This week, we attended the Test Tribe Meetup in Berlin, hosted by SumUp. About 60 participants were in attendance, mostly testers and people working in test automation. Exactly the kind of group where you talk about specific tools and real-world project experiences instead of slide-based architecture.
Usama Hameed kicked things off with a presentation on visual regression testing and AI in a medical context, including tumor detection. For us, this was the most exciting part of the evening—not so much because of the individual techniques, but because of the combination: classic test automation with Selenium and TestNG, pixel-perfect screenshot comparison via AShot, plus a DICOM viewer and an AI-powered diagnostic platform—all containerized and orchestrated.
Many consider visual regression to be a “nice-to-have” for front-end teams. In an environment where an incorrectly rendered image can lead to a misdiagnosis, it becomes a concrete quality requirement. It is precisely this shift—from a cosmetic check to a safety-critical test case—that makes regulated industries so interesting to us.
In the second presentation, titled “Shift Fast, Test Smart,” Smita Mehta described how to work with AI—in this case, Gemini—in the context of full-stack automation using Playwright. The presentation remained conceptual and did not include a demo. As a result, it was well-suited for anyone who had had little exposure to AI-assisted test creation up to that point. Those who had already built automation workflows with LLM support were familiar with much of the content.
We found it particularly remarkable how naturally generative AI has come to appear in the toolchain. Two years ago, this was a niche topic; today, it’s the norm in almost every meetup program.
After the presentations, there was pizza and plenty of time for conversations. Events like Test Tribe thrive on exactly this: they’re not sales events, but rather a place where people who are tackling the same problems from different angles can exchange ideas. For us as a service provider, this is less of a stage and more of an opportunity to listen.
Above all, what we took away from the evening is that the test automation community in Germany is more vibrant than the conference landscape sometimes suggests.
We believe formats like this are well worth supporting. They thrive on the dedication of individual organizers and companies that open up their spaces. We’d love to come back.
In November, it’s our turn: On November 5, 2026, we’ll be hosting German Testing Night together with the German Testing Community at our Berlin office at Leunaer Straße 7. The event starts at 5 p.m., featuring hands-on presentations and plenty of time for networking. Participation is free, but space is limited.
You can find all the details and the registration form at germantesting.de
Feel free to sign up.