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		npteljes 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The demo scene is dying, but that's alright Guilty, I never have been! But, if you contrast it with a hackathon, the objective of the event is the showing off part, not the preparation part. Prep is at least months of work. Whereas the point of a hackathon is to create somethere during the event.

magicalhippo 5 months ago [–]

Yeah I was just reminded of the panicked coding I witnessed at the events I went to.

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