So, back in Randa I was splitting my energies and attentions in many pieces. Some attention went to making pancakes and running the kitchen in the morning -- which is stuff I take credit for, but it is really Grace, and Scarlett, and Thomas who did the heavy lifting, and Christian and Mario who make sure the whole thing can happen. And the attendees of the Randa meeting who pitch in for the dishes after lunch and dinner. The Randa meetings are more like a campground than a 5-star hotel, and we work together to make the experience enjoyable. So thanks to everyone who pitched in.

Part of a good sprint is keeping the attendees healthy and attentive -- otherwise those 16-hour hacking days really get to you, in spite of the fresh Swiss air.

Frederik encouraged us to touch the floor and the ceiling with his acro-yoga sessions; it is good to get out of the hacking room and get into shape. These sessions also teach us all trust and cooperation. And between sessions, he fixed a Qt bug that probably affects Calamares accessibility.

Calamares had some more bugs squashed, its accessibility improved -- although I need to test that again and again on different setups now that I'm home, since it needs time to re-build Qt and all. Even with this fix, the goal to reduce Calamares' root-needs remains.

You can read more of what the attendees in Randa achieved on planet KDE (e.g. kdenlive, snappy, kmymoney, marble, kube, Plasma mobile, kdepim, and kwin). I'd like to give a special shout out to Manuel, who taught me one gesture in Italian Sign Langauage -- which is different from American or Dutch Sign Language, reminding me that there's localization everywhere.

For me, being back home means sitting back at my big FreeBSD box, hacking on Calamares and ARPA and CMake and stuff again, with a renewed sense of purpose and team thanks to having worked together in Randa. If you like what KDE achieves in Randa, consider still supporting the fundraiser so that we can return to the mountains next year.