Yes, I enjoyed Hackathon-like things in college, but there is something to be said about youth and youthful exuberance there.<p>I&#x27;m also at the point where the sorts of things I do that meet the Hackathon role in my life at this point, particularly because I think they should fit spare time and not eat up my focus or impact my day job, I&#x27;m tending towards at least a fortnight deadline (two weeks) and often more like month (things like NaNoWriMo in particular have captured my attention). I do think that is a bit more sustainable. I&#x27;ve also sort of tried to brainstorm up for what I think a good sustainable &quot;jelly&quot; (slower than a &quot;jam&quot;) might be and it would probably be something like fortnight sub-milestones towards a month or two project. Of course, I&#x27;m still not sure how you keep that from feeling like an unpaid internship, but maybe I&#x27;ll figure that out at some point.