Saturday, May 26, was a hot day, about 26 degrees. It was the day we had chosen for our hackathon. “Hackathon” is composed of the words “to hack”: using technology for something it was not originally designed for, and “marathon”: to keep going. Our hackathon was only 12 hours, more usual is 24 or 36 hours. At 10 o’clock the first people arrived at our premises in Bussum. Coffee and tea were waiting for them in the lounge. Our coffee machine had arrived the day before. After we
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