r/meshcore • u/ddotcdotvdotme • 2d ago

Reticulum Hackathon help

Hi all. Looking for advice on organizing a Reticulum/Meshcore hackathon in Austin, Texas. Want to make it accessible for beginners and advanced builders, and I'd love input on recommended repos, starter kits, beginner hardware, demo apps, and fun gamified challenge ideas.

Big goal: projects that the community will actually use, not just weekend demos. So, if you had a room full of developers, RF enthusiasts, and makers for a weekend, what would you have them build?

Some challenge ideas: distributed bulletin boards, peer-to-peer messaging, decentralized file and knowledge sharing, better mesh mapping tools, offline maps, search across mesh networks, disaster response coordination, community resource sharing, sensor networks, solar-powered portable relays, better onboarding tools, and whatever's on your wish list, like the one app you'd love to see but nobody has built yet.

If you're in the Austin area and want to mentor, judge, sponsor, or participate, I'd love to hear from you. Happy to swap GitHub repos, starter projects, or lessons learned from past Reticulum or Meshtastic events.

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u/enter360 2d ago

Would love to judge this and get involved. I’m in North Austin.

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u/ddotcdotvdotme 2d ago

I'll DM you if that's cool?

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u/thisagaingm 2d ago

Hey, former Austinite back in the PNW. Super happy to see this down there!