![]() Pitch and VoteĪs the 24 hours drew to a close, it was time to ready up our projects and prepare to pitch. We would spend some of our time around the pizza table grabbing slices whilst catching up and discussing what project we were working on. 40 in total were ordered and delivered to the office, along with an undefined number of Club Mates and beers. There is only one scientific way to bring large groups of people together, and that is pizza. A good time to mingle with other engineers whilst working on something that you normally wouldn’t during working hours. It’s important to keep in mind that hackathons aren’t defined by how much code one can write within a set period. Most teams pretty much competing for the most humorous name that they can think of, and they didn’t disappoint. ![]() This is the distinguishing moment am I right? Sarcasm aside, this is the part that really adds character to a hackathon. Choose your team nameĪh yes, the most important part of any hack day. ![]() We also had ideas to build mobile apps to allow users to manage their tasks (even while in the bathroom) or bring the Alasco web application over to a different framework such as Remix (because why not). On the one hand we had initiatives to reduce areas of tech debt and bring legacy code to a more modern standard. The sky truly was the limit.Įvery idea was accepted, regardless of how crazy it sounded. Brick by Brick brought engineers and designers together from 5 different teams, who often don’t get to work alongside one another, to just go all out with their creativity. Home to 40 engineers from 20 different nationalities, it was time for Alasco to build a hackathon around such a diverse set of people. Following the spirit of Hackathons, this year we adapted and evolved the company hack day and birthed into the world Brick by Brick. ![]() You may be asking, what was so special about that time? Why was today not so normal?Ģ4 hours of limitless freedom to create, play and present ideas that may go nowhere - or that might just help Alasco impact the world further. Eyes were fixated on the clock, waiting for it to strike 3pm. The 12th of May 2022, a normal day for some but not for the Product and Engineering team who were situated either at home or on the 4th floor. ![]()
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