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How I won a Facebook hackathon without a line of code (2014)

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Re: How I won a Facebook hackathon without a line of code (2014)

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The title of this post is misleading. A few paragraphs in he writes: "I quickly began to write Arduino code to simulate a failing BBU. I also wrote some code that acted as a DAC to take in the signals from the BBU."

Should really be titled "How I won a Facebook hardware hackathon"

Re: How I won a Facebook hackathon without a line of code (2014)

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post #2

The title of this post is misleading. A few paragraphs in he writes: "I quickly began to write Arduino code to simulate a failing BBU. I also wrote some code that acted as a DAC to take in the signals from the BBU." Should really be titled "How I won a Facebook hardware hackathon"

The final demo didn't include any code. Writing the code for the arduino was a waste of time in terms of what we actually build. The main part of the post was about the pivot and how we won with a simplified codeless solution

Re: How I won a Facebook hackathon without a line of code (2014)

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post #2

The title of this post is misleading. A few paragraphs in he writes: "I quickly began to write Arduino code to simulate a failing BBU. I also wrote some code that acted as a DAC to take in the signals from the BBU." Should really be titled "How I won a Facebook hardware hackathon"

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Re: How I won a Facebook hackathon without a line of code (2014)

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post #2

The title of this post is misleading. A few paragraphs in he writes: "I quickly began to write Arduino code to simulate a failing BBU. I also wrote some code that acted as a DAC to take in the signals from the BBU." Should really be titled "How I won a Facebook hardware hackathon"

The final demo didn't include any code. Writing the code for the arduino was a waste of time in terms of what we actually build. The main part of the post was about the pivot and how we won with a simplified codeless solution

Why is this being downvoted? It is clear, brief, on topic, and provides key information to clarify any confusion as to the headline.

Re: How I won a Facebook hackathon without a line of code (2014)

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post #2

The title of this post is misleading. A few paragraphs in he writes: "I quickly began to write Arduino code to simulate a failing BBU. I also wrote some code that acted as a DAC to take in the signals from the BBU." Should really be titled "How I won a Facebook hardware hackathon"

Keep reading, it says just below that they got rid of that design.