the community to help. Ten-plus years later the idea is still alive because the testing world keeps iterating—and so do we. +On October 30, 2015 I published a LinkedIn article titled **"A simple list of software testing conferences"** that officially invited the community to explore and help build this site. Ten-plus years later the idea is still alive because the testing world keeps iterating—and so do I. ### Highlights from 2015 to Today @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Back on April 16, 2015 I pushed the first commit for this project, followed by t ### Still Going Strong -TestingConferences.org remains a volunteer-built, community-curated resource. Whether you submitted a single typo fix or continually add new events, thank you. Your contributions help testers everywhere find spaces to learn, teach, and connect. +I pushed the (first commit)[https://github.com/TestingConferences/testingconferences.github.io/commit/1b028cfba42af75900682818914203c2f87532a4] for this project On April 16, 2015. By October I was ready for others to use it. Since then, TestingConferences.org remains a community driven, open source list of testing conferences and workshops from around the world. Whether you submitted a single typo fix or continually add new events, thank you. Your contributions help testers everywhere find spaces to learn, teach, and connect. Here's to the next decade of software testing conferences and workshops. If you see something missing—or want to celebrate a milestone of your own—[let us know how to contribute](/how-to-contribute/).