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NixOS Ocean Sprint 2023

What A week of intense hacking on Nix near the ocean.
When 16/10/2023 - 20/10/2023 (Mon - Fri)
Where Villa with FTTH on Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Who ~20 developers

Location

Costa Tequise, Lanzarote

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, etc.

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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.

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.

Registration

Fill out the form to apply.

The deadline is 16th June, you'll be notified if you're part of the sprint a few days later.

Topics

To be determined once registration closes based on attendees interest.

Travel

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 or a ferry (Fuertaventura is closest being 30min away).

Stuff to do on Lanzarote

Sponsoring

We're looking for sponsors to cover expenses such as venue, catering, T-shirt printing.

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 7000 EUR. Reach out to [email protected].

Level Contribution (EUR) Perks
Gold 2500 Silver + Live hiring pitch
Silver 1000 Bronze + Logo on the T-shirt
Bronze 500 Logo on the website

Sponsors

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Organizers

cachix.org - Nix binary cache hosting

cachix.org - Nix binary cache hosting

Pareto Security - Zero-trust device monitoring for remote teams

Pareto Security - Zero-trust device monitoring for remote teams

Participants

Organizers

  • Domen Kožar, long time contributor to NixOS, organizer of Zidanca Sprint
  • Nejc Zupan, recently converted NixOS evangelist, organizer of Sauna Sprint
  • Florian Friesdorf, long time contributor to NixOS