Journal · HackWithPune
Notes from the builders’ table.
Essays on how a city builds: communities, hackathons, open source and the road from prototype to company.
Featured · Manifesto
4 min read
Why a city needs a builder network, not another club
Talent in Pune is abundant and scattered. The missing piece is not another society; it's the connective tissue between them.
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Craft · 5 min
What makes a hackathon worth running
Most hackathons end with a leaderboard and a group photo. A good one ends with something still running a month later.
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Open source · 4 min
Open source as a career ladder
A merged pull request is a better signal than a certificate, and anyone can earn one.
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Startups · 5 min
From prototype to company in a city that rarely tells you how
The hardest step between a good demo and a real company is knowing who to talk to next.