Hi, Pulsar and BookKeeper communities, The adoption of Apache Pulsar and BookKeeper is accelerating as organizations around the world pursue cloud-native technologies. To build on this momentum, we are excited to announce the first-ever Apache Pulsar Hackathon 2021, *taking place on May 6-7th*. This event will give you an opportunity to:
- Engage and grow with the Pulsar/BookKeeper community - Generate ideas to enhance Pulsar/BookKeeper and its ecosystem - Drive contributions as part of a diverse group of developers and data architects *Hackathon Categories:* The Hackathon is all things about Pulsar, BookKeeper, and the ecosystem around them. To help inspire you, we’ve created five categories for this year’s hackathon: - *Pulsar Enhancement*: adding new features, improving performance, etc. - *BookKeeper Enhancement*: adding new features, improving performance, etc. - *Pulsar + Big Data Ecosystem Integration*: integrating Pulsar with other influential data systems for easy usage - *Pulsar + Flink Solution*: developing end-to-end general data processing solutions based on Pulsar and Apache Flink - *Pulsar + Cloud*: enabling Pulsar to run on cloud environments easily and seamlessly *Hackathon Timeline* (All times listed in PST): - April 28, 2021 - Registration Deadline - May 6-7, 2021 - Hackathon - May 6, 9:00 AM - Virtual Live Kick-Off - May 6, 9:15 AM - 10 PM - Hacking Time - May 7, 9:00 AM - 10 PM - Hacking Time - May 7, 11:59 PM - Video Submission Deadline - June 16-17, 2021 - Winners Announced at the Pulsar Summit North America 2021 *Hackathon Prizes*: - *First-place: $5,000* - Second-place: $2,500 - Third-place: $1,000 - All participants: Pulsar and StreamNative swag *How to Participate:* - Sign up! We encourage teams up to four people. If you already have the team you will be working with and your idea, you can sign up here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apache-pulsar-hackathon-2021-tickets-143906003731> . - If you are looking for teammates, ideas, or just to connect with the community, we encourage you to join Apache Pulsar on Slack (designated hackathon channel: #pulsar-hackathon-2021 <https://apache-pulsar.slack.com/archives/C01QGKSTURW>). More details can be found here <https://streamnative.io/en/blog/community/2021-03-11-introducing-the-apache-pulsar-hackathon-2021>. Join us and showcase your creativity and skills! - Sijie
