Hackathons and open source community

You might be a season-long veteran or a newbie to hackathons, but if you were asked what a hackathon is what would your answer be? You could resemble the idea with a marathon and hacking. Now the follow-up question would be to define “hack”. Hack could mean a lot of things; a programming language developed by Meta, a possible tag in a comment in programming, an open-source typeface designed for source code editing, a domain name that suggests a word, phrase, or name, an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem, Hack (computer security), and the most obvious one is to break into computers and computer networks. In this discussion, we will use the meaning “an inelegant but effective solution to a computing problem”. A hackathon is a gathering of individuals who work together to solve a specific problem in a collaborative setting. The flexibility to be creative is what makes the hackathon model successful. Tech gurus are free from traditional development restrictions, such as employing a certain approach or adhering to organizational policies. Throughout this discussion, we will try to look at how a hackathon could enhance community engagement in open-source projects and communities.

A newbie, a senior engineer, a Dev Rel, a founder, a CEO, or any nontechnical person might be in the audience. In almost 40 hackathons, I took part as a hacker, organizer, mentor, and judge. I've personally witnessed people go from knowing nothing about coding to being code heroes in about 48–72 hours at hackathons. Contributions will be enjoyable and useful because of the freedom to be inventive and the lack of the usual development constraints seen at hackathons. I think that hackathons could be used to tackle the majority of open-source project problems. where hackers compete to create solutions under a set time limit in a pleasant setting. I think the guests could learn a lot about leveraging their communities through hackathons. I'll also share personal stories and experiences that could help attendees get in-depth knowledge.