MLH’s Jade Yee joins Richard in the studio this week to chat about how she got involved with hackathons, sandwiches, what non-CS / hardcore coders bring to the table, and her favorite project from HackRU: 1Deej.

And Neal’s got new hackathons from FLIR and Meteor (this weekend only), plus his first ever most epic hack of all time staffpick: SNS Payments.


http://devpost.com/software/hackru15f
http://devpost.com/software/sns
http://flir-online-hackathon-2546.devpost.com
http://meteor-2015.devpost.com/


Episode 13 | The Queen of Snacks & Hacks

First, we've got a Devpost product announcement for all the hackathon hackers. Next, Richard and Neal chat about their favorite mice, keyboards, and PS/2 input devices of yore (er, 1998). And as usual, our staff picks: Sahara and Project SAOUI.


http://devpost.com/software/sahara-s3zdw4
http://devpost.com/software/project-saoui

Episode 14 | Input / Output

It's the game episode! Why did Richard skip Playstations 2 & 3? Why is Monument Valley so cool? What's the key to making your first game? What are our favorite hackathon games (Bop It X Leap Motion and Funball? We've got the answers to all that and more.

We're also launching the new Sparkathon for weather apps with $30,000 in prizes.

http://devpost.com/software/bop-it-x-leap-motion
http://sparkathon.devpost.com
http://devpost.com/software/5chackathons15

Episode 15 |  Gamerific

This week, Richard returns from Def Hacks() with 3 tips for hackathon judges. Next, while hacking 24/7 isn’t healthy, reading is! Expand your mind with Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, Seven Eves, and Cryptonomicon or Mark Vanhoenacker’s Skyfaring. And of course, we’ve got new staff picks: Obsidio (THE SIEGE!) and AC Unsubscribr.

http://devpost.com/software/obsidio
http://devpost.com/software/acunsubscribr

Episode 16 | Reading is FUNdamental

Stuyvesant senior Caitlin Stanton joins us this week to talk about getting into programming, #BuiltByGirls, and how she started defhacks(). We've also got two great staff picks: Dry Erase Plotter & CubeBot, plus the Internet of Cows. WUT?

http://devpost.com/software/stock-market-plotter
http://devpost.com/software/cubebot

Episode 17 | Caitlin Stanton + Defhacks()

How do you bring the hacker ethos to work? What's a hacker in residence? Will Neal build a new app for hackathon judging? The answers to these questions and more (like our staff picks: Go Shift! and MovieRings) are in this week's episode of the Commit!

http://devpost.com/software/go-shift
http://devpost.com/software/movierings

Episode 18 | Hacker in Residence

Fresh off our latest employee Hackathon, Neal grills Richard about best practices for internal / company hackathons and highlights two epic 3D modeling hacks from Hack Harvard and Codestellation (3Degrees and Recall3D). 

FYI, we're working on an official API now.

http://devpost-hackathon-2015.devpost.com/submissions
http://devpost.com/software/3degrees
http://devpost.com/software/codestellation2015

Episode 19 | Internal Hackathons

MLH's Mike Swift joins us to give thanks, celebrate the end of the fall hackathon season, talk about what's coming up in the MLH hardware lab, and shout out some awesome hacks (Skin Sense, Neural Style in TensorFlow, and Oculus Bike). 

Gobble Gobble!

http://devpost.com/software/skinsense
http://devpost.com/software/neural-style-in-tensorflow
http://devpost.com/software/vr-bicycle-simulator

Devpost Commit, Episode 20 | Hacksgiving

We've got a new UX-focused hackathon for you from USDA. Then, Neal will show you how to create a digital business card with node, npm, and a little json. And finally, staff picks: DynamoUI and In the Loop.

http://lunchux.devpost.com

http://github.com/nealrs/nealrs
http://gitat.me/2015/11/26/johnkpaul/

http://devpost.com/software/dynamoui
http://devpost.com/software/in-the-loop-real-time-news-aggregating-web-app

Episode 21 | npm install yourself

In our last episode of the year, we're talking about the good & bad of hackathons, how to distribute (but also protect) your postal address, and our favorite staff picks: Ponzies & Music TV.
 
We'll see you next in 2016, so happy holidays and happy hacking!

http://devpost.com/software/cryptopostal
http://devpost.com/software/ponzies
http://devpost.com/software/music-tv-music-videos-for-the-masses-finally

Episode 22 | Last real dev podcast of 2015

On The Commit, our weekly podcast we talk about our favorite projects on Devpost, interview leading hackers & evangelists, and keep you up to date developer news. New episodes hit the street every Thursday.