User:CKoerner (WMF)/Notes from the 2018 Wikimedia Hackathon

This was my third hackathon since joining the foundation and was the first for me in feeling the most productive. I was able to lightly assist a few foundation teams with their work and I talked to more new people, which is always a challenge and something I strive to do. I also got to hack a little on an idea - and code! - for a personal interest of mine.

Highlights

 * I met User:PeterTheOne as part of the mentoring program. This was his first hackathon! He was nice and seemed eager to learn. I hope he sticks around.
 * I met User:Abbe98 who I had previously met in a Wikimaps hangout earlier in the year. We only got to talk briefly, but it appeared that they were enjoying the Hackathon. He was hacking on Pattypan. :)
 * I also finally got to have a conversation with an editor from the Nederlands, whom I have seen at past events, but never had an opportunity to talk to. Their name escapes me at the moment.

Things I liked
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187896
 * I learned about work the performance team is taking on regarding user-perceived page load performance. After talking to Gilles it seems like this has some potential to help provide better insight on how to improve web performance. Not just for Wikimedia, but the web as a whole.
 * I also met my second member of the ESA, both within this year.
 * Learned a little about some NLP search stuff Trey is working on.
 * I got to hack on my own little project.
 * The mobile apps team has some useful user testing sessions.
 * The readers web team had a workshop on mobile editing as well.
 * I found many great projects by attending the always insightfu hackathon showcase. A few favorites.
 * #10 - Special:CollabPad (Multi-user / GoogleDocs-style collaborative editing)
 * #14 - Context Cards. Context while reading articles on other content publishing platforms
 * #23 - Huggle - support for extensions written in JavaScript
 * #24 - Build a keyboard to easy article editing in Fon
 * I got to make this fun gif, which was an honor.