> Hackathons are adrenaline-fueled chaos, great for pizza and team bonding but rarely for long-term innovation. You end up with half-baked projects that die the

> Hackathons are adrenaline-fueled chaos, great for pizza and team bonding but rarely for long-term innovation. You end up with half-baked projects that die the moment the event ends. If you’re serious about innovation, ditch hackathons and embrace intermissions instead. They don't have to be like this. I do much of my best work over 3-day HackDays that the company holds multiple times per year. Often I'll make a Proof-of-Concept during HackDays and incrementally improve it for production readiness to serve a specific overdue or upcoming need.