In my limited experience with hackathons it's usually the most polished looking entry that wins - technical merit has little to do with it. If they built a cool

In my limited experience with hackathons it's usually the most polished looking entry that wins - technical merit has little to do with it. If they built a cool site without a line of code then who the hell cares! Were there rules or a theme for this hackathon that were overlooked for this specific entry? Article seems overly critical to me.