hackathon teamest. 2026

a hackathon team

We dereference the impossible.

whoami

null* // a hackathon team

cat mission.txt

enter hackathons. have fun.

build weird, ambitious things

ship them anyway

./hackathons ./meet-the-pack

online
day: 0
recruiting: open

NULL*
0x00
nullptr
/dev/null
hackathon team
return NULL;
0xDEADBEEF
sudo pet cat
day zero
anyone can join
ship it

01 system

How the pack operates

Three views of the same machine. Pick a tab and watch the terminal rewrite itself.

null@pack: ~/system

# manifesto.md

01 Start from nothing. A null pointer points at nothing. That is exactly where we begin: zero hackathons, zero wins, all upside.

02 Scope to the clock. Cut features until the plan fits the weekend, then build the part that tells the story.

03 Ship the thing. A working demo beats a perfect plan. Every time.

04 Be a good teammate. Share the credit, the snacks, and the debugging.

05 Have fun. If it stops being fun, the cat leaves.

$ ./hackathon --teammates=any --sleep=optional

prepRead the rules twice. Pick tools. Decide who owns what.planPick an idea that fits the clock. Split the work.buildVertical slice first. Ugly and working beats pretty and imaginary.testEveryone tries to break everyone else's work. Findings become fixes.shipSubmit, demo, sleep. Write down what the cat learned.

# the full timeline lives on the hackathons page

02 loadout

What we bring to a weekend

BUILD_FAST

Scope like a pro

We cut features until the plan fits the clock, then build the vertical slice that tells the story.

LEARN_LOUD

Every weekend teaches

We are starting from zero, so every event is a lesson. We write it down and carry it into the next one.

CAT_POWERED

Powered by cat

Our mascot has never once been wrong. It has also never been asked. We consider this a feature.

03 learning path

Two majors, one machine

A self-paced dual curriculum: build autonomous robots, and learn exactly how they break. One shared foundation, eleven units, one capstone.

./learning-path

04 telemetry

Day zero numbers

We are starting from scratch, so these are small and honest. The last one is live and belongs to the cat.

pack size: 01
founded: 2026
hackathons: 0
bugs squashed: 0

05 under the hood

A site we would trust

This site ships a strict CSP, no trackers, and no third-party code. Run the audit and read the headers your browser actually received.

null@pack: ~/self-audit

one same-origin HEAD request. nothing leaves this site.

$ waiting for you to press the button

recruiting

The pack is open.

Anyone can join. No applications, no gatekeeping, no experience required. Message Vance on LinkedIn and say hi.

./message-vance ./meet-the-pack