NixOS Ocean Sprint 2025
- What
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A week of intense hacking on Nix near the ocean.
- When
- 16/03/2025 - 21/03/2025 (Mon - Fri)
- Where
- Villa with FTTH on Lanzarote, Canary Islands.
- Who
- ~30 developers.
π Location
The sprint will take place outside under pavilion tents (for sunshine protection) in a villa with a pool.
Withing a 5 minute walk you can reach:
- one of the best beaches in Lanzarote, where you can swim, jog, snorkel, SUP, surf and windsurf,
- a local supermarket that is open every day from 8AM to 10PM,
- a pharmacy and a bakery,
- 5km long beachside promenade with free outside gyms,
- a steakhouse, a burger joint and an authentic Spanish tapas tavern,
- an assortment of other various cafes, pubs and bars, restaurants,Β etc.
ποΈ Accommodation
Once you are approved participant for the sprint, we'll get everyone to a shared communication room to help organize accomodation.
Note that the accomodation is not covered by the sprint budget.
If you are planning to come with your family and/or stay longer, Nejc Zupan has written a remote worker's guide to Lanzarote.
See Accomodations for a list of suggestions.
π² Food
We'll organize catering (breakfast and lunch) during the sprint, which is paid by the sponsors.
There are a ton of options for dinners in nearby restaurants.
π₯ Registration
The deadline is 17th December, you'll be notified if you're part of the sprint a few days later.
𧡠Topics
To be determined once registration closes based on attendees interest.
π¬ How to get here
The best way to travel is via a plane to Lanzarote airport.
It's also possible to fly to other island airports and then take a short flight. Fuertaventura is closest being 30min away with a ferry.
From the Lanzarote airport you can take a taxi to the venue, they have a flat rate and it should be around 20-25 EUR.
Renting a car is usually quite cheap, around 100-150 eur for the week.
π₯³ Stuff to do on Lanzarote
- First-class surfing location with verified instructors
- Kitesurfing and windsurfing
- Wingfoiling
- Yoga
- Paragliding
- Visiting the Timanfaya vulcano and eating fish grilled on lava
- Cycling and mountain biking
- Vulcano hiking
- Culture
- Gastronomy
- Sailing
- Cave sightseeing
- Diving
See Activities for the full list.
π Sponsors
We're looking for sponsors to cover expenses such as venue, catering, T-shirt printing and some of the activities.
Please help us make this a productive event by chipping in, so we can focus on coding instead of grocery shopping and cooking.
Our target budget is 15000 EUR. Reach out to [email protected].
| Level | Contribution (EUR) | Perks |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 4000 | Company + Large logo on the T-shirt, 2 total reserved seats, shoutout during dinner, SWAG. |
| Company | 1500 | Individual + Logo on the T-shirt, company name on name tag + 1 reserved seat. |
| Individual | 500 | Logo on the website. |
π Gold
π’ Company
ποΈ Organizers
- Domen KoΕΎar, long time contributor to NixOS, organizer of Zidanca Sprint
- Nejc Zupan, recently converted NixOS evangelist, organizer of Sauna Sprint