While grinding on Pluralsight, waiting on the bench for my next contract, a familiar email notified me to do the hackathon. It had probably been the 10th time this email had come to my inbox, but I had been avoiding it. The first time I saw the announcement I was busy with my last contract and with being in the middle of lent, I was all but in the right mood to commit to doing the typical all-nighters hackathons I was used to during my university days.