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digitalmars.D.announce - SAOC 2025 Ends & DConf Planning is Underway

reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:


The final milestone of SAOC 2025 ended on January 14. Our three 
contributors sent in their final reports over the following week. 
The judges reviewed all of their work and deliberated which 
contributor would receive the final $1000 payment and a free trip 
to DConf '26.

The judges selected Mohamed El Shorbagy for his work on 
refactoring the compiler's AST nodes. This project is an early 
step toward enabling future enhancements to the compiler. Though 
SAOC is finished, the project is not, and he intends to continue 
with it. Congratulations, Mohamed!

Emmanuel Nyarko made major progress on whittling down the ImportC 
bug list, and Sourish Jana improved some of the compiler's error 
messages. This is a set of QoL improvements that will be 
noticeable to those who have been affected by ImportC issues and 
less-than-ideal error messages. Both Emmanuel and Sourish have 
indicated they intend to continue contributing.

To all three contributors: congratulations on pushing through to 
the end of the event, and thanks for all the work you put in. 
We're always in need of contributors, so extra thanks for 
planning to stick around!



I'm not yet in a position to make the formal announcement about 
DConf '26, but the wheels are turning. We're definitely in 
London, and barring any major surprises, we will be back at 
CodeNode.

As for the dates, the best I can say now is that it's going to be 
either some time in August or the first week of September. We're 
aiming for the latter.

There's a major change to the schedule this year in that we're 
dropping the Hackathon. Hackathon attendance post-COVID has never 
been what it was pre-COVID, and has dwindled every year to the 
point that the expense of the extra day isn't practical. For 
those who do still want to hang out to chat and scheme, we'll 
designate a spot to do so.

I'll announce more concrete details as soon as I'm able.
Feb 01
parent reply M. M. <matus email.cz> writes:
On Sunday, 1 February 2026 at 14:58:53 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:



 The final milestone of SAOC 2025 ended on January 14. Our three 
 contributors sent in their final reports over the following 
 week. The judges reviewed all of their work and deliberated 
 which contributor would receive the final $1000 payment and a 
 free trip to DConf '26.

 [...]


Congrats to all three SAOC-2025 contributors: Mohamed, Emmanuel, 
and Sourish.
Feb 01
next sibling parent Mike Shah <mshah.475 gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 1 February 2026 at 22:36:49 UTC, M. M. wrote:

 On Sunday, 1 February 2026 at 14:58:53 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:



 The final milestone of SAOC 2025 ended on January 14. Our 
 three contributors sent in their final reports over the 
 following week. The judges reviewed all of their work and 
 deliberated which contributor would receive the final $1000 
 payment and a free trip to DConf '26.

 [...]


 Congrats to all three SAOC-2025 contributors: Mohamed, 
 Emmanuel, and Sourish.


100% -- congratulations Mohamed, Emmanuel, and Sourish!
Feb 02
prev sibling parent M.M. <matus email.cz> writes:
On Sunday, 1 February 2026 at 22:36:49 UTC, M. M. wrote:

 On Sunday, 1 February 2026 at 14:58:53 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:



 The final milestone of SAOC 2025 ended on January 14. Our 
 three contributors sent in their final reports over the 
 following week. The judges reviewed all of their work and 
 deliberated which contributor would receive the final $1000 
 payment and a free trip to DConf '26.

 [...]


 Congrats to all three SAOC-2025 contributors: Mohamed, 
 Emmanuel, and Sourish.


...and to the mentors/supervisors as well!
Feb 02