An Edmonton-based initiative is bringing coders across the world together. The CODEVID-19 Hackathon is based on the typical “hackathon”—where developers spend 24 hours working on one collective idea. “No sleep.
We just want to see how much a website or video game we can get done,” said software developer and co-founder Mandy Meindersma.
Meindersma, along with three other developers at the Dev Edmonton Society, decided to put the same spin on a COVID-19-focused event. “We wanted to see how many positive things we could make to help people survive and manage the pandemic,” said Meindersma. “The name… just kind of fit perfectly.” CODEVID-19 launched on March 16, 2020 and within the first week, reached 1,000 collaborators.