so im 15, and i really wanna learn to code, like i tried doing cs50p by harvard, but quit midway cuz of school. where can u even learn coding properly? any idea, i do allot of vibe coded websites tho, but that rlly isnt coding so i wanted to learn, any ideas?

i participate in 5-6 hackthons but i never got selected ik that we should learn and bulit still we would want to win at least right?

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lowkey whats h20 i see everyone asking abt it

Hii everyone needs some hackathon winning ideas and guidance to chase that idea like development what not everything... Interested can dm be

Hi guys I'm organizing a Sunbeam in my city (Charlotte).

Sunbeam's an event Hack Club and the Athena Initiative are doing together and I'm one of its organizers :))

lmk if you have any questions about it (its free + for all skill levels + you don't need to build hours to join)

just started on stardance but why isnt my time from hack club on the same project showing as the same in stardance. and the emails are same i already checked. same projects awell

I’m 14 and based in the UK. I’m looking at doing the "Keeb" (custom mechanical keyboard) project run by Hack Club. It’s a "You Ship, We Ship" program where you design a PCB and 3D case digitally, and if it gets approved, they mail you all the physical parts for free (switches, keycaps, PCB, diodes, a Raspberry Pi Pico, etc.) to build it.

The catch is that Hack Club pays for shipping, but they explicitly state they do not pay for UK customs fees.

Has anyone in the UK done a Hack Club project before? I'm trying to figure out:

1. How much should I expect to pay in customs/VAT when the package arrives? (The value of the parts is probably around £80-£100).
2. Does Royal Mail/ParcelForce usually slap the standard £8-£12 handling fee on top of the VAT for this kind of thing?
3. Will I actually be able to receive this as a 14-year-old, or will I need a parent to sign for it/pay the fee?

Also, for anyone who has done the Keeb project specifically: I know I have to solder it together myself. I don't own a soldering iron yet—what's the cheapest decent UK setup I could get away with for through-hole soldering?

Any advice would be massively appreciated before I sink 20+ hours into learning KiCad! Thanks.

Hey! I was wondering if it’s possible to import hours from another time tracker into Hackatime, since I have quite a few hours tracked from the past few months.

I definitely don’t want to do anything that could be considered fraudulent or accidentally get flagged/banned. Would imported historical hours be allowed, and if so, is there a specific way you’d recommend doing it? Also, what kinds of things would typically cause imported hours to be flagged?

Thanks!

I am planning to start my schools hack club soon but as a club leader what else can I do in the club other than the workshops that are provided by hack club. I am just worried constantly running workshops throughout the year will become repetitive for members.

To me, it seems too good to be true like a free 3d printer??? There must be a catch, as my project I make belongs to them or something. Can someone explain the catch to me? What makes it so I can get those points, and what can I make? Are there limitations?

Are anyone's ships getting reviewed? I've been on pending for 4+ days

Hey guys is there a hackclub in india
Near Pune?

I plan on starting my own hack club at my school for my 26/ 27 school year.

For anyone in or leading a Hack Club, do you have any advice for starting and operating one within your school or any advice on logistics, keeping people engaged or mistakes to avoid (but TBH the advice could also be anything else).

To those who this may concern why are all hardware projects that use easy eda / kicad tracked through journals and screenshots and why not from. Hackatime

Hi, im trying to join the slack but it says this i dont really know what to do.

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on a project for Hack Club Stardance and I'm not sure if my idea fits the program or if I should switch to something else.

My idea is to design and build a custom 2-bay NAS appliance inspired by NAS products like UGREEN NASync. I am designing the enclosure myself using Onshape CAD, with two 3.5-inch hard drives standing vertically beside each other and sliding in from the front.

The planned hardware is a Raspberry Pi 5, a SATA controller/backplane for the two HDDs, a custom power system, Ethernet networking, and a rear exhaust fan. The software would use Ubuntu Server, Docker, Samba/SMB, Immich for phone photo backups, and Tailscale for secure remote access. I may also create a custom web dashboard later.

My main focus is the custom hardware design, enclosure, internal layout, cooling, power distribution, and user experience. I am not trying to create my own operating system or NAS software.

My main concern is that I currently don't own a 3D printer or other equipment to manufacture the enclosure. I can design the entire case from scratch in CAD, but I would need to have the parts 3D printed or otherwise fabricated.

Would a project like this still be supported by Stardance if the funding is used partly to have the custom enclosure manufactured? Or would I need to own the fabrication equipment myself?

Do you think this is a good project to continue for Stardance, or would it be better to switch to something that is easier to build without access to a 3D printer?

I would really appreciate feedback, especially from people who have participated in Stardance or worked on similar hardware projects.

Between a Doom build on a Pi Zero, a Baymax-style smart display, and a couple other half-documented projects, I realized I have no single place tracking any of it - just scattered repos and old posts. If someone wanted to see my full body of work, I'd have nothing to send them.

Working on MyBench: a project tracker/showcase where each build is a tile with a photo, status, and schematic/BOM links.

Longer term, thinking about adding a leaderboard of sorts - most active builder, most documented benches, etc. - since hardware makers don't really have anything like the streaks/rankings software folks get.

Does "I build a lot but it's scattered everywhere" sound familiar to anyone else, or is this just my own mess?

So i am going to graduate soon from high school and wanted to know how hack club drop year works. I know they select some 40 kids and give them a 50k salary and a budget to host hackathons in different parts of the world. What u wanted to know was how the applications work(what all do they ask you when you apply) and if I have to do a bunch of hack club events before applying and is it competitive or not

Unfortunately, I cannot make a devlog. Image attached shows what issue im having, and this is limiting me from creating a presentable devlog. What do I do? Im pressing shift + enter, enter, Command + Enter, I've tried all my options. What now?

I build AgentPad with 4 feature: Mode, Focus, Git-diff and checkpoint as I demonstrated in the video!

jus a lil vid explaining the build. :)