BUMP to sign up for this week's Friday Hacks, the LAST FH of the semester! Enjoy some technical talks and treats to unwind from all your submissions and exams :D

🎄🎁 NUS Hackers Advent of Code (AoC) Challenge is back! 🎁🎄

Advent of Code 2025 starts in 2 days (1st Dec, 1pm SGT)! 🎉

❄️ What is Advent of Code?

Advent of Code (AoC) features a series of fun daily programming puzzles released from 1st to 12th December (1pm SGT everyday)

This is NOT a competition so just come hang out, solve cool problems, learn something new, and maybe even try a new programming language! 🎅💻

Join our Discord (https://discord.gg/g34UWCS4) to learn more:

- #what-is-aoc - what AoC is all about
- #aoc-chat – discuss the daily puzzles
- #aoc-solutions – share your solutions

🎁 Goodies!

In the spirit of giving, we’ve prepared goodies 🤫 for 15 randomly drawn participants!

To be eligible:

- 🎄 Join the NUS Hackers private leaderboard
- 🧑‍💻 Set your leaderboard name to your GitHub username / real name
- ⭐ Earn ≥ 10 stars by 12th Dec (max 2 stars/day)

Private leaderboard code: 5179521-c0a2bb99
Join here: https://adventofcode.com/2025/leaderboard/private

Happy hacking and see you all on the leaderboard! ☃️🎄🧑‍🎄

🎲 This January, ROLL for initiative! 🎲

Stay tuned for exciting news coming VERY soon... 👀

⚔️ Face the Ultimate Challenge ⚔️
This 17-18 January 2026, enjoy yourself to a weekend of thrilling hacks.
Registration opens 15 December at https://hacknroll.nushackers.org/

The Quack's Outta the Bag 👀
Registration opens on Monday 15 December at https://hacknroll.nushackers.org/ - that's ONLY TWO DAYS FROM NOW!

🦆-1: ⏰️ It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN to Hack&Roll 2026 Registration Open! ⏰️
Only one question remains: ARE. YOU. READY?

Head on to https://hacknroll.nushackers.org/ TOMORROW 15 December if you don't wanna miss the action 👀!

If you're seeing this, admin is sick and sleeping in bed, no reels fully cooked yet 🤒

BUT REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN hckr.cc/hnr26-tele 🔥🔥🔥

🛠 Registrations for Hack&Roll 2026 are now open ❗️🎉

The 15th edition of the largest student-run hackathon in Singapore is back! Sign up now for 24 hours filled with lots of free food 🍕, games 👾, and most importantly, lots of FUN! 🔥🔥🔥

Date: 17-18 Jan 2