A HackClub competion about pitching and making interesting projects.
What do we count as interesting? In short I like Hacker News's definition: "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity". Which means you get to decide, if you find it piques your curiosity then it has a place here.
Part 1. Sign up
Any time until June 21st 2026
Part 2. Pitch & Vote
June 21st 2026 until June 28th 2026
Part 3. Make your project.
When you pitch until July 18th 2026
Part 4. Vote again!
July 18th 2026 to July 25th 2026
Part 5. Prizes and shop open.
July 25th 2026 to August 25th 2026
It's fairly simple, in the first week you'll pitch an idea.
Palatine Hill:Pitch
votingpitch
Johnathan Fraud
Then vote on pitches based on what you find interesting.
Palatine Hill:Vote
votingpitch
Johnathan Fraud
1.
Adding eval to Rust
112 points by William Daniel
2.
Doom in a PDF
97 points by vk6
3.
Hexecute: Launch apps by casting spells!
85 points by Andromeda
4.
Porting Celeste (2018) to the browser
76 points by r58
Every post will get added as a Slack thread for people to discuss, follow, and post updates.
After the first week idea submissions will close, one day after that voting will close and your points will be locked in.
Now is the time to make your project! You will be given 3 weeks with little obligations to this program
Palatine Hill:Determine an course of action
votingpitch
Johnathan Fraud
Was "Adding eval to Rust" shipped?
23 / 112
Vote closes at 6/13/2026, 4:50:46 PM
Failure is a part of learning, we get that. If you would like to pivot at any time, you can call a vote. It's up to your voters to determine if your pivot or ship is as cool or cooler then the original pitch.
Palatine Hill:Determine an course of action
votingpitch
Johnathan Fraud
Can "Adding eval to Rust" pivot to "Writing a Rust superset with classes"?
45 / 112
Vote closes at 6/13/2026, 4:50:46 PM
In either case only a majority is needed for the decision to be made.
Your final points is weighted based on how you did in three catagories.
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"Pitch Score" : 30
"Project Score" : 65
"Bonuses! Including referals." : 5
If this sounds interesting to you, RSVP to get notifed when it launches.