What really happens at a 48-hour hackathon

Hackathons are much more than continuous coding and zero sleep; they are invention marathons where developers, students, and beginners build real projects. In this short documentary, participants and organizers share how hackathons foster lifelong friendships, teach failure-driven learning, and lower the bar to building software. Watch to see how trial, error, free pizza, and tools like GitHub Copilot help turn raw ideas into working applications. #Hackathon #GitHub #GitHubCopilot Stay up-to-date on all things GitHub by connecting with us: YouTube: https://gh.io/subgithub Blog: https://github.blog X: https://twitter.com/github LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/github Insider newsletter: https://resources.github.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/github TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@github About GitHub It’s where over 180 million developers create, share, and ship the best code possible. It’s a place for anyone, from anywhere, to build anything—it’s where the world builds software. https://github.com