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Hack Your Summer

Simon Willison · Jun 28, 2026 · Industry Trends

Hack Your Summer offers a free 4-week production sprint as an alternative to scarce student internships.

“It's a 4-week, high-velocity production sprint for undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates who want to build something real this summer.”

Simon Willison highlights Hack Your Summer, a free 4-week sprint helping students build public-facing projects amid a shortage of internships. It addresses the 2025 student internship crisis but carries little direct AI industry signal.

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