For us at punkt.de this has long felt like a home game. Since 2019, we have not only been participants, but also deeply involved in the organization as an "on-site agency".

This means that we provide the helping hands for the entire event, staff the counter, take care of the cameras in the sessions, manage the voting system and step in wherever support is needed. Over 20 colleagues were on duty this year - and that makes us proud every time. Katy, who acts as a permanent contact person for Carsten from TYPO3 GmbH throughout the year, plays a special role. This duo is a well-rehearsed team that ensures that a great idea becomes a great event.

This year, at T3DD25, the atmosphere was particularly lively. On Thursday, the first official day, the hall was already full for the opening session - a sign of how much the community appreciates this event. The hotel, our host, played its part in this. Not only did it support the organizers and guests in everything - even when a group was still looking for a place to party at night where they could be a little louder, a solution was found without further ado. It is gestures like these that help to make everyone feel at home at the GenoHotel Karlsruhe.

One change in the program was clearly noticeable this year: instead of three parallel tracks, there were only two. Fewer slots meant more focus - and the feedback was consistently positive. The rooms were full, the discussions were more intense and nobody felt like they were missing out on anything.

We were also able to score points in terms of content: Five of our colleagues took to the stage themselves. Maik and Wolfgang presented "Our Brilliant Plan to Avoid Learning Kubernetes", Dex and Fabian gave their talk "Support Group: Requirements Management " - and thus took second place in the Best Speaker Award - and Herbie contributed a very unique perspective with "What Gaming Speedruns and Frontend Development Have in Common". It makes us proud to show that we not only contribute a lot to the TYPO3 community in terms of organization, but also in terms of content.

But for us, participating in the TYPO3 Developer Days is more than just a project of the heart. It is also a strategic and economic decision.

We believe in TYPO3 as a powerful, future-proof CMS. We believe in the open source concept, in the value of knowledge transfer and in the strength of an active community. It is precisely through this exchange - whether on a stage, in a workshop or during an evening discussion - that we continue to develop as a company. This benefits not only us, but also our customers: We bring new ideas, best practices and technical solutions directly into their projects.

What touches us most, however, is what cannot be captured in a timetable: the openness, warmth and respect with which everyone treats each other here. Over seventy percent of the participants stayed for the social event after the official program - not because they had to, but because they wanted to.

For us, the TYPO3 DevDays are more than just a conference. They are an annual get-together with friends, a place where we learn from each other, laugh together and develop TYPO3 as a product and as a community. And that's exactly why we're already looking forward to next year - and to all the exciting projects that will come out of T3DD25.