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Hackers and Hacking

Sleepless weekend passion projects and the people who do them.

Defining Problem Statements
How to Throw the Perfect Hackathon, Part V
Richard Murby in Open Data3 min read
Hackathons in India
Indian hackathons have come a long way.
Deepak Sharma in Hackers and Hacking3 min read
Intro to Hackathoning
Adventures at “the learning hackathon”, HackPSU
Brynn Claypoole in Hackers and Hacking3 min read
Hacking Through
One week ago I left my job. I am pouring coffee alone in my kitchen, barista nowhere to be seen, in awe of how gracefully life swivels as…
Danny Espinoza in Hackathons Anonymous3 min read
The Light.
Trials and Reflections of a first-time Hackathon Organizer
Joseph Soultanis in Hackers and Hacking6 min read
Free Pens and Job Offers
How to engage with companies at hackathons
Belinda Kelly in Bitcampfire Stories4 min read
How a Rails Webapp We Built Can Help the Homeless
Code For The Kingdom Hackathon: Sharing Thoughts
lcdvirgo in Hackathons Anonymous12 min read
PayPal Battle Hack Wrap Up — Trash Heroes App
Back in July I attended the PayPal Battlehack Tel Aviv hackathon.
Almog in All About MeteorJS3 min read
How to Throw the Perfect Hackathon, Part IV: Finding a Venue
This is the fourth post in the “How to Throw the Perfect Hackathon” series.
Richard Murby in Hackers and Hacking4 min read
Hackathon-ing as a Non-Developer
Tips from a first-timer that hopefully demystify, educate, and inspire
Xin Wang in The hacker/entrepreneurial revolution6 min read
Why Hack?
The relationship between Sisyphus, Camus and hackathons.
Tochi Eni-Kalu in Bitcampfire Stories3 min read
HackRyan
Hacker culture has changed my outlook on life.
Ryan Tucker in Life Hack: Your Story, Experience, etc3 min read
Hacktech Presents: Protohacks
An Investment in the Future
Kshitij Grover in Hackers and Hacking2 min read
Here Come the Lawyers
How to Throw the Perfect Hackathon, Part II:
Richard Murby in Hackers and Hacking3 min read
DIY: Hackathon
Our story of organizing a hackathon at Rice University
Waseem Ahmad in Hackers and Hacking21 min read
Hacking the Future
Inside the High School Hackathon Scene
Jessie Arora in Exploring Edtech Startups3 min read
Building A Product In 32 Hours
Things we learned locking our team in an office for 32 hours.
lists.io in How to throw a hackathon4 min read
Why You Should Do a Hackathon if You are a Designer
Change the World Over a Weekend
Kristrun Hjartar in Hackers and Hacking3 min read
Let’s Build The Future One Weekend At Time
We Can. Seriously.
Angel S. in Hackathons Anonymous4 min read
A Deep Dive Into Hackathons
and thoughts after re-surfacing
Mariel Bartolome in Hackers and Hacking3 min read
Hackathons: Development by Swarm
Development by the masses
Ben Hayden in Hacker Culture3 min read
A Hackathon I attended, with my stolen bikes story
CodeAcrossSeattle Hackathon at Google Seattle
lcdvirgo in Life Hack: Your Story, Experience, etc10 min read
The Hackathon Boilerplate
On the current state of the hackathon movement
Jeff Hilnbrand in Bitcampfire Stories3 min read
Startups Interviews Turn Hackers Off
Advice from a developer’s perspective
Basil Siddiqui in Startup Strategy9 min read
Have Fun at Hackathons
3 tips and expectations for investing in yourself
Theo Pak in Hackers and Hacking5 min read

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