I’ve personally seen hackathons won by backend-ish things, such as a recommendation engine and a command line tool. The author’s idea of a hackathon is Shark T

I’ve personally seen hackathons won by backend-ish things, such as a recommendation engine and a command line tool. The author’s idea of a hackathon is Shark Tank. There’s more to hackathons (execution) than the idea and visual at the end.