Dos and Don’ts for Winning Hackathons(ninefold.com)

19 pointsby brit20031312 anni fa6 comments

https://ninefold.com/blog/2014/10/06/dos-and-donts-for-winning-hackathons/

2 comments

It's a little annoying to see entrepreneurs and startup folks shoved into hackathons--I kind of prefer the notion of a pure technical hackathon where you're just playing with ideas, or finishing up side projects. Dealing with biz on the side, or decks or whatever, just kind of cheapens it for me.

minimaxir12 anni fa

> Do: Start with Rails

> A blog about all things Ruby & Rails by Ninefold and friends.

This post isn't very impartial.

s4sharpie12 anni fa

That's like saying, anything published in the New Yorker can only be focussed on things that happen in New York

minimaxir12 anni fa

If the New Yorker said that New York City is the best city in the United States unironically, then yes, that would be bad.

thoughtcroft12 anni fa

But it does contain useful advice

minimaxir12 anni fa

Not really. All of the advice is very generic without any causal links between winning or losing a hackathon. It's mostly an advertisement for Rails and upsell for the service.

Additionally, it appears that someone is rigging the votes to this HN submission.