$ manifesto
the internet forgot about hackathons
every weekend, somewhere in the world, people are building incredible things in 48 hours. they ship projects that change careers, start companies, and push technology forward. but finding these events? still a mess of scattered tweets, random Telegram groups, and word of mouth.
we believe in open data
hackathon information should be public, structured, and easy to find. no login walls. no paywalls. no algorithm deciding what you see. just a directory of events that anyone can contribute to.
contributing should be trivial
if you know about a hackathon, you should be able to add it in 2 minutes. fork the repo, add a markdown file, open a PR. that's it. no accounts, no forms, no email verification. just a pull request.
the code stays simple
no database. no authentication. no server-side rendering at runtime. just markdown files parsed at build time into a static site. this means the project can be maintained by anyone, hosted anywhere, and will outlive any startup.
for builders, by builders
this project is for the people who show up to hackathons — the ones who stay up all night debugging, who demo half-finished projects at 4am, who learn more in a weekend than in a semester. you deserve a place to find the next one.
if this resonates with you, contribute.