How was HackTX 2014: The Data and the Future

Reflections from HackTX 2014 and what it could mean for…

HackTX 2016

A recap of how Freetail Hackers managed to pull off another hackathon

Freetail Hackers is a UT Austin student organization that supports the Texas hacker community. No matter your major or skill level, we will support you in building and creating with tech. We achieve this by…

Humans of Freetail Hackers

Freetail Hackers is a Student Organization at the University of Texas at Austin. Our mission is to educate…

A Hacker’s Delight

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” — Walt Disney

Design Hacks 2016

On Saturday, March 26, 2016, Freetail Hackers hosted Design Hacks, our first small-scale 12-hour hackathon centered around creating logos, user interfaces, graphic design, games and other design-related products. Due to the intimate size of Design Hacks, we only accepted UT Austin students for…

How we hosted a custom hackathon registration portal for 8 cents

Code Jamming: Music Hacks 2017

Technology is driving its way into utterly every aspect of our lives. Take a moment to think about the…

Welcome Back!

*Cue Back in Black by AC/DC*

Scaling our registration system by a factor of five