Web Engineering: Celebrating Our Third Annual Hack Week

The Web Engineering team is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of our third annual Hack Week! Over the past three years, this initiative has become a cornerstone of our collaborative spirit and commitment to innovation. With 126 significant contributions to date, Hack Week provides a dedicated space for our engineers to tackle challenging problems, refine existing systems, and push the boundaries of what’s possible.

The key goals of these events is allowing us to talk with confidence about the true open source nature of our work. We get the opportunity to addressing issues we’ve identified upstream in projects that we use to benefit ourselves and others. By dedicating time to these fixes, we not only improve the stability and performance of our foundational technologies but also empower our team to gain a deeper understanding of complex systems and our dependency tree. The direct engagement with these challenges allows us to truly experience the difficulties firsthand, fostering a unique learning environment. These invaluable learnings are then taken back to our daily projects, where we reflect on the insights gained and implement improvements that benefit all our ongoing work. We are proud of the dedication displayed by everyone involved, and we look forward to continuing this initiative into the future with impactful contributions.

This year we focused on providing accessibility contributions to our internal corporate message application called Mattermost. All contributions are listed below:

Open source encourages compatibility with standards, making locking users in more difficult. This is why we love the freedom open source offers. Open source software allows for sharing knowledge, gaining knowledge, and practising. It promotes transparency in data collection and software systems. Freedom, therefore, is the gift that keeps on giving.

Please have a look at our open-source projects and reach out to us via the issues if anything is unclear.