# hackday

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## Running a Hack Day

DevFeed: [Running a Hack Day](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/running-a-hack-day-25972.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/snapp-mobile/running-a-hack-day-9b682cb970d2?source=rss-8efc0359e234------2>)

Author: Jossi Wolf

Published: 2020-12-01T20:46:31Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Stories by Jossi Wolf on Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stories-by-jossi-wolf-on-medium.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [hack-days](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hack-days.md>), [hackday](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hackday.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [stories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stories.md>), [team-building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team-building.md>), [teamwork](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teamwork.md>)

### AI overview

The article explains what a hack day is and discusses how it can help developers break from routine work, learn, collaborate across teams, and build connections. It also compares hack days with 20% time and notes that the two approaches can complement each other.

### Source excerpt

Recently, some clients asked us about our opinion on a newly released framework. To get a better idea of it, we ran an internal hack day -- here's how! Stay tuned for the second part about our experiences with running Jetpack Compose hack day! What's a Hack Day? Basically, a hack day is a one-day event where you can work on whatever. This is awesome for exploring a new technology or just doing something different once in a while! There are no rules except for that what you're doing should probably be kinda related to your work, but it doesn't have to be! Why you should run a hack day There are lots of reasons to love hack days -- I'll focus on a few. The benefits will always be a different depending on your company, team and the tech you are working with. It helps people break out of day-to-day work life A hack day can enable working with different people and build connections If you do it right, people will be able to relax a bit A fun breakout First off, hack days are a great thing to break out of day-to-day dev life. Project fatigue gets everyone after a while. Maybe the work is not mundane or boring, but working on exactly the same thing every day can get tedious. The longer you work on a project, the harder the challenges become and the longer the cycles of success/no success become. On a hack day, you will be working on something entirely different, without any expectations. This makes it a lot easier to learn, takes some pressure off and can be very satisfying. Teamwork!Teamwork Since a hack day is a defined space and time for folks to work on something, this makes working together a lot easier -- you're there anyway! Working on something alone can be nice, and maybe that's exactly what somebody is looking for. For others, learning together is a lot more fun and more memorable. Interacting with folks from different teams In our case, we had people working together who normally work on different projects. This helps create connections and makes the team grow toge