# MD DevDays 2026: Record Attendance, Packed Expo Hall, and Three Great Days in Magdeburg > This week, we packed up the booth, loaded the demo machines, and headed to MD DevDays 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany. Once again, MD DevDays proved why it is one of our favorite community conferences in Germany. We had a fantastic time engaging with attendees, sharing insights about our products, and learning about the latest trends in software development. The conference provided an excellent platform for networking and exchanging ideas with fellow developers. - **Author:** Bjoern Meyer - **Published:** 2026-05-21 - **Modified:** 2026-05-21 - **Description:** This week, we packed up the booth, loaded the demo machines, and headed to MD DevDays 2026 in Magdeburg, Germany. Once again, MD DevDays proved why it is one of our favorite community conferences in Germany. We had a fantastic time engaging with attendees, sharing insights about our products, and learning about the latest trends in software development. The conference provided an excellent platform for networking and exchanging ideas with fellow developers. - **6 min read** (1145 words) - **Tags:** - ASP.NET - ASP.NET Core - Conference - MD DevDays - **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/05/21/md-devdays-2026-record-attendance-packed-expo-hall-and-three-great-days-in-magdeburg/ - **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/05/21/md-devdays-2026-record-attendance-packed-expo-hall-and-three-great-days-in-magdeburg/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/05/21/md-devdays-2026-record-attendance-packed-expo-hall-and-three-great-days-in-magdeburg/llms-full.txt --- This week, we attended [MD DevDays 2026](https://www.md-devdays.de/) in Magdeburg, spending three fantastic days with the developer community. This year was especially memorable. With over 900 people signed up, MD DevDays set a new record, showing once again how much the event has grown over the years. The expo area was filled with exhibitors from across the industry, and we were proud to participate as the conference's main sponsor. ![MD DevDays 2026](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2026/05/21/a/assets/tx_mddevdays_01.webp "MD DevDays 2026") From the moment we set up, the atmosphere was exactly what makes this event unique: Developers everywhere, technical discussions in the hallways, speakers reconnecting with friends, packed sessions, and a busy exhibitor area. ### A Community-Driven Conference MD DevDays stands out because it never feels artificial or overly corporate. It feels like a conference built by developers, for developers. The conversations are technical, honest, and direct. Attendees come to learn, exchange ideas, discuss architecture, and discover new technologies. That is exactly why we keep coming back every year. At our booth, we had countless discussions about enterprise document processing, PDF workflows, browser-based editing, AI integration, MCP servers, and deployment scenarios for modern business applications. ![MD DevDays 2026](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2026/05/21/a/assets/tx_mddevdays_02.webp "MD DevDays 2026") One recurring topic was the growing demand for alternatives to legacy document processing solutions. Many attendees stopped by specifically to compare technologies, licensing models, and integration experiences. ### Why We Love MD DevDays Conferences like MD DevDays are far more than just marketing events. The real value comes from direct conversations with developers and architects who are building real-world systems every day. You hear where projects fail. You learn which technologies teams are replacing. You understand deployment pain points. And you see upcoming trends long before they become mainstream. Those discussions are incredibly valuable for product development and roadmap planning because they come directly from the people using these technologies in production environments. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the organizers, volunteers, speakers, and attendees who made this event possible. Organizing a conference with record attendance and a completely packed expo hall requires a tremendous amount of effort, and the entire MD DevDays team did an outstanding job. The speaker lineup was exceptional this year, creating the kind of atmosphere that makes this conference valuable to the community. The combination of technology, community, and personal interaction is what makes events like MD DevDays so important. ### Attendee Party Once again, we sponsored the beer for the attendee party and decided to have some fun with it. Rather than just putting our logo on a sign, we created a few developer-themed beer specials for the evening. ![Developer-themed beer specials](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2026/05/21/a/assets/tx_party.webp "Developer-themed beer specials") The attendee party was packed, perfectly capturing what makes community conferences like MD DevDays special. Developers, speakers, exhibitors, organizers, and attendees were all together in one place, continuing discussions long after the sessions ended. Some of the best conversations at conferences don't happen on stage. They happen in the evening. There were ideas, projects, discussions about architecture, startup stories, future collaborations, and plenty of laughs. We were happy to support that part of the event again this year. Below are a few more impressions from the conference. We hope to see you next year at MD DevDays 2027! 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His deep passion for coding and web technologies drives the creation of innovative products. If you're at a tech conference, be sure to stop by our booth - you'll most likely meet Bjoern in person. With an advanced graduate degree (Dipl. Inf.) in Computer Science, specializing in AI, from the University of Bremen, Bjoern brings significant expertise to his role. In his spare time, Bjoern enjoys running, paragliding, mountain biking, and playing the piano. - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjoernmeyer/) - [X](https://x.com/txbjoern) - [GitHub](https://github.com/bjoerntx) --- ## Related Posts - [Techorama 2026: Welcome to The Document Forge](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/05/15/techorama-2026-welcome-to-the-document-forge/llms.txt) - [One More Stop on Our Conference Circus: code.talks 2026](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2026/04/17/one-more-stop-on-our-conference-circus-code-talks-2026/llms.txt) - [Text Control at BASTA! 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