150 teens, 44 hours, and 40 ships — Apocalypse is the largest high-school hackathon in Canada, and I’m proud to be part of the team that made it happen.
We gathered 150 high school students from across Canada & beyond at Shopify’s Toronto office and tasked them to build whatever they wanted to survive a zombie apocalypse, within 44 continuous hours.
It was a chaotic weekend filled with loads of hardware, custom swag—including a custom card game and PCB badge—and our own economy of bottle caps that evolved into something we didn’t expect. You should check out the wild projects that were shipped, they’re really cool.
Apocalypse was an ambitious, one-of-a-kind event. Watch the recap.
Much thanks to Hack Club, Shopify, the amazing organizing team I was able to work with, and our participants for making this event remarkable.
P.S. I want to bring these events to more places. I’m now leading Counterspell Ottawa, the first high school in-person hackathon in Ottawa. Check out our site at https://counterspell.hackclub.com/ottawa.