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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

@jrosaproenca.bsky.social at Test Automation Days, talking about "Decoding Synthetic Monitoring: A Journey from E2E UI Tests to Service-Level Probes"

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Just got back from the garage roof after an attempt of trying to get snow and ice from the pv modules. Of course, now it started snowing again.

Two-photo collage of a flat garage roof with photovoltaic (PV) modules in winter conditions. Top image shows the panels fully covered with a thin layer of snow and ice. Bottom image shows the same panels after a partial cleaning attempt, with some modules and sections cleared to reveal dark solar cells while patches of snow and ice remain. Snowy garden and neighboring buildings visible in the background.

Winter landscape during active snowfall, with large snowflakes falling in front of leafless trees and shrubs. A grassy field is lightly dusted with snow, creating a muted mix of white, brown, and green tones under an overcast sky.

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Rem0te @grauhut.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Der Bundesinnenminister rät einer bayerischen Schule dazu, ein rechtskräftiges Urteil des Verwaltungsgerichtes zu ignorieren. Rücktritt oder durch den VS beobachten lassen, weil er offenbar nicht die rechtsstaatlichen Grundsätze versteht. www.news4teachers.de/2025/12/kruz...

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Kruzifix: Schule ignoriert höchstrichterliches Urteil - mit Segen des Kultusministeriums - News4teachers

MÜNCHEN. Zwei Schülerinnen haben vor dem höchsten Verwaltungsgericht Bayerns Recht bekommen – und dennoch bleibt am staatlichen Gymnasium in Wolnzach

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Mission accomplished! 📏🕯️✅

An Advent wreath on a wooden table with four red candles arranged in a straight row, each candle noticeably taller than the one before it, creating an even, step-by-step height progression from left to right. The candles are lit and set in a metal tray decorated with red ornaments and silver accents. A Christmas tree and rustic living room furniture are visible softly in the background.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A version of 'git status', but it would be 'dev status' and it would tell you how far ahead the code is of your understanding of it.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Signs that there's at least one nerd in your household: The proposal is on the table to create commonly used documents (and templates) in $markupLanguage and put them in git, so everybody can use their own version, and even could fork the repo.

comic book style illustration in the artistic style of Asterix and Obelix. Inside a rustic house, a stone sink is overflowing with dirty dishes and bones. A small warrior with a winged helmet (resembling Asterix) points accusingly at a large, floating parchment scroll. Next to him, a large warrior in striped pants (resembling Obelix) looks guilty and sweats nervously. The scroll displays a computer terminal log titled "$ git blame KITCHEN_SINK.log". The code entries read: "e3a1b2 (OBELIX 2 hours ago) Left spoon with boar grease" and "7f9c01 (ASTERIX 5 mins ago) Ignored the spoon".

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Please tell me it’s totally normal to light only the second candle, because the height difference between candle 1 and candle 2 is clearly bigger than between candle 2 and candle 3!

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Four red Advent candles are arranged in a row on a decorative metal tray with silver stars, red baubles, and fairy lights on a wooden table. The first candle on the left is the shortest and heavily melted, the second candle is slightly taller and lit, and the third candle is noticeably taller and smooth; the fourth candle on the right is the tallest. In the softly blurred background, a cozy living room with wooden furniture, plants, and warm decorations creates a calm, festive atmosphere.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The fun of automating tests while being on the train: Is the environment down? Is it the network? Or are my tests faulty? 🤔

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Lisi Hocke @lisihocke.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Huge thanks to everyone: #AgileTD participants, speakers, volunteers, and especially the lovely organizers - you make this unique event happen for all of us, I'm deeply grateful for this space. See you in 2026! 🦄 2/2

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Lisi Hocke @lisihocke.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

the final conference report for the year: enjoying my time in unicorn land | A Tester's Journey: Agile Testing Days 2025 - Taking Things Easier www.lisihocke.com/2025/11/agil... #AgileTD

