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Preptember is here!! Plan a Fest for your local community.

Jess Lee on September 01, 2026

September marks the official start of Preptember, a month dedicated to organizers planning local gatherings and getting ready for Hacktoberfest. ...
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Tejas Nasre •

I am excited to host hack day in Ngp waiting for approval

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Jacklyn Biggin Major League Hacking (MLH) •

we're approving applications as fast as we can! there's a lot to get through, but i promise we're working on it!

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Sina Rezaei •

I like the idea of making local community events more accessible, especially because you don't necessarily need a big team or a big budget to get people together. But I think the interesting part starts after people show up.

For me, a good developer event shouldn't only be about talks, networking, or listening to someone explain a technology. It should create a path from 'learning โ†’ building โ†’ testing โ†’ sharing.'

Even a small meetup can be valuable if someone leaves with a working prototype, a new idea, a GitHub repository, or simply a problem they want to solve next.

That's also why I like the Hack Day format. A few hours of actually building something can sometimes teach you more than several hours of presentations.

Community becomes much more interesting when people don't just consume knowledge from each other, but actually create something together.

That's where an event can become more than an event. It becomes part of someone's development path.

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ANIRUDDHA ADAK •

Excited for this year's Hacktoberfest!

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Rosana •

Brilliant writing thank you!

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DevOps Daily •

Sounds fun! Are there going to be PR challenges again this year, similar to previous years? ๐Ÿ‘€

Something like this: devops-daily.com/hacktoberfest

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vmodal_ai •

Great, can we include v-modal AI for the free SDK access

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wasim Ahsan •

Very Excited

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Henry •

Love this initiative! At The Printing World, we'd love to host or print customized box packaging and stickers for local events like this. Swag and community meetups are always a great pairing.