over 11 years ago

Speed Hack Cheat Sheet

Hi there,

We are excited to welcome you to the Speed Hack. Here is your cheat sheet with the most important info:

Logistics:

We will publish the 8 challenge descriptions on the main Speed Hack site at 11:15am -- That is 30 minutes before we kick-off the Speed Hack:

The Speed Hack kicks off sharply at 11:45am in the room of the Developer Track (Track 3).
Winners will be announced and prizes awarded at 4:25pm on main stage (see APIStrat Schedule: http://www.apistrategyconference.com/2014Chicago/schedule.php
During Speed Hack we will have food, drinks, music and nerf guns.

Challenge submissions:

We use IRC as a communication tool during the Speed Hack. For this, download an IRC client like Colloquy for Mac (http://colloquy.info/) or mIRC for Windows (http://www.mirc.com/).
The channel is #apistrat on irc.freenode.net You can also use the web interface http://webchat.freenode.net/

Judging process:

Submit your challenge to the related challenge judge. Submission form will be provided during Speed Hack.
The judge will then find you at your table to assess your solution.
You then get either a “pass” or “fail.”
At the end of the Speed Hack, judges will distribute their 5 extra points and also the Speed Hack committee will give extra points (see summary of scoring system at end of this cheat sheet).

Provided APIs:

We recommend to get developer accounts from the portals of the 8 challenge providers beforehand and also to have a look at their APIs. Below is the list:

Wifi

Summary of Rules:

Every challenge is binary: either pass (1 point) or fail (0 points).
In addition every API provider can give away up to 5 points at her/his discretion.
Teams can choose which challenges they tackle, in which order and how many.
There are extra points available to collect. See below.
The team that collects most points at the end of the Speed Hack Challenge will be the winner!
In case of a tie in points, the teams will have to solve a special tie-break challenge on the spot.
Extra points:

2 extra points if a team comes dressed up as something (a clown nose is not enough).
1 extra point in total for most original and funny team name.
2 extra points for an API song or rhym performed on stage by the team (max 2 points per team).
2 extra points in total for the team which successfully completes all challenges first.