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Coffee With Developers • Aug 2, 2026

What to Do About Hackathons in the Time of Agents - Mike Swift

Mike Swift

Mike Swift claims generative AI is collapsing traditional engineering swimlanes. Learn how to combat open-source code slop. Rethink the strategic ROI of your corporate hackathons.

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