DConf hackathon: idea list

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 04/05/2017 3:22 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On 5/4/17 15:32, Seb wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> the DConf hackathon isn’t a hackathon in the traditional sense. It is
>> intended as a day for _collaboratively_ focusing on long-lasting
>> problems and pain points in the D ecosystem, planning upcoming features
>> or DIPs, and creation of a rough roadmap for the next months.
>> Of course, any D hackers who wish to simply progress their own personal
>> projects are welcome too!
>>
>> Experience has shown that in large groups too much time is wasted on
>> giving a voice to everyone, whereas for tiny groups chances are that it
>> takes too long to get the ball rolling.
>> Hence, a group size of four or five D hackers is recommended.
>>
>> Below you can find a list of themes with a short abstract and a couple
>> of ideas. The abstracts and ideas are intended to get you started and
>> guide you. Please feel free to _add your own ideas_ and _add your names_
>> next to them so that people can ping you (IRC, email, and other IM
>> handles might be handy as well). Of course, you can add your name to
>> multiple projects.
>> On Sunday the first half an hour will be used to finalize the group
>> forming. All existing groups and persons with an idea, but without a
>> group can pitch their idea shortly (one minute max, no slides) and thus
>> find other motivated D hackers.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L5edu6LLj3Afa3tPgqk-aX-fErwr7sPj37Dt5avoc5w/edit#
>>
>>
>
> From the Phobos wishlist:
> I am working an a generic SQL database interface. If anybody is
> interested in helping out I have a small amount of code that shows the
> general design direction I've taken so far. We can discuss the design
> and collaboratively hack out a prototype.
>
> The current code is here:
> https://github.com/LightBender/std.experimental.database.sql

Looking at that I think focusing on describing of tables ext. would be a 
good first step. I worry that it won't be very flexible memory 
management or serialization wise.