Joyent has just announced additional details of their sponsorship, including
prizes:
http://www.joyent.com/blog/getting-ready-for-mesoscon-hackathon
• Joyent is offering every participant a $10,000 credit for Triton Elastic
Container services
• Each member of the winning teams in the community need and people’s choice
categories will receive an Apple Watch Sport
• Winners of Joyent's container-native bonus awards will receive an additional
$10,000 credit1 for Triton Elastic Container services. Again, this award goes
to each team member
Fine print:
• Credits may only be used for Triton services in the Joyent public cloud.
Credits are non-transferable and expire October 31, 2016. Maximum monthly usage
limited to $1,000. Recipient must accept Joyent's standard terms of service and
register their user information with Joyent staff during the event.
• Up to four participants per team, per hackathon rules.
Requests to the community:
• Please be sure to register for MesosCon Europe and tick the box saying you
want to join the hackathon
• If you're an experienced Mesos hacker, please consider offering to mentor a
project. Announce your availability via the mail list or on Twitter.
• Use the hashtag #mesohack in tweets and on Instagram and elsewhere
Finally, we can't wait to see your hacks, and will be toasting the winners at
an After-Hack party Friday evening at the Habourmaster Pub. See you in Dublin!
> On Oct 5, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Casey Bisson <casey.bis...@joyent.com> wrote:
>
> The MesosCon EU hackathon is this Friday!
>
> Hopefully we all get a chance to build something silly, or fantastic, or just
> work through a really frustrating bug, but this is a hackathon, so the goal
> is to meet people, have fun, and learn from each other.
>
> Joyent is sponsoring the event and offering some awards in categories
> outlined in https://www.joyent.com/blog/mesos-we-heart-hack-you:
> <https://www.joyent.com/blog/mesos-we-heart-hack-you:>
>
>> Community need: These are issues logged in the Mesos issue tracker that have
>> received a large amount of activity (comments, votes, etc), and address some
>> of the larger problems or pain points for the community. Suggested projects
>> include new features, bugs, or documentation.
>>
>> People’s choice: These contributions will be voted on by your peers, and our
>> guidance is intentionally open-ended so teams will run wild with their
>> ideas. We’re excited to see what you come up with.
>
> I wanted to start conversation about that first category, the community
> needs. Is there a good reference for suggestions about those needs? Are there
> any teams forming around them?
>
> Additionally, I’m wondering who will be on site for the hackathon. Are their
> people who are willing to be mentors? Are there others who are looking for
> mentors?
>
> I’m looking forward to a fantastic event and meeting many people in the
> community. Thank you,
>
> —Casey*
>
> * Oh, hai. This is my first post to these lists. I work for Joyent on Triton,
> the container-native data center automation solution for public and private
> clouds. Learn more at https://www.joyent.com/triton
> <https://www.joyent.com/triton>.