One epic weekend. Zero sleep. Infinite regret. This August the workshop turns into the Hogwarts School of AI Wizardry — an Okay Boys production with no budget and all vibes, where spells are prompts and magic is machine learning.
HOTATHON runs Friday, August 7 through Sunday, August 9, 2026 — a full weekend hackathon on 20 acres east of Austin. On the syllabus: a LAN party, an ice bath dunk tank, real AI wizardry, a healthy dose of chaos engineering, questionable food, and the founding principle that sleep is for muggles.
Whether you're shipping an agent, casting your first prompt, or just here for the code brew — come build with us.
Every abyss begins with a choice. Every Hotathon follows the arc the veterans know by heart: the summoning, the preparation, the master plan that will not survive contact with reality, the first beautiful lines of code, the false confidence, and the slow, inevitable crossing into the unknown. Survivors of Spookython 2024 and 2025 know the drill.
Hydrate (with caffeine). Eat (pizza). Commit (often). Sleep (never). And above all — be excellent to each other.
The abyss awaits. The quest continues!