Rays for good on HackDay Ulyanovsk: Report on the event

September 15 in Ulyanovsk ended HackDay # 28Which gathered in one place 90 participants and produced 19 prototype projects developed in 48 hours. Also, all participants can take part in an educational program and expert sessions. The event was attended by the heads of IT-companies of Ulyanovsk, speakers from St. Petersburg, Moscow and San Francisco.

# 28 HackDay results were presented in Ulyanovsk regional business incubator. Several projects have been noted on the results of Hackaton:

• «.Sense» - a miniature breathalyzer for smartphones, which can always carry with them, designed to help drivers quickly determine the level of alcohol in the blood.

«HackDay was very cool! Put a record performance in the first day, yet never a day from an idea to a project of this complexity, a working prototype did. Format "→ idea of ​​a prototype in 48 hours" cool. Thanks to the organizers and all those who participated! Many interesting, good projects, many waiting, I'll use. "- Basil Zhuravsky, Project Manager

• «Hydra Router» - firmware for the router, which will help ordinary users to detect attacks on the router to protect against espionage programs, encrypt traffic and prevent DDoS-attacks from infected devices.

"48 hours of kindness, whose rays pierced us from head to toe, were introduced into the consciousness of reality and changed. Come out here because of the keyboard on the street, inhale the cool autumn wind, and it seems that no one you can not stop that coming back now, washed down feature, run and no one can call you this offensive word "loser". Hmm... I have suffered. In general, everything we liked it :) Thank you for such a useful event! "- Mikhail Dronov, head of the project.

A separate prize from the sponsor HackDay # 28 of Aviasales.ru, received project «SMM Advisor». The project is recognized as the best in the nomination "The best project in the Ruby». In this nomination the projects were evaluated on the quality of the code and a stack of technologies used. The winner received a Kindle.

The participants also received a license for the software products of the company JetBrains and tickets for RailsClub conference in Moscow.

A little behind the scenes in the small video report about the event ↓

Among the experts who participated: Nikolai Fetyukhin (MST Digital Agency), Ruslan Fazlyev (Ecwid), Camille Kallimulin (ITM), Cyril Mokevnin (Undev.ru), Michael Kechinov (Coffeelab) and Natalia Burin (500 Startups). So that each participant could get individual advice and feedback on the draft.

«HackDay Ulyanovsk appeared truly a landmark event for the city, since it is not only able to gather under one roof, around a hundred people, who decided to sacrifice their own free time, but also helped them realize their projects, many of which do have a future. "- Cyril Mokevnin, Undev.ru

HackDay this fall will be held in Novosibirsk and Moscow. Follow the news on the site hackday.ru.

Website:http://hackday.ru/events/hackday-28

Organizers: Studio Michael Kechinova, GC ITM, Undev.ru

Sponsor:Aviasales.ru

Partners: Ulyanovsk regional business incubator, the Corporation for Enterprise Development of the Ulyanovsk region

Contacts: Mikhail Kulakov (St. Petersburg), +7 964 329 67 71, [email protected]; Alexander Afanasyev (Ulyanovsk), +7 905 036 26 January, [email protected]