GitHub's "For the Love of Code" hackathon celebrated creative side projects built purely for fun, with over 300 developers participating. Winners across five categories included innovative projects like a DIY plane tracker using Adafruit hardware, a terminal-based karaoke app, a '90s web nostalgia simulator, an AI-powered interactive résumé, and a rhythm game that turns debugging into music. Many participants leveraged GitHub Copilot to accelerate development, refactor code, and overcome technical challenges. All category winners received 12 months of GitHub Copilot Pro+.
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Meet the winners: Open source experiments, AI side projects, and moreButtons, beeps & blinkenlightsTerminal talentWorld wide wondersAgents of changeGame onEverything but the kitchen sinkThese projects show what’s possible when we let our curiosity take center stageShoutout to the makersTags:Written bySort: