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Hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow — is Kafka interested?
> 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: http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack
>
> Thanks,
> Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners
—
Rich Bowen
rbowen@rcbowen.com
Re: Hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow — is Kafka interested?
Posted by "Zhao, Guang via dev" <de...@kafka.apache.org>.
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
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Guang Zhao, NetApp
guang@netapp.com<ma...@netapp.com>
From: Matthias J. Sax <mj...@apache.org>
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 5:16 am
To: dev@kafka.apache.org <de...@kafka.apache.org>; rbowen@apache.org <rb...@apache.org>
Subject: Re: Hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow — is Kafka interested?
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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, rbowen@apache.org 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
> rbowen@rcbowen.com
>
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Re: Hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow — is Kafka interested?
Posted by "Matthias J. Sax" <mj...@apache.org>.
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, rbowen@apache.org 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: http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners
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> —
> Rich Bowen
> rbowen@rcbowen.com
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