Hackathons: A Comedy of Errors, Sleep Deprivation, and Unforgettable Memories

Have you tried explaining a Hackathon to someone who’s not a developer or a student?

No really, thinking back to my first Hackathon, Hack the North 2017 in the University of Waterloo, I’m not sure how I’d explain it to family and friends.

I was with 1000+ sweaty strangers with their laptops, stuck in the same building on campus, coding straight for 36+ hours without sleep, sustained solely by Soylent and caffeine chocolates. Then we present the abomination of a …

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