I really don&#x27;t get the &quot;hackathon&quot; thing. I hear people refer to them, and they are supposedly popular, but I&#x27;ve never heard about one happening in real life or had any conversation about one with anyone in the industry. If people I know are participating in these things they sure are keeping mum about it. Where do hackathons come from? Where do they happen? Who organizes them? How do people hear about them? Or is this just another media-hype bubble over nothing?