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Agile Testing Days 2025 - Taking Things Easier

A blog about learning, agile product development and software testing.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

@gilzilberfeld.bsky.social is killing it: "The application might be completely broken inside - like some of us." 😂😂😂 #agileTD 🦄

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Good news: Agile Testing Days 2026 (@agilemanc.bsky.social) starts in 355 days ➙ days-until-agiletd.herokuapp.com #agileTD

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Days Until Agile Testing Days

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Jens Höft @jenshoeft.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

„Testing Transparency“ - Elizabeth Zagroba and @workroomprds.com exploring a crossword generator app - a great talk with a lot of fun at the Agile Testing Days 2025! 👍🦄 #AgileTD @agiletdzone.bsky.social

Elizabeth Zagroba and James Lyndsay on stage showing the output of a crossword generator app. The output does not show letters - it shows „binary“ logos instead. They fooled the system ;-)

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

@friendlytester.bsky.social kicking off day two of the Test Automation Deep Dive at @agiletdzone.bsky.social. @gilzilberfeld.bsky.social and I will be supporting during the workshops later today. #agileTD 🦄

Richard Bradshaw stands at the front of a conference room at Agile Testing Days, presenting beside a large screen displaying a “Successful Login Flow” diagram. He holds a clicker while speaking, with his laptop covered in stickers on the table in front of him. Several water bottles and equipment lie on the table, and large windows behind him show trees and natural light. Audience members sit to the left, listening.

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Michael Kutz @mkutz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

If you are at #AgileTD, do feel free to propose a session for this year’s open space with @jrosaproenca.bsky.social and @alexschl.bsky.social. It doesn’t matter if you want to present something or simply discuss a topic, just post it on Slack 👉 agiletdzone.slack.com/archives/C08...

João on stage promoting the open space at #AgileTD

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Good morning! 🌞 ☕️ I'm as excited like a little kid! 🦄 #agileTD

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Once a year, I‘m travelling and do NOT strike out a certain section on my list with stuff to pack! The time has come, finally going to #agileTD again! 🦄

A close-up photo of a printed packing list with several item boxes. One section titled “ATD” is circled in red and lists: “Kostüm,” “Bier 4 Beerclub,” and “Beerclub T-Shirt.” The surrounding sections include clothing and travel items.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Today I gave my workshop "GitHub Actions in action" for a very engaged group of people at Testing United. Tomorrow conference day, lots of promosing talks I'm looking forward to. And then home and finalizing my sessions for @agiletdzone.bsky.social!

Christian, a bearded man wearing glasses, a black hoodie, and a patterned cap, takes a selfie next to a large digital display. The screen shows a bright blue welcome message for the Testing United conference with a stylized city skyline graphic. Reflections from the surrounding indoor space are visible in the background.

Participants of Christian’s “GitHub Actions in Action” workshop sit in two rows at long tables, each focused on their laptops. Some type intensely while others listen or sip coffee. Power strips, notebooks, water bottles, and backpacks are scattered across the tables and floor. The room has neutral walls and open doors in the back, giving a glimpse into the conference space outside.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Travelling with German railway always means asking yourself: Is this piece of software behaving weirdly, or I'm just offline?! 📶 📡

A playful Simpsons-style parody of the classic Chrome “No Internet” error screen. A yellow cartoon dinosaur resembling a Springfield character stands on green grass beside the bold text “No Internet.” Below, humorous troubleshooting tips read “Try: Checking the network cables, modem and router. Reconnecting to Wi-Fi.” The bottom line shows “ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED.”

