{"id":15159,"date":"2013-07-16T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T07:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=15159"},"modified":"2013-07-16T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T07:30:02","slug":"hackathons-are-dead-introducing-code-in-the-dark-sept-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2013\/07\/hackathons-are-dead-introducing-code-in-the-dark-sept-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackathons are dead. Introducing Code in the Dark."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Code<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s face it. Hackathons suck. I’ve been to about a dozen of them, as a developer, as a mentor, as a jury member, and as press. Here’s what I’ve noticed.<\/p>\n

Developers just want to code, but they have to pitch a business at the end. Juries just want to meet developers, but they get stuck with some B-School student talking about viral engagement and the mobile revolution. And Sponsors – well, Sponsors, after a weekend of hocking your company, you get the stiff reward of knowing that the 3rd place winner and the runner up for best UX used your API. Congratulations.<\/p>\n

I’d been waiting for quite some time for an event that I would feel proud to organize for developers when I met the guys at TicTail<\/a>, a platform that allows anyone to build an eCommerce store in minutes. CTO Siavesh Ghorbani showed me the following video<\/a>\u00a0– it feels like a combination of that one scene from the Social Network<\/a> & a night club party – and that’s exactly what I wanted.<\/p>\n