# Project Helix Hackathon

(See the [Hackathon Archive](.) for past Hackathons)

## (Upcoming) Forth Project Helix Hackathon

![](./Helix%20Save%20the%20Date%204.jpg)

The fourth Project Helix Hackathon will happen in the week of January 28th to February 1st, i.e. just before Adobe Tech Summit. This **is** next Project Helix hackathon.

### Agenda

> I hear this is a hackathon, are you going to hack all day?

Although this is a hackathon, we won't be hacking all the time, there will also be plenty of programming and coding.

| Time      | Monday         | Tuesday                          | Wednesday   | Thursday    | Friday    |
| --------: | -------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | --------- |
|   Morning | -              | Helix Introduction & Demo Format | Programming | Programming | [Demos](#demos)     |
| Afternoon | Arrival        | Coding                           | Coding      | Coding      | Departure |
|   Evening | Set-up, drinks | Hacking                          | Team dinner | Hacking     | -         |

### Location

> Where is this going to happen? Do you have a windowless conference room blocked out?

![](https://img.peerspace.com/image/upload/c_crop,g_custom/w_1200,c_limit/g_auto,c_fill,f_auto,q_auto,dpr_2.0/l_pswm_gqnx1g,g_north_west,x_5,y_5,w_60,o_50/rnsqgwdtpy27gpjmut9m)

[1841 Parker St,
Berkeley, CA, 94703](https://www.peerspace.com/invite/pid-HkP_k90iX)

### Wifi

* ESSID: `Hammertime`
* Password: `pray1841!`

Fun fact: the venue was featured in [MC Hammer's 1990 music video "Pray"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mye1aCskFcM)

### Lodging

For out-of-town visitors, [Hotel Shattuck Plaza](http://www.hotelshattuckplaza.com) is in walking distance (15 minutes) and seems reasonably priced and furnished.

### Goal

> What are you planning to show at the end of the week?

- [ ] Get a beta of the new developer site live
- [ ] discuss operational logging (i.e. how can we see what's going on with the Helix microservices and bots) – @tripodsan, @mcorlan, @trieloff
- [ ] discuss customer logging (i.e. how can our customers see what's going on with their own actions) – @tripodsan, @mcorlan, @trieloff
- [ ] review and improve the default Helix VCL and get ideas how to solve [open VCL features](https://github.com/adobe/helix-cli/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Avcl) – @drwilco, @ejthurgo, @trieloff
- [ ] continue discussing [Helix as a Service](https://github.com/adobe/project-helix/pull/353) - @ktpdobe, @rofe, @trieloff, @dulvac?
- [ ] work on Collaborative Authoring POC - @stefan-guggisberg, @rofe, @kptdobe, @davidnuescheler? 
- [ ] state of the bots - map out api and data flow – @tripodsan @trieloff
- [ ] managing multiple variants/strains of a site (config "wizard" or helper): @kptdobe, @tripodsan, @trieloff, @steveng

### Attendees

> Who is going to be there? Can I come?

1. @trieloff (Monday to Thursday)
2. @stefan-guggisberg
3. @alexkli (some days at least)
4. @tripodsan
5. @rofe
6. @acapt
7. @steveng
8. @uncled
9. @hirenoble
10. @mcorlan (only Thursday)
11. @kgera
12. @drwilco
13. @ejthurgo 
14. @faithwyu
15. @koraa

Please share this page with people inside Adobe that you'd like to invite. Add yourself to the list if you want to attend.

### Preparation

> What can I do to prepare for the Hackathon?

1. Read the `README.md` and linked vision documents in this repo
2. Join `#helix-chat` on Slack
3. Install the `hlx` Command Line app and create your first project
4. Comment on the GitHub issues you think would be good candidates for the Hackathon

### Demos

Add your demo recording links here:
- [Fastly: Audience Pre-Flight Requests and Static Redirect Handling](https://bluejeans.com/s/8mcae)
- [Collaborative authoring](https://bluejeans.com/s/otkcm/)
- Adobe Developer Site 
- Sensei Auto Crop