On Sep 26, 9 AM EST/15:00 CEST to Sep 29, 9 AM EST/15:00 CEST, we organized the 2nd Annual Veeam Community Hackathon, organized by Jonah May, Jos Maliepaard, Tom May, and Maurice Kevenaar. This year, we had 2 teams who actively participated.
First, we want to thank everyone who helped us with this event. Including, but not limited to:
- Our sponsors: Wasabi, Object First, Progress Software, GitHub, and Different Dev
- Our judges: Aaron Murphy, Dave Russell, David Domask, Edwin Weijdema, Fabian Kessler, Madalina Cristil, Nikola Pejkova, Rick Vanover, Safiya Mohamed, and Joe Gremillion
- Everyone who helped us lead a team or participated
The Teams
Team 1 and Team 2 both had some dropouts last minute, so we decided to merge them, continuing as Team 2.
Team 1+2:
- Led by Chris Childerhose and Jorge de la Cruz
- Video:
- GitHub: https://github.com/VeeamCommunity/veeamcommunity-2024-Team-2/
Team 4:
- Led by Ian Sanderson
- Video:
- GitHub: https://github.com/VeeamCommunity/veeamcommunity-2024-Team-4/
Without naming judges, these are some of the quotes shared about the projects:
- Novel approach, great visualization and very useful! – Team 1+2
- Very useful, great visualization! – Team 4
- […] the code was polished and visuals very professional looking. – Team 4
- There is a start here which can lead to a product with more value. – Team 1+2
- Would be a great addition to have that available for any VCSP for their customers – Team 4
- I really liked this one as I feel it is ready for broad use. – Team 1+2
- Fantastic idea! – Team 4
- I appreciate it as a proof of concept for what can be achieved using the REST API. – Team 1+2
- I have to say, I really like the idea from this team. – Team 4
- Working together between different timelines is challenging. – Team 1+2
- The UI is intuitive and easy to use. – Team 4
- The layout of the Hexes is pleasant […] – Team 1+2
- The Shell QR code and hints for starting were very cool however, and it was a great setup method, easy to use – Team 4
The results
Below are the results for this year’s teams. The judges could score each category 1-5 points. Each category had a percentage of the total score.
Each team could score a maximum of 100 points, plus 5 bonus points for the overall score
| Category | Team 1+2 | Team 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Impact (15%) | 3.9 (11.7) | 4.6 (13.8) |
| Design (15%) | 4.4 (13.2) | 4.7 (14.1) |
| Innovation & Business Case (20%) | 4.0 (16.0) | 4.4 (17.6) |
| Technical Complexity (15%) | 3.8 (11.4) | 4.5 (13.5) |
| Ease of Use (15%) | 4.5 (13.5) | 4.6 (13.8) |
| Code Coverage (5%) | 4.0 (4.0) | 4.4 (4.4) |
| Project Management (5%) | 3.9 (3.9) | 5.0 (5.0) |
| Presentation (10%) | 4.0 (8.0) | 4.9 (9.8) |
| Overall rating | 4 | 4.7 |
| Total Score | 85.7 | 96.7 |
That leads us to Team 4 being the winning team!
Congrats to Chalid, Niklas, Markus, Lukas, Ian, and Markus for winning the 2nd Annual Veeam Community Hackathon!
Markus is on a streak; he was part of the winning team last year as well!