Have you ever been at a hackathon and seen a profoundly useless or terrible project? this is like that, but for EVERY project. hardware, software, tupperware, vaporware - we're open to just about anything.

create ​teams of 1-3 people. we recommend forming teams before the event, though there will be an opportunity to find teammates during hacking time. pre-formed teams will have more time to develop their terrible ideas!

Requirements

  • github repo that runs
  • a half-a$$ demo

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$300+ in prizes
+ other prizes
most over-engineered solution to a non-problem
$100 in cash
1 winner

most meme-able
$100 in cash
1 winner

chaewon's choice
$100 in cash
1 winner

beautiful disaster
1 winner

prize for most aesthetically pleasing, ultimately useless project

most cursed
1 winner

bizarre, weird, and funny solution

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Judges

Maya Lekhi

Maya Lekhi
Microsoft

Jeff Nguyen

Jeff Nguyen
Amazon

Aidan Ouckama

Aidan Ouckama
CS Tiktoker

Judging Criteria

  • useless
  • weird
  • questionable
  • ugly
  • funny
  • stupid

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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