Hi Rich/Matthias, I’m also interested in helping with a Kafka-specific hackathon. I’ll be presenting at CoC, so outside of that obligation I can be around to help.
Cheers, Guang -- Guang Zhao, NetApp [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 5:16 am To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow — is Kafka interested? EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION when clicking links or attachments Thanks for reaching out Rich, I'll attend CoC and would be interested to help (if it's not too much work, and I can make the time). -Matthias On 5/6/26 6:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi Kafka community, >> >> We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 (October >> 11–14) and Kafka has sessions on the schedule. We'd love for your community >> to participate. >> >> The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for >> contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks — fixing >> bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, or >> onboarding new contributors. >> >> To participate, we'd need a few things from your project: >> • A point of contact — someone we can coordinate with on logistics and >> who'll be present at the event. >> • A list of tasks — bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues, or whatever >> your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up ready to >> contribute rather than spending the first hour figuring out what to work on. >> • Promotion — a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting people >> know this is happening and encouraging them to attend. >> >> This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're treating >> it as a pilot — we want to gauge interest before committing to scale. Even >> if only a few contributors from your project can participate, that's a great >> start. >> >> If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. Even a >> quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we figure out how >> many projects to plan for. >> >> Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon Slack — >> that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together: >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack__;!!Nhn8V6BzJA!WHb297Pt6IoD-8NR_Bb-UAEuKgBdooU73O_O1kM-j4DnVw_-mdrHsnZrDmgdVOi9i4JFDFE7JgPVr-A$ >> >> Thanks, >> Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners > > > — > Rich Bowen > [email protected] > > > > >
