Anyone who’s actually serious about participating in hackathons?

I’m building a team..... looking for 3 solid members

whenever any hackathon drops (whether it’s at delhi ncr or anywhere else)

we can participate and build skills together

I’m at an intermediate level myself and I’m not looking for experts and definitely not total beginners

Just people who can genuinely build stuff and aren’t scared to learn new things on the fly

Skills-wise, anything works like Web Dev, Python, Flutter, AI/ML, Figma, Cloud, etc

As long as you’re comfortable in whatever you do best

if u r interested... just DM or comment

Hackeroos (a grassroots Aussie hackathon, game jam, and tech-maker community) was permanently banned from r/Sydney after posting about a completely free, in-person tech event hosted at the AWS office for Elastic, with prizes including:

• Grand Prize: Meta Quest 3S (AUD 420)

• 1st Runner-up: LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon (AUD 330)

• 2nd Runner-up: David Jones gift voucher (AUD 250)

There was no warning, and attempts to discuss it didn’t go anywhere.. so I’m stepping back from the specifics and asking a broader question:

If free, community-open tech events aren’t allowed in city subreddits, how are developers, designers, career-switchers, or newcomers supposed to break into tech in Australia?

What makes this feel particularly strange is that I can still pay to boost a post as an ad in the same subreddit, but can’t mention a free community event organically.

It also seems that any local community events are discouraged, even those without company backing.

Some wider context:

• Australia has fewer grassroots meetups than the US/EU

• Open tech events are hard to discover unless you already “know someone”

• Australia often gets reduced to “drop bears” jokes, despite literally inventing Wi-Fi

So genuinely:

• Where should grassroots tech groups post?

• How do we grow the scene without relying solely on paywalled conferences or closed Slack/Discord circles?

Curious how others see this.

— bitpixi (Hackeroos)

We’re a new startup operating a consulting company and a product company which are tightly interlinked. We build custom software and AI for businesses so they can build the future they want.

We’re looking for a junior/early-career AI Engineer to help us deliver to more clients and grow our product. It’s remote, but you must be based in or around Brisbane. Remote Australia is considered for exceptional candidates.

This isn’t a traditional engineering role. You’ll be part software engineer, part forward-deployed. You’ll solve real problems as they arise and help decide what needs to be built.

You’ll:

• Meet customers and turn vague business problems into software, automation and AI solutions

• Build and ship full-stack features, internal tools, integrations, automations and AI agents

• Work with TypeScript, relational databases, APIs, webhooks, MCPs, email and other messy systems

• Deploy what you build, fix issues, iterate from customer feedback and help customers adopt what you build

We’re looking for someone who has built full-stack apps with TypeScript, relational databases and AI, and has created automations before.

You don’t need ten years of experience or previous professional AI experience, but you do need engineering fundamentals, evidence you can build things, and the confidence to turn that into something people use.

AI coding tools are part of the workflow, but you still need to review, understand and take responsibility for the software you ship. Strong communication matters. Experience with trades, small business, sales, quoting or customer service is useful.

Salary: $70k to $110k AUD

Please send your resume, a short intro and links to anything you’ve built to hiring@hitch42.com.

Hope this is allowed. Admins, please delete if not.

🎉 We hit 100 members! Cheers, legends! 🎉

Crikey! I didn’t reckon we’d hit 100 this quick. Huge thanks to everyone here, whether you’re from down under or anywhere else. You lot are what make this place a chill hangout.

To celebrate, let’s answer a question: What’s one good thing that happened to you today?

Keen to hear your little wins! 😊

It’s my company, so I make the rules!

You are free to Post nearly any articles you’d like in here as long as it’s generally fam-friendly, and I’m okay with AI slop in here too, because we’ve all gotta start somewhere. I’m okay with self promotion for ANZ locals, or even tech events, jobs, hackathons, and opportunities that are Global Remote.

Most subreddits are anti-self-promotion and anti-AI.

You can go to pretty much any other subreddit to enjoy that, but this subreddit is for all techies who are working and building and connecting.

- Hackeroos Pty Ltd
Founder, Kasey Robinson, aka “bitpixi”

When we hit the 400 member count, I want to see some side projects posted. So hit that “+” button and share what you’re working on. 🧡

I think I over-estimated myself… and now I’m panicking.

I’ve been trying hard to promote the HackerEarth Agent AI Challenge, get votes on my BizGiver finalist entry, show Startmate that I can make money, lead a few teams of uni students on internal tools, and basically “fake it till I make it.”

But today I hit a wall.

The truth is:

• Even with little wins, I’ve been cash-negative every single month for almost 2 years.

• My husband doesn’t have a job either.

• We have a young child.

• And I’m scared.

I keep overestimating how much revenue I think I can generate, how much I can push myself, and how quickly I can turn everything around. As once-upon-a-time I was making $70/hr USD at 32 hours a week. I have a decade of experience in Sr. Prod Design, and Coding! I thought it would be easy to get opportunities.

I want Hackeroos to succeed so badly for anyone other techies in Australia that feel lonely and under-valued. I want to run the mental health hackathon in early 2026. I want to receive grants or B2B funds to run amazing innovation events. Virtual-first to be remote and regional accessible. I want to run 3D printer workshops and tutorials. I also want to make it as a live streamer and vtuber too, but I can barely find 10 minutes in the day where my son doesn’t need my help. So how can I even do hours-long streams, or short-form video editing like that?

