🚨 Hackathons are everywhere — you just don’t know it yet.

Hey, I’m Keanu. Before uni, I had zero clue hackathons even happened in the UK — let alone near me up north in Sheffield. I thought they were mystical, scrappy events that only happened in America or in San Francisco. But once I stumbled into my first one (accidentally won it lol), I was hooked.

5 hackathons later, I've travelled to several unis, pulled all-nighters coding with groups of strangers I barely knew, and twice won prizes with our half-baked apps.

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Lately I’ve been stumbling across so many hackathons. I keep spamming my hackathon friends on Discord like “yo this one looks sick, you in?” — but honestly, I’ve lost track of who I’ve told what, and it’s turning into chaos.

So this is why I've started Hackathon Radar.​
It’s a weekly-ish newsletter for students like you — people who want to build cool stuff fast, learn weird and wonderful things, and maybe win a few hackathons — or at least come back with cool memories, better skills, and a half-working app.

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Every issue includes:

• 🚀 Upcoming UK & EU hackathons you should totally apply to
• 🧠 Tips, tricks & survival guides
• 📓 Behind-the-scenes diaries from the hackathon trenches (sometimes there are pizza reviews)

This is the kind of thing I wish I had when I was starting out. So if you’re into hacking, coding, competing, travelling, or just doing techy things with cool people, smash your email in the box below.

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Let’s go build weird stuff and maybe win some swag.
Catch you in your inbox.
– Keanu 🤘