A hackathon inside a moving Kochi metro turns 100 builders into a rolling venue
paw_lean · x · 2026-07-23
A hackerthon was reportedly held inside a moving metro in Kochi, turning a train into a three-hour builder venue.
- The quoted post says the event had 100 builders and 10 mentors.
- More than 1,000 people applied, and only 100 were selected.
- Participants hacked on laptops while the Kochi metro kept moving, with everything happening over the train’s own Wi‑Fi.
- The poster uses it as a playful proof that you can just bring people together in transit and “Codex anything.”
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