What we learned during an internal Hackathon Week

In July 2022, the Verify Stage product and engineering teams at GitLab conducted a "Hackathon Week" to inspire innovation and address various challenges. The event began with brainstorming sessions to generate ideas for potential solutions and enhancements, followed by collaborative efforts to refine these concepts. Critical projects saw engineers take the lead in organizing tasks and ensuring designs were ready to facilitate successful outcomes. The team prioritized codebase improvements by deleting redundant code, offering a prize for the most deletions, and delivered several Proof of Concepts (POCs) that led to new features or enhancements, such as easier navigation of job logs, improved job performance data display, and streamlined debugging processes. The Hackathon also focused on future initiatives like fault-tolerant runners and CI workflows, while emphasizing the importance of reducing technical debt through code cleanup. This collaborative effort resulted in over 1,300 lines of code and 4,421 MB of database data being removed, illustrating the team's commitment to efficiency and innovation. The event concluded with an invitation for contributions to ongoing and future projects, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and community involvement.

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