Spend a Week Hacking in Sorrento!
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Spend a week in April 2019 hacking on Plone projects like Volto and accessibility improvements at a hack week hosted at Hotel Mediterraneo in Sorrento, Italy. Participants will focus on high impact efforts for developers, integrators and non-technical users. Registration is open until February 28th, with prices starting at 150 euros for one person including breakfast and dinner.
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Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
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Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
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