- Chair: Jonathan Dietz - jd@broadwing.io
The Hackathon / Docsathon is a two-hour collaborative sprint during the TACC-25 OpenCHAMI Developer Summit.
Participants will work in small teams to make meaningful contributions to the project — from writing documentation, improving CI/CD workflows, or submitting code changes.
- Accelerate progress on OpenCHAMI priorities (code, docs, CI).
- Give contributors of all experience levels a chance to make a visible impact.
- Build community by working side-by-side on real tasks.
Everyone! You don’t have to be a Go expert or a seasoned contributor — there will be tasks for:
- Developers (Go, Python, CI/CD)
- Documentation writers
- New contributors looking for small wins
- Anyone curious about the project
- Date: Thursday, Sept 11, 2025
- Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (team sign-up begins at 9:30 AM)
- Where: TACC-25 Dev Summit, Austin TX
We’re collecting ideas ahead of the summit so teams can hit the ground running.
You can submit an idea by:
- Opening an issue in the OpenCHAMI GitHub backlog repo
- Posting in the #2025-september-dev-summit Slack channel
- Talking to a TSC member before the event
- Align with strategic goals – Choose topics that support OpenCHAMI’s roadmap (standardizing workflows, improving release automation, enhancing documentation, prototyping new services).
- Define clear deliverables – State what success looks like (e.g., a working proof-of-concept, a draft document, or a PR ready for review).
- Fit team size & skill sets – Keep tasks suited for 2–4 people, with coding, CI/CD, and docs options.
- Provide resources & mentors – Link to docs, READMEs, or guides; try to have a subject-matter expert available.
- Limit the scope – Break down large initiatives into small milestones. A good task should be demo-able in two hours, with the option to continue afterwards.
👉 Check out the Suggested Hackathon Tasks
We’ll gather the best ideas, scope them into hackathon-ready tasks, and publish a task menu before the event so participants can pick a challenge quickly.