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This post is for young developers, students or anybody who is interested in Hackathons. If you don't know what a hackathon is, it is a competition for programmers. Something like a programming marathon. Why there is a "hack" instead of programmingthon or something? Well, this is my personal opinion, in hackathons, they don't expect you to hack like illegally. The idea is to do something fast and not the way someone normally do. Normally for hackathons, you get around 24 to 48 hours to build something (maybe weeks depending on the event). In order to build something that fast, you gotta use some tricks, or tweak a little than what people normally do. What do I know about hackathons to write about them? Well, I don't like to brag about myself but yeah I've participated into number of local and international hackathons and won few prizes as well. So I would know a thing or two about them :) As a developer I love hackathons for many reasons. 1. Food! ...