Love creating stuff on your computer and LOVE baseball? Come hack with us on March 21, 2020 at your local hackathon!
Baseball Hack Day is an annual on-site, in-person hacking event (also known as hackathon, hack fest, code fest, or code party) where area baseball fans come together and create baseball-related projects to compete in a fun, friendly, one-day competition. Come with your laptop computer and your ideas or open mind!
Born in Boston spring of 2012, Baseball Hack Day is a grass-roots, open-sourced movement, held at the same day at different locations all around the world. The goal of the day is to bring creative tech minds into one room, and see what they can produce within a limited time. The project could be (but is not limited to) a tool, simple web app, mobile app, web site, or data visualization.
This event is based on the principal of the original the Hack Day Manifesto and will always be free to attend, thanks to our generous sponsors. We are run by volunteers, pro bono, labor for love, and we’ll never be for-profit. We follow contributor-covenant-style code of conduct.
New to hack days? Have no fear. This is a hackathon of developers and designers of all levels. See past submissions to get an idea. See our resources in github wiki, check out our inspiraton blog on tumblr, join us on our slack discussion, and follow us on Twitter @BaseballHackDay
Eligibility
To be eligible, you do need to be on-site at one of our locations on March 21.
The majority of your coding must happen during the event. Some work done prior to the event is allowed, but it should be disclosed at your demo. Ideas that are compact and executable in one-day format are encouraged, and we will reward teams that recognize this time constraint.
When time is up, you will have short show-and-tell and demo time (3 to 5 minutes, depending on how many projects there are). Judges also will come around during the event and you are encouraged to tell them about your projects at that time.
Requirements
Prototypes/mockups for demo are OK, but working websites or mobile apps are strongly encouraged.
Prizes
Baseball Hack Day Grand Prize Winner
Boston Winner
Boston Runner-up
Toronto Winner
Toronto Runner Up
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Multiple Judges
Judging Criteria
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Creativity/Originality
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Design/Presentation
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Execution/Functionality
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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