# Introducing the True Builder Series — and the people who started it **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** true-builders, true-platform\ **Created:** [May 11, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785 "2026-05-11T09:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nghi.phan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/nghi.phan/32/30970_2.png) [@nghi.phan](https://forum.katalon.com/u/nghi.phan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/1 "2026-05-11T09:02:18Z")
![V1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/8/2/829da168ffdbda736cff80a68f85ecc5cb53df31.jpeg) Hi everyone, We’ve been thinking for a while about how to properly recognise the people who do the work in this community. Not the loudest voices. Today we’re launching the **True Builder Series** — an ongoing program in the Katalon Community to recognise those people publicly. And we’re launching it by naming the first group: the people who joined the True Platform beta and shaped what shipped. #### What is a True Builder? Someone in the Katalon community who’s done at least two of the following: - Shipped something real on True Platform — a workflow, a framework, an integration, a migration - Contributed feedback during beta that actually shaped what shipped We’re deliberately not including “thought leadership” or social media presence in the criteria. This program is about people doing the work, not people talking about the work. #### The founding True Builders The True Platform beta ran over the past 3 months with a small, hand-picked group of community members. They tested, broke, rebuilt, pushed back, and gave us feedback that genuinely changed what shipped. Every person below is now a recognised True Builder, with the badge on their Community profile and standing access to the private Builders channel. @Monty_Bagati @depapp @arvind.choudhary @akshay_sartabe @dineshh @sanket7843 @Gaston_Marichal @qurzunta.kaab If you’re on this list, thank you. Honestly. The product is in a better place because you were in it before anyone else. #### What happens next Starting in two weeks, we’ll publish bi-weekly **True Builder Spotlights** — longer features on individual Builders, going deeper on what they built and the lessons they took away. The first wave of Spotlights will come from the cohort above. After that, we’ll start drawing Builders from the wider community. True Builders receive: - The True Builder badge on their Community profile - A physical kit - Access to a private Builders channel with other Builders and the Katalon product team - Early roadmap previews and beta access for future releases #### How to become a True Builder The beta is one path in. It isn’t the only one. If you’re already contributing to this community — in the forum, on a workflow you’ve built, in feedback you’ve sent us — or if you know someone who is, drop your name on this thread! We’ll review nominations monthly. Self-nominations are explicitly welcome — a lot of the strongest contributors are the least likely to put themselves forward. If that’s you, please don’t make us guess. — The Katalon Community Team ---
**Author:** ![nghi.phan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/nghi.phan/32/30970_2.png) [@nghi.phan](https://forum.katalon.com/u/nghi.phan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/2 "2026-05-11T09:04:15Z")
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**Author:** ![Monty\_Bagati](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/monty_bagati/32/33047_2.png) [@Monty\_Bagati](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Monty_Bagati)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/3 "2026-05-11T09:52:19Z")
Thanks a lot , Bella ! ---
**Author:** ![arvind.choudhary](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/arvind.choudhary/32/33165_2.png) [@arvind.choudhary](https://forum.katalon.com/u/arvind.choudhary)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/4 "2026-05-11T10:54:03Z")
Thanks Bella, 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![depapp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/depapp/32/29178_2.png) [@depapp](https://forum.katalon.com/u/depapp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/5 "2026-05-12T07:41:10Z")
thanks for your support Bella @nghi.phan 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![qurzunta.kaab](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/qurzunta.kaab/32/31470_2.png) [@qurzunta.kaab](https://forum.katalon.com/u/qurzunta.kaab)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/6 "2026-05-12T09:56:37Z")
Thanks alot! ---
**Author:** ![dineshh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/dineshh/32/24488_2.png) [@dineshh](https://forum.katalon.com/u/dineshh)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/7 "2026-05-13T10:56:14Z")
Thank you, Bella ---
**Author:** ![akshay\_sartabe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/akshay_sartabe/32/23870_2.png) [@akshay\_sartabe](https://forum.katalon.com/u/akshay_sartabe)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/8 "2026-05-19T01:05:17Z")
Love to see our efforts getting recognized and help building an amazing product. Thanks!!! ---
**Author:** ![nghi.phan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/nghi.phan/32/30970_2.png) [@nghi.phan](https://forum.katalon.com/u/nghi.phan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/9 "2026-06-03T03:47:17Z")
**True Builder Spotlight:** Meet Qurzunta Kaab, one of our founding True Builders, and learn about his journey, contributions, and experience helping shape True Platform. > [@Meet a True Builder: Qurzunta Kaab](https://forum.katalon.com/t/meet-a-true-builder-qurzunta-kaab/191322): > > Hello fellow testers, Some of the best moments in the True Platform beta came from @qurzunta.kaab A few weeks in, the team was reading through feedback when one of his messages stopped us: “The UI may feel old school, but it’s engaging and perfect for enterprise-grade application. We daily work with so much application and remain interested in data only, so this is clean and helpful.” It was the ki… ---
**Author:** ![depapp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/depapp/32/29178_2.png) [@depapp](https://forum.katalon.com/u/depapp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/10 "2026-06-03T08:57:48Z")
congrats @qurzunta.kaab 🎉 🚀 ---
**Author:** ![qurzunta.kaab](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/qurzunta.kaab/32/31470_2.png) [@qurzunta.kaab](https://forum.katalon.com/u/qurzunta.kaab)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/introducing-the-true-builder-series-and-the-people-who-started-it/190785/11 "2026-06-03T09:18:38Z")
Thanks alot!