There is a common myth in the startup world that game-changing code requires all-nighters, energy drinks, and a three-week sprint. The team at HackShack disagrees. With the launch of , they are betting on a different philosophy: constraints breed creativity.

Here is everything you need to know about the latest (and loudest) iteration of the HackShack movement. At its core, HackShack X8 is a high-intensity, low-downtime building marathon. The “X” stands for eXperimental, and the “8” stands for the magic number: 8 hours.

Unlike traditional hackathons that last 48 hours (and leave you sleeping under a desk), X8 compresses the entire lifecycle of an MVP—ideation, coding, debugging, and pitching—into a single workday.