Macondo
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What is
Macondo?
Macondo is a program where you design and ship personal projects, hardware or software or both. We fund your hardware parts up to $1,000 USD, give you prizes for learning how to code, and end the program with a 3 day hackathon in Bogotá, Colombia, from August 14-16.
Qualify by shipping projects to earn fruits (our points). Trade fruits for shop prizes, more hardware funding, or a free plane ticket to the hackathon.
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How Macondo works
Pick the path that fits your project. Both end at the same prizes.
1. Get an idea for a project
Hardware or software, anything you want to make.
2. Start working on it
Plan, sketch, or start building your idea.
3a. Journal your progress
Post photos, notes, and timelapses as you design.
3b. Ship it and receive a grant
Submit your design for review and we'll fund the parts, up to $1,000 USD.
3c. Earn fruits for hours of building
Cash in your build hours for fruits, then build more to earn more.
3a. Log your hours as you code
Use Hackatime to track time you code.
3b. Ship your project
Submit it for review once you're finished with your project.
3c. Earn fruits for every hour you code
Cash in your logged hours for fruits, then update it to earn more.
4. Unlock cool stuff
3D printers, laptops, tools, kits, stickers, and more, or save up for a free ticket to Bogotá.
How Macondo works
Pick the path that fits your project. Both end at the same prizes.
20 hours of building
Earn your Macondo Certificate
After 20 hours of building personal projects, you can earn an official Macondo Certificate of Completion, recognized by industry leaders.
Recognized by
Projects
Real projects built by teenagers just like you
A source port of Doom (1993) that runs inside a PDF document
By Allen, an 18-year-old from the US
Airpods liberated from Apple's ecosystem
By Kavish, a 17-year-old from India
A file converter that uses WebAssembly to convert files on your device
By Maya, a 17-year-old from Qatar
A macropad in the form of a biblically accurate angel
By Alex, a 16-year-old from the US
A game about a knight escaping a cave, haunted by his own ghost
By Ayessa, an 18-year-old from the Philippines
A two-player cooperative bomb defusal game
By Joshua, a 17-year-old from Australia
A cyberpunk-themed STM32 dev board with Bluetooth 5.1
By Nathan, an 18-year-old from Colombia
An ergonomic, wireless, split low-profile keyboard
By Shaunak, a 13-year-old from India
A sleek, cyberpunk inspired macropad
By Kai, a 17-year-old from Canada
A glowing macropad
By Raygen, a 17-year-old from the US
A high definition music player
By Marcell, a 17-year-old from Romania
A retro accessory with an 8x8 monochrome screen
By Vladislav, a 17-year-old from Russia
A powerful, yet affordable 3D printer motherboard
By Kai, a 17-year-old from Canada
An epic wearable TV head
By Nick, an 18-year-old from the US
An RP2040-based devboard with 16mb of flash memory
By Silas, a 17-year-old from the US
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