As fast as they fell in love with them, cities have begun to dump hackathons.
The rapid-fire coding events generated big buzz over the past few years from municipalities looking for new ways to modernize their technology infrastructure. When it became clear that the events did not produce the overnight results many hoped for, even CityLab wondered, "Are Civic Hackathons Stupid?" At the time, a former chief technical officer of Seattleclaimed that they were actually "becoming counterproductive" tools for municipalities.
Image: Wikimedia's annual development community meet-up — the Wikimedia Hackathon — was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2013. // Flickr user Sebastiaan ter Burg
