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do you actually program a lot during an hackathon?
in my experience, it was mostly brain storming about ideas, doing team building, preparing a pitch, rehearsing and presenting the project in "fake it until you can make it" mode
Yes, I think seventy percent of the time we're coding. I have several lifehacks to do it though.
First, I usually go there a little bit prepared with a whitelist of ideas because hackathons often list the topics or challenges way before the start.
Second, I'm trying to come with friends, so it's easier to have a "core" team and then add people you need on the hackathon itself.
Third, for the pitch, instead of slides, I started using just a website or app with a landing page and just telling people about the idea while going through it and showing something nice.
I guess "fake it until you can make it" mode is something we all do there :) It helps to focus on the most valuable part of the app and just hardcode authorization, multi-user support, or anything that not needed to present your idea in the end.
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do you actually program a lot during an hackathon?
in my experience, it was mostly brain storming about ideas, doing team building, preparing a pitch, rehearsing and presenting the project in "fake it until you can make it" mode
Yes, I think seventy percent of the time we're coding. I have several lifehacks to do it though.
First, I usually go there a little bit prepared with a whitelist of ideas because hackathons often list the topics or challenges way before the start.
Second, I'm trying to come with friends, so it's easier to have a "core" team and then add people you need on the hackathon itself.
Third, for the pitch, instead of slides, I started using just a website or app with a landing page and just telling people about the idea while going through it and showing something nice.
I guess "fake it until you can make it" mode is something we all do there :) It helps to focus on the most valuable part of the app and just hardcode authorization, multi-user support, or anything that not needed to present your idea in the end.