[Inpycon] [PyCon 2013] Programming Challenges, Hackathons & Sprints, in Python at PyCon

[Anand Chitipothu]

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Anand B Pillai <anandpillai at letterboxes.org
> wrote:

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> On Monday 08 July 2013 12:33 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
> > Kiran Gangadharan <kiran.daredevil at gmail.com> writes:
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> >> Hi,
> >>
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> >
> > Nice but it requires more time than we have at the conference. This
> > is something better suited for a user group "month" especially when
> > people need hand holding.
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> +1. From my experience with contributing to and managing open source
> projects, kickstarting a sprint towards a specific OSS project
> needs early planning.
>
> It is possible to however do an "Open Hackathon" based on topics
> which are given out in the conf.
>
> For example think of a workflow like,
>
> 1. We announce 3 open topics for small open hacks in Python
> on day #1 - specific programming challenges.
> 2. You can hack till the 2nd day evening and submit by
> a fixed time - full working code with README and docs.
> 3. We evaluate and announce the winners on day #3
> and give some prizes - this can be sponsored.
>
> I said "We" - but it can also be run by a sponsor.
> I am not sure if there is bandwidth to plan and execute
> this now, but would be nice to see something like this.
>

How about running Hack nights in all cities before the conference? HasGeek
already has website for managing it.

Someone can propose a sprint for a project and interested people can join.
But it requires handling logistics in each city.

Anand
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