Re-Weird the Web
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👾 Re-Weird the Web - SF Hackathon 👾
Go WeIRd oR go hoMe
Ariana.dev, Entrepreneurs First & PostHog are joining forces to bring the ultimate hackathon event of SF.
People used to have fun on the internet. There were fewer trolls, bots, ads and content farms. Web creators made straight-up magical wonders. These days, everything looks like Tailwind and smells like AI, and nobody’s making real art. THAT’S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE.
Bring skill, imagination and weirdness back to product development: the only hackathon where you can make anything you want, as long as you make it WeIRd.
🏆 The Challenge - 3 TRACKS
Games: Playable, interactive experiences. Bring the most absurd game to life, where you and your friends can finally live your wildest dreams— step into Jeremy shoes & launch blue oranges to the moon, soar over seas of bugs as a hero from Ancient Mythology, or simply achieve the impossible: get your commit reviewed in under three days.
Satire & Humor: Memes, parodies, and spoofs that cut deep. Invent a Vs-code extension that randomly spawns fresh bugs following a NP-complete algorithm.
Launch the ultimate recursive grift : marketplace of markeplatce of marketplace of ... (while (true) { marketplace =${marketplace} of ${marketplace}; } ) . Because you can. & Because capitalism.
Design the utmost dystopian app: AI-generated cats in a blender. (Yes, it’s tragic. But hey, now you can afford those overpriced eggs during the next inevitable shortage.)
In short : Go wild. Make us cry. Make us laugh.Actually That’s Quite Useful: Apps that make you say “actually that’s quite useful.”
🗓️ Event Details
Date: Saturday, April 12th (9AM to 9PM)
Location : in the exceptional offices of Entrepreneurs First in the heart of SF -> in person event
Participants: 100 spots
Prizes: Plushes, Hoodies, FuN & more to come
================ Schedule=======================
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Participant check-in, team formation & first challenge step
9:30 AM: Opening remarks & hackathon presentation
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Team registration
10:00 AM: Kickoff animation & start of the build! 🚀
14:00 AM: Sourdough Day Care by Pascale Speck
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Project submission deadline
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Team pitches (2 minutes per team)
7:00 PM – 7:15 PM: Jury deliberation
7:15 PM: Awards announcement & networking
🍱 The set-up (Teams & Food)
We’ll be providing delicious food to keep you fueled throughout the event.
Teams should consist of 3 to 5 participants, with each person required to register and be individually accepted. Put your teams here within our discord channel :
Please note, this is an in-person event, and online participation will not be available.
🎁 THE PRIZES :
FUN - ART - CREATIVITY - Curiouser & Curiouser? Welcome to Wonderland.
The Rule : You'll be provided (fake) money. You can either build. Or bet on others hard work. We are in SF after all.
So 3 ways to win
1. The Jury Price: We chose. & No before you ask. We won't accept bribery. & Yes, we might be positively convinced by cat pictures.
2. The People's price: What project has received the most "investment" from hackathon participants.
3. The Best Investor Price: Being a VC is hard. Invest the earliest. Bet on the best team. What if all crashes at the end? Don't put all your eggs in the same omelette.
🌠 Guidelines
Participants should …
Develop using JavaScript/TypeScript or Python
Make it Good Weird.
What is Good Weird?
Bad Weird: Your product is soulless, mean and corporate. It makes people’s eyes glaze over. It has bugs. |
Good Weird: Your product sparks joy. It makes your ICP smile. It has one bug, Jeremy. He’s your mascot.
Can I use AI when building at this hackathon?
Of course you can. But with taste. Don’t automate the humanity out of your project. Use AI to build something even more creative.
The JURY :
The co-founders of Ariana.dev : Anicet Nougaret & Isaline Goudeau. Come to them if you have any bugs. Or require expertise in systems programing & deep learning frameworks. Who knows what you'll be building up there.
The AI expert & CTO of Solight : Valentin De Matos
The AI-Researcher & Avatar expert : Karthik Ragunath Ananda Kumar. Ask him anything you want about speech & lip synch. He is your man.
The ultimate mentor you wish you met sooner: Keyur Shah. From IoT to UX, from entrepreneurship to UX he has seen it all.