Launch Hackathon

Launch Hackathon

building a great tool on my second hackathon, but not winning a price
Launch Hackathon - building a great tool on my second hackathon, but not winning a price

Location: 

Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, USA

Duration: 

Friday, February 26, 2016 to Sunday, February 28, 2016

Journey: 

Silicon Valley

personal highlights

  1. Launch: huge hackathon with 1,500 designers and developers
  2. Gigster: main sponsor, providing remote development project teams
  3. TravelFriends: building a full stack prototype in less than two days
  4. Ruby on Rails: learning how to master some of the prototyping magic
  5. The Team: having a great time and lots of fun with two awesome guys

image sources

  1. TravelFriends landing page
  2. Hackathon @ Herbst Pavilion
  3. Exhausted, but proud team
  4. Short break at the taco bus
  5. Red Bull tower

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