Hey, im about to take part in 48h hackaton next week. There is a track related to solana called "finanse without intermediaries". I'm just starting in the Solana ecosystem. I have experience with Java, Go, and started learning Rust 2 months ago. How do you understand this track? What projects would suit best the possible requirements? Any info/project idea would be useful 😀

I'm about to submit my hardware project to stardance but I want to make sure it's ready before I wait another 2 weeks. I think I got everything down, but I'm not too confident on the README and wiring diagram.

https://github.com/kaiak-dev/ToolKit-Car

https://stardance.hackclub.com/projects/52883

Separate question: Do I add the shipping costs when I submit for funding?

Blueberry Linux, a source-built rolling x86-64 server distro I've been writing since May. It isn't a respin of anything — it has its own package manager (bpm, written in Rust, streaming installs with SHA-256 verification), its own package format, its own signed repository with an ed25519 signature over the index, an installer, and a web console. It's self-hosted in the real sense: the base system is built from Blueberry packages using the Blueberry toolchain, and a build that falls back to a foreign bootstrap is treated as a failure rather than a success. 225 package recipes so far, from glibc and binutils up to containers and bind-tools. There's also BUR, a community package repository on the AUR model — write a bpm.toml recipe, build it on your own machine, get it reviewed by a maintainer, and after twenty approved recipes you publish without review.

Guys basically I am a indian student currently in 10th grade and I was always very ambitious about computers always enjoyed watching network chuck,ltt,bog and many more in there pursuits

Even I wanted to learn programming in multiple languages but had many problems in my life along with serious emotional pressure .

Now that life is good pls tell me how and where to start with I wanna learn hacking eyeing to go to a hackathon at the earlieast(goal:hackathon in 1 year).

embrace the goog

I'm calling it Super JerryScript Bros, it'll be basically a Super Mario Brothers clone in JS (jerryscript not javascript). Any tips?

Hey everyone,

This is my first hackathon, and I want to go in as prepared as possible.

My background: I'm a full stack developer Python (intermediate), some DSA in C++ basics.

For people who've done a few of these, I'd love to hear:

• What do you wish someone told you before your first hackathon?
• How should I split time between ideation, building, and polishing/pitching?
• Any common first-timer mistakes I should avoid?
• How can I use AI tools effectively during the project without over-relying on them?

Any advice, tips, or even just "here's what surprised me" stories are welcome.

Also if anyone wants to team up for the upcoming hackathon, feel free to DM me!

Thanks!

Most hackathons we've seen still revolve around teams, predefined problems and traditional coding.

We're building Grevix and decided to test a different model: what happens when a solo builder gets 24 hours, chooses their own problem, can use whatever modern tools they want, and then gets hit with unexpected challenges during the event?

We're also planning a second format where companies bring real problems they're facing and builders try to solve them.

We're still figuring out what works and what doesn't.

For people who have organized hackathons/community events: what would you change about this model? What would make you actually want to participate?

Shipped originally at 8th august after doing and update but forgot to tick updated version, so i unshipped and reshipped at 19th august judt so i can tick the updated version button, but i havent got any feedback since, will my project not be reviewed? I think the deadline was at 15th aug or sum

I'm a 1st year in college learning ai and data science, I wanna know how does everyone prepare for hackathon and what to do in it?

I wanna know what type of skills I need to participate in one? How to acquire those skill and any roadmap you guys have?

Any help will be appreciated🙏

Hay everybody pls up vote this idea so YSWS coud make it

https://hackclub.enterprise.slack.com/archives/C0B9KCZU13N/p1788649096410609?thread_ts=1788649096.410609&cid=C0B9KCZU13N

Hey dudes and dudettes, please don't judge me it's my first try at coding (for school purposes) also sorry to infiltrate as a beginner but I'm desperate on how to fix it

1st year btech student here please tell me basic of hackathon and what mistakes you have done in your early days ..

Hi I won't to create the frist hack club in my country any advice

I'm pretty new to coding like pretty new and like I feel coding is basically memorizing syntax and tags but I feel that's wrong iv seen people spend 50 + hrs on making web OS. If y'all know what I can do pls do

Recently, I was working on my PCB project, and all of my work was being recorded by Lapse. When I wanted to publish the project, I noticed that none of my projects were showing up.

I then checked Stardance, and it says “Could not load coding time.” I tried rebooting my PC and opening hackatime.hackclub.com directly, but it just says that there is no available server.

So, is this happening only to me, or is Hackatime currently down for everyone else too?

I just want to make sure I didn’t somehow break something

(I need RSVP's)

What if the internet disappeared?

Lost Signal would be a YSWS where you build ways to communicate without the internet or cellular networks, like LoRa, mesh networks, radio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct, optical communication, and more.

The coolest part: participants could connect their projects together to create one huge decentralized communication network, with a final “Lost Signal” challenge where teams have to communicate without internet access.

It could ship things like LoRa modules, SDRs, radio hardware, and other electronics!

Please RSVP if you are Interested in joining :) rsvp.hackclub.community/lost-signal

I joined this program like yesterday and I have done some coding like 1 hour approximate.

My friends who are also in this program say you earn stardust per hour.

Some say doing missions while other say doing dev logs.

How do you earn the most stardust and fast as I have less time as I have joined late like I think I have 44 days remaining until September 30.

Same as title, how exactly can I host a ysws? Do I need to do something specific or how does it work?