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Volker Dohr @vlkrdhr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Man muss einfach mal wieder unterscheiden lernen: "Umstritten" ist, ob Ananas auf Pizza gehört. Die Wirkung der Corona-Impfung ist nicht umstritten. Die ist belegt. Die AfD ist nicht umstritten. Die ist rechtsextrem. Und ganz sicher ist nicht umstritten, wo die SS stand.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

My 11-year-old nephew is celebrating his birthday tonight with his friends: a sleepover party with a night hike. This is what will haunt them during the hike! 👻 I am so much looking forward to it! 😂

Christian wearing a long, dark hooded robe with ornate trim and large toggle clasps. He has pulled a pair of women’s tights over his face, giving it a distorted, eerie look. The three black-and-white photos show him posing indoors: arms outstretched in the first, a close-up under the hood in the second, and standing straight with the hood up in the third. The overall atmosphere is dark and unsettling, resembling a creepy or horror-themed scene.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Changing wheels 🛞 on the car 🚗 has only to be done twice a year, and it's one of those activities I would like to procrastinate on for months, although it's done in less then 45 minutes. ⏲️ 🙈 Luckily, for this autumn it's now done.

Four stacked car tires with rims stored indoors against a white wall, two of them marked by yellow autumn leaves stuck to the rubber surface. The tires are slightly dirty, resting on a tiled garage floor near a closed door.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I'm brainstorming with the help of Claude on things to discuss with workshop participants, what questions to ask. Interestingly, it doesn't headline them "Questions", "Points to discuss" or the like, but "Prompts". Is it assuming my participants will be LLMs? 🤔

Screenshot with the heading “Discussion Prompts” and three bullet points: “Which file made you smile? Which made you wince?”, “If you could refactor only ONE thing this sprint, what would it be?”, and “What pattern is missing that would give biggest leverage?”

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Wednesday, 5 pm: It feels like I'm close to solve this coding issue. Wednesday, 5:30 pm: I quit, I've been at the desk for 10 hours, and I have other things to do. Thursday, 9 am: Two more hours into fixing the issue, and it feels like I'm nowhere close to solving it!

A four-panel comic from CommitStrip humorously depicting programmers debugging.

1. Panel 1: A bearded developer celebrates, arms raised, shouting, “Booom! Look at that! Who’s the Jedi master here?!” while his frustrated coworker sighs, “Ugh…” at his desk.
2. Panel 2: Another colleague enters, asking, “What’s going on?” The seated developer replies, “We’ve been stuck on a bug for 2 hours…” The bearded developer wears a party hat and pops confetti.
3. Panel 3: The newcomer asks, “…and he fixed it? Well done.” The seated developer responds, “No no, not quite…” as the bearded one dances joyfully under party decorations.
4. Panel 4: The bearded developer says, “Ahh!! It feels great to finally make progress!” The seated one explains, “The bug is still there, but now the error message is different.” The newcomer looks thoughtful, saying, “Hmm…”

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Day 7 as a first timer on a Mac. This is my life now! 😱😂

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Random thought: Lots of people have different understanding of the same terms. Working in a team, we sooner or later (hopefully) come to common understanding of the terminology used. In a conference talk, explaining what you mean by certain terms is crucial so the audience understands your message!

Comic-style scene inspired by Asterix: a Gaulish speaker wearing a winged helmet stands on a wooden stage during a village conference, pointing seriously at a sign that says “Concept – Feature – Model.” In the audience, three villagers look confused, each imagining something different when hearing the words: one thinks of an axe, another of a mountain, and another of a blonde woman. Speech bubbles show them asking “Feature?” and “Model?” The image humorously illustrates how people can misunderstand the same terms and the importance of shared definitions.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

After the conference is before the conference. @tamarajosten.bsky.social and I on our way to #HUSTEF. Can’twait! 🤩 Whom of our contacts & friends will we meet there?

Tamara and Christian smiling at Frankfurt Airport. Tamara is wearing red glasses, white headphones, and a white hoodie, while Christian is wearing glasses, headphones around his neck, and a black Iron Maiden baseball cap. They are standing in a departure gate area with seats and travelers in the background.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

One of my team mates (an absolute Lord of the Rings (LOTR) overnerd) recently starting to close all meetings with "Merry Christmas", "Happy Easter" and the like. I asked him a simple question about that.

