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# Pre-FOSDEM'26 EESSI hackathon

- Thu+Fri 29-30 Jan 2026, 09:00-18:00
- location: Brussels, Hoek 38 (https://hoek38.be/contact)
    - meeting room "1.09 Rookkwarts"
- format
    - *no prepared presentations*
    - hands-on work in pairs (or more)
    - discussion, brainstorming, ...

## Attendees

*(meeting room has 16 seats)*

head count:
- Thu: 6 (all day)
- Fri: 11 (6 all day)

- 1) Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent): Thi + Fri
- 2) Lara Peeters (HPC-UGent): Thu + Fri
- 3) Sam Moors (VUB): Thu + Fri
- 4) Helena Vela Beltran (Do IT Now): Thu & Fri 
- 5) Joan Aluja Oraá (Do IT Now): Fri afternoon
- 6) Thomas Röblitz (Univ. of Bergen): arriving Fri 13:15 (BRU), so might be possible to join in the afternoon ...
- 7) Alex Domingo (VUB): Thu, Fri afternoon
- 8) Xavier Besseron (LuxProvide): Friday only (if the train makes it)
- 9) Georgios Kafanas (UL HPC): Thu & Fri
- 10) Thomas Breuer (JSC): Fri afternoon (if trains are on time)
- 11) Jorge Delgado Guerrero (UL HPC): Fri (it depends on the trains)
- JP Lehr (AMD): maybe Fri afternoon
- Valentin Volkl (CERN): Friday all day
- George (CERN): Friday all day



## Topics

*(anything related to EESSI/EasyBuild goes!)*

- EESSI roadmap 2026 (Thomas, Kenneth)
    - discussion, finalising
- EESSI CLI tool (Kenneth)
    - brainstorming
    - `pip install eessi`, `eessi --help`
    - https://github.com/EESSI/eessi-cli
    - What should a tool like this be able to do?
    - Features, subcommands, options, ...
- Software overview in docs (Kenneth)
    - update https://eessi.io/docs/available_software/overview
    - leverage JSON files from https://eessi.io/api_data/
    - include EESSI 2025.06 + GPU software
    - [link to mockup](https://users.ugent.be/~kehoste/EFP/mockup-software-overview-20251113/software-cards-dynamic-local-links.html)
- Update of the docs?
- supporting ROCm in EESSI (Kenneth, JP)
- Leveraging LLMs?
    - see also https://github.com/boegel/easybuild-llm

- easybuild bootstrap
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## Food

- Thu lunch:
    - joining: Helena, Kenneth, Sam, Lara, Georgios, Alex?
- Thu dinner:
    - joining: Helena, Sam?, Lara?, Georgios, Alex?
        - **not** joining: Kenneth
- Fri lunch:
    - joining: Helena, Kenneth, Sam?, Lara? Georgios`, Xavier?
- Fri dinner: [Le Corbeau](https://lecorbeau1875.be/en/home-english/)
    - reservation will be made by Kenneth (DONE!)
    - joining: Kenneth, Helena, Joan, JP, Thomas Br., Georgios, Valentin, George C. Thomas R.?, Alex?
    - (note from Thu 22 Jan 17:00 CET) **ALL SEATS TAKEN NOW for group dinner on Friday, SORRY!**