I&#x27;ve never been a fan of &quot;hackathons&quot; for long term projects going back a number of years.<p>That said, the group I am part of, we regularly engage in focused &quot;hackfests&quot;, where there is a clear goal, people work together, and a lot gets done in 3-5 days.<p>Is it always complete, no, but for solving spot problems, short term deep dives can be great.<p>Generalizing that, as hacktahons try to, there will be some interesting successes, but that won&#x27;t be the norm.