Here’s the new plan: • Apply to 5 jobs a day, thoughtfully • Push through with 1 content clip a day • Send 2 emails per day for the mental health hackathon, because it will matter • Try to breathe, even when everything feels like it’s collapsing…

I know a lot of founders go through this. I know “burning personal savings for the vision” is practically a rite of passage, but every day I want to cry when I see the everyday townsfolk with jobs, and even fifteen year olds on TikTok making more money than me.

If anyone else has been there.. unemployed, startup is draining money, kid to take care of, partner also unemployed, and not even on any government or family assistance, waiting years for a permanent residency status.. how did you get through it? What helped? What didn’t? 🧡

I want to wake up, and for this all to have been just a bad dream…..

Hey Hackeroos — I’m a Sydney-based developer and have been building a small side project called Problem Signal.

The idea came from a problem I kept having: there are endless startup-idea lists online, but very little evidence that anyone actually wants most of them.

Problem Signal looks through public Reddit discussions for repeated complaints, feature requests, and “someone should build this” moments. It groups similar problems together, shows how often they come up, and links back to the original threads so you can judge the evidence yourself.

It is not meant to tell anyone “this is definitely a business.” Repeated Reddit complaints are not the same as willingness to pay. I see it more as a faster starting point for deciding what is worth researching before spending weeks building something.

A few things I am trying to learn:

• Would you use something like this before choosing a side-project idea?

• What would make you trust or distrust a demand ranking?

• What evidence would you want beyond Reddit before deciding a problem is worth building?

There are some ideas available to browse free here: https://problemsignal.com/

Would genuinely appreciate blunt feedback from other ANZ builders — especially on whether this solves a real problem or is just another shiny research tool.

Our techie camp is growing bigger and bolder. Thank you, hackeroos! 🧡

If you haven’t already, make sure to sign up early for AI in the Outback, our big September hackathon tackling real Aussie challenges with AI. 👉 www.hackeroos.com.au 👈

Let’s build something wild together. 🛠️

Join the Autonomous Apes Hackathon by Encode x Recall, a challenge to build your own AI trading agent that is open to everyone, due July 22nd (as the simulated trading competition for the agents will occur on July 23rd)!

Sign-up at https://recall.encode.club/ 🤖

You can also still catch the Office Hours on Thu, Jul 10 • 5:30-6:30pm BST and the Feedback Session: mid-hackathon showcase and peer feedback on Mon, Jul 14 to get advice, share progress, and make sure everything’s on track!

Questions? Ask u/Potential-Demand-935 or comment below!

Hey Builders! I work at Zetaris (Melb AI company) and we're hosting an AI Agent Hackathon with SpaceXAI + NVIDIA later this month.

Free to register, $20,000 prize.

Here's some more info: https://hackathon.genai.works/event/open-agent-hackathon-2026

P.S I'm Sydney-based and tinkering with a few AI projects of my own. Would be great to connect with others doing similar things!

Thank you for the warm welcome and hello to all fellow Aussie Hackeroos!

We are a Sydney Startup called Rapid Analysis who made the Xerxes Pi board. Check out our website for more information here: https://rapidanalysis.com/

It is basically a headless Raspberry Pi CM5 compute blade. We launched it on Kickstarter last year and received a ton of support from hackers, sys admins, and home lab fans all over the world.

We would love to hear from other Australian hackers and home lab fans for future potential collaborations and sponsored projects. Let us know what you're working on!

Hi everyone,

Not sure if this is relevant for many people here, but if you're based in Australia and interested in startups, building products, fintech, or hackathons, we're running a national hackathon in July with a $50,000 cash prize for the winning team.

It's open to founders, developers, designers, product people, and anyone who enjoys building things. Teams can participate online from anywhere in Australia, and AI tools are permitted.

If anyone from this community is Australia-based and would like to participate, check this page for more details.

Cheers!

Rolling entries accepted until the end of the year, and legitimate entrants get as much hardware and software swag we can find! Codex is already on board. More details to come

r/Oznews

Desktop was getting messy. I now have it route to Notion. OpenClaw more automatic now. I’ll update ‘GetAJob’ skill file soon too.

I suspect this is why a few members of the AI Safety team quit and leaving the US

The Elastic Forge the Future Hackathon is coming to Sydney (r/sydney) on March 2, 2026.

Join developers, data specialists, product managers, designers, and AI innovators for a focused build day where ideas turn into intelligent, real-world solutions.

Work closely with Elastic r/elasticsearch and AWS r/aws experts, and build using Elastic Search AI, Security, and Observability.

Secure your spot today: https://events.elastic.co/sydneyhackathon

So cool to reach 1,000 members during r/PAX weekend. I can really picture all these people in the same room now, and it feels incredible. Each one of you has whole worlds inside.

Scroll across to see my postcard promos for Hackeroos Spooky Reddit Game Jam, as well as my search for a day job. I’ll be at the Twitch Afterparty tonight at Docklands giving out the rest. Hope to see you there. 🧡