@@ -359,6 +359,51 @@ I like to use Option C. Are you able to read the 'main' branch of the knowledge-
You are working in the tasking project, 'hack-a-thon-2026' branch. Please read Hack-A-Thon-2026-Day5-Prompt.md. Please read ~/Desktop/Hack-A-Thon-2026/2026-04-28-Files.md. Please use that information to summarise the Day 5 events and write them to tasking/Hack-A-Thon-2026-Day5-Summary.md for me to review. If there is any other information that you would like to have, please ask me. Since this was the last day of the hack-a-thon, I added a summary slide to ~/Desktop/Hack-A-Thon-2026/2026-Hack-A-Thon-Bogdan.pptx (slide 2), which represents the culmination of the activities of the hack-a-thon this week. You may read all the documentation that is contained in ~/Desktop/Hack-A-Thon-2026/* if you need additional information. Thanks for being thorough - the session we used throughout the hack-a-thon was extremely productive. I expect this one to be as well as you and I prepare the post-hack-a-thon documents.
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⏺ Day 5 summary written to tasking/Hack-A-Thon-2026-Day5-Summary.md (816 lines — slightly above the 400–600 target because the
live-reduction interlude and the EWM-mapping table consumed more density than expected; trimmable on review if you'd prefer it
tighter).
Key items I want to flag for your review:
1. Day 5 transcripts are missing on disk. The manifest (2026-04-28-Files.md) lists Part1-transcript.txt and Part2-transcript.txt, but
neither file is present in ~/Desktop/Hack-A-Thon-2026/. The summary is drawn from the handwritten PDF + Google Doc + slide 2 alone.
Flagged in §15. Do you want me to wait for transcripts and revise, or is this final?
2. EWM ticket structure as captured (from slide 2):
- EWM15830 — defect, the 1 critical issue (off-spec output) gating the refactor
- EWM16138 — EPIC, Add LR support (capability)
- EWM16139 — EPIC, Tech debt + architecture (the 39-item baseline rolls up here)
- EWM16140 — EPIC, Integrate LR backend
3. research_data_objects.md is a new Day-5 Copilot artifact (947 lines) that refines the Day-4 Configuration-split decision into a
concrete three-way GlobalReductionSettings / RunConfiguration / PlotOptions design — I cited it as the architectural reference for
the morning's deep-dive.
4. Open scheduling commitments:
- LR new_workflow 2-day code deep-dive — Addi: "this week/next week"; no calendar date pinned in Day 5 notes.
- Hack-A-Thon #2 — Day-2 commitment to before 2026-06-25; also not pinned Day 5 (the EPIC structure is the plan deliverable that
the team needed; the second hack-a-thon now sits downstream of the deep-dive).
- Bogdan's NDIP refl1d 0.11 → 1.01 update — open from Day 4.
5. One ambiguity I'd like a ruling on: handwritten p.20 has Bogdan's note "asked C dev" — I read this as possibly "asked
Becky-and-developers" but it's unclear shorthand. Please correct in review if it should be something else.
Anything else you'd like added before this is final?
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### Prompt 2.1
I added the (poor fidelity) transcript '2026-04-28-Part1-transcript.txt' and updated 2026-04-28-Files.md.
Regarding "handwritten p.20 has Bogdan's note "asked C dev", that is read "asked @ dev" (and it is on pg. 19) - the full meaning is:
Bogdan asked about the development process - if we freeze the current version (prod and qa deploy only the critical changes) and we do the refactor on 'next'? - John replied that he wants the refactor to happen on a separate branch and keep 'next'/'qa'/'prod'. Marie replied that we will find something that we are more comfortable with - indicating that the refactor work-in-progress would have a deployment model that the scientists can evaluate somewhat tracks the existing deployment.
Regarding "stretch goal not attempted" - in fact Glass did some actual refactor work in phase 1 but kept it on a "mvp" branch. That branch was not commited/pushed to the 'quicknxsv2' repository, so it cannot be referenced in any meaningful way. My enthusiasm for the results of the hack-a-thon anticipated the existence of that branch, but discovering its non-existence has damped my mood somewhat. I had expressed that one of my "pet peeves" is uncommitted work. I do not know how to express this in a politically tractable way, because of the social engineering pressure that is exerted on the developers by their management. Even this prompt itself can have a negative effect. If you know of a way to solve this, I'm happy to consider the options you come up with!
Re: "Arthur" - that is "Artur Glavic", the author of quicknxs (v1).
Re: "Jim Browning, Volker Urban" - they are reflectometry management: group lead and large scale section head respectively.
You may make a revision to the summary as described above. I'm interested in your take on the "stretch goal not attempted" issue?
