At least for “day job” hackathons this seems counterproductive. A big part of winning support to productionize is proving to the naysayers that an implementatio

At least for “day job” hackathons this seems counterproductive. A big part of winning support to productionize is proving to the naysayers that an implementation is feasible. For example, at my current job folks are biased to complex, high-risk AI/ML approaches… Instead of figuring out an imperative solution, senior folks tend to just discard it. A hackathon is a great way to short-circuit artificial technical road blocks and win support from product and business teams to start with a simple solution.