Dark-mode Slack screenshot of a playful chat. Participant 1: “Actually, I’m a bit disappointed… Why don’t you close meetings with a LOTR quote? 🤔” (followed by a row of fun emojis). Participant 2: “You just shattered all my self pride with that simple question.” (reactions: 🤣×1, 😂×1). Participant 1: “That’s my job as a tester: to smash illusions… Usually about software, but I’m also strong on the soft-skill side.” Participant 2: “i can see that 😄”. One participant’s name is pixelated for privacy.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Error messages from hell, as I just encountered in my online banking: "The important inormation could not be loaded." WTF?! 🥹🤔

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

No #RestBash for @tamarajosten.bsky.social & I after #MotaCon #TestBash. We spend two days in London and enjoyed it a lot. A little bit of sightseeing tomorrow and then heading home. Last evening today in a typical pub. 🍻🍎

A cozy pub scene featuring two drinks side by side on a polished wooden counter. On the left, a half pint of clear, golden cider glows warmly under soft indoor lighting. On the right, a perfectly poured pint of Guinness sits proudly in its branded glass, showcasing its deep mahogany body and iconic creamy white head. Both drinks rest neatly on black coasters against a backdrop of a wooden wall with a power outlet, and a window revealing blurred city lights reflecting the calm evening atmosphere.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Arrived in Brighton for #TestBash. There was no „Having a beer at a sunny beach“ left on my 2025 bingo card, what a nice surprise! 🤩🍻

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Great crowd at yesterday's @ministryoftesting.com Munich meetup! 😀 I had a lof of fun presenting, live coding and answering all the questions! 🤩 Big thanks for organizing and having me!

Sunset-lit Ministry of Testing meetup inside MaibornWolff’s ‘Kraftwerk’ office—industrial loft with exposed ducts and floor-to-ceiling windows. Christian stands as the speaker before a slide titled ‘GitHub Actions in Action: Pick your Power-Up’ with retro game icons. Attendees sit in rows, some in silhouette; lens flares streak across the room, city skyline through blinds, and a tall gradient sign reads ‘WELCOME.’

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

@tamarajosten.bsky.social and I on our way to Munich for the @ministryoftesting.com meetup on Wednesday. meetu.ps/e/Ps13v/vnNp...

Tamara and Christian sitting side by side on a train, smiling at the camera. Tamara is wearing red glasses, headphones, and a dark jacket with short blonde hair, while Christian is wearing a black cap, glasses, and a dark T-shirt with a beard. Sunlight is shining through the window, and another train is visible outside on the tracks.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I'm in IT now for 20+ years, and it took me way too many attempts to figure out I misspelled my own name! 🙈😂

Terminal screenshot showing repeated SSH login attempts with 'Permission denied' errors.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Next milestone: Half a year of none smoking! 🚭 Some additional kg, but that’s okay. @tamarajosten.bsky.social

Tami and Chriss at Hamburg harbour, standing close together and smiling. Tami has short platinum-blonde hair, red glasses, a nose ring, and a bright yellow backpack. Chriss is wearing a grey cap, black-framed glasses, a beard, and a light grey NASA hoodie. Behind them are cranes, docks, and cloudy blue sky over the water.

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Travelling per train. Next to us two guys, aged ~50. Having to listen to them is quite the pain. Apparently they work in IT, but with IT topics they are as confidently like a cow on ice. They have printed their tickets. People like them are the reason we're not moving forward with digitization in 🇩🇪!

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Christian Baumann @chrissbaumann.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I’m working on a talk for the @ministryoftesting.com Munich Meetup next month, the title contains „power-up“, so I was thinking about making the slides Super Mario themed. TIL there’s an AC/DC album called „power up“. Well, that’s a really hard choice! 🙈🤷‍♂️🤔