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Hack Club takes to the High Seas (Changelog Interviews #620)
Dec 4, 2024
Discover the exciting High Seas initiative that encourages teens to build personal projects with cool rewards like Raspberry Pi Zeroes and MacBooks. Dive into a unique hackathon experience called Apocalypse, blending creativity and gaming in a fictional zombie universe. Learn about the development challenges faced by young coders and hear about innovative solutions like the Fly platform. The conversation also touches on AI advancements and the journey of young tech enthusiasts, sparking inspiration for the next generation of developers.
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- The High Seas initiative encourages teenagers to build personal projects by offering incentives like free hardware, fostering creativity and innovation.
- Acon's journey from participant to event organizer illustrates the importance of community engagement and gamification in enhancing project participation.
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The High Seas initiative encourages teenagers to develop personal projects by providing incentives such as free hardware and software. By logging into the Hack Club platform, participants can submit their projects to be eligible for various rewards, including devices like Raspberry Pi computers and even MacBooks. This program is an evolution of the Arcade initiative, maintaining the core idea of 'build cool stuff, get cool stuff' but with improved logistics and access to a larger community. Already, thousands of teenagers have signed up, engaging in a vibrant space for creativity and coding.
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