Team Sync - Jun 07, 2021

[choldgraf]

This is a @2i2c-org/tech-team sync 🎉🎉🎉! This is a way for 2i2c Team Members to triage work, point out issues that require attention, and make sure we are working well as a team. This issue will be closed at the end of the day.

Team worfklow boards

• Activity Backlog
• Development Backlog
• Organizational Backlog

High priority issues

These issues require attention quickly:

• Create team documentation and training for "best practices in managing services for other communities"
• Create AWS deployment infrastructure
• New Hub: OpenScapes
• Collaboration Plan with ICSI
• Give a talk for Nathan's Jupyter workshop

Team update template

Please respond to this issue with your team update! That means anyone on the @2i2c-org/tech-team. You shouldn't feel forced to add content if you can't think of anything, use it as much as is useful.

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Response Template

**Thanks I'd like to give 🙌**
- So-and-so helped me out a lot with XXX...
- Thanks for Jo's work on the XXX repo...

**Updates from last week ✔**
- I worked towards deliverable: <link-to-deliverable>
- I had a meeting with ABC

**What I'm up to next ⬜**
- I'd like to focus on deliverable <link-to-deliverable>
- I'm answering user questions this week

**My availability for next week**
- I'll be off on XXX day...
- I've got several meetings this week...

**Links to items for discussion 💬**
- Can @XXX give a comment on issue #NN ?
- I opened #NN for discussion, please chime in

[damianavila]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thanks to @choldgraf for all the hard work he is doing on the org side of things (relationship with ICSI, fiscal sponsorship, and more)

Updates from last week ✔

• I worked towards deliverable: Create AWS deployment infrastructure infrastructure#366
  • Specifically on replicating and validating the current AWS deployment story redeploying the Farallon Hub
• Investigated and played with the JS myst parser
• Learnt a little bit about the PyData theme (to provide better feedback in the Numficus grant proposal)

What I'm up to next ⬜

• I'd like to focus on Document our current AWS infrastrcuture infrastructure#453
  • Essentially, documenting all the things I learn from my replication and validation attempt
• Start writing a blog post about several myst-related experiments and Nikola
• Learn about some big architectural discussion happening in the Myst world: ♻️ REFACTOR: Directive plugins jupyter-book/mystmd#31

My availability for next week

• I'll be available the whole week

[consideRatio]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• @yuvipanda for helping me learn a lot about 2i2c-org/pilot-hubs so that I could be productive as quickly as possible

Updates from last week ✔

• I've iterated on the hub.jupytearth.org deployment and the 2i2c-org/pilot-hubs infra to deploy it, and tried resolving some related needs in the jupyter ecosystem

What I'm up to next ⬜

• hub.jupytearth.org deployment fixes for reliability
• jupytearth.org content and earthcube meeting preparation
• small details to land z2jh 1.0.0 from 1.0.0-beta.1

My availability for next week

• 100%

Links to items for discussion 💬

• Sort env to reliably expand nested env references jupyterhub/kubespawner#510 address an issue setting SCRATCH_BUCKET environment variables that can be worked around but only after learning lots
• Support for dynamic configurable authorization logic jupyterhub/jupyterhub#3490 is a feature request and discussion on the implementation to enable a more dynamic control of authorization

[damianavila]

jupyterhub/jupyterhub#3490 is a feature request and discussion on the implementation to enable a more dynamic control of authorization

This is super interesting @consideRatio! I have faced the need for a dynamic auth for a Hub.

[choldgraf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thanks to @damianavila for chatting with me about the organizational stuff a bit!
• Thanks to @consideRatio for jumping on board and getting the Jupytearth hub ready for the 2i2c federation 🎉

Updates from last week ✔

• We had some productive conversations with ICSI last week, and will continue to have more this week. That ended up taking up much of my time, and you can find updates about those in https://github.com/2i2c-org/meta/issues/155 and https://github.com/2i2c-org/meta/issues/154

What I'm up to next ⬜

• Continuing conversations with ICSI (I need to prep a presentation for their board on Friday)
• Preparing a few talks
• Thinking prepping for the Berkeley DSUS education workshop (Materials / strategy for the Berkeley Education National Workshop #115)

My availability for next week

• I'm around in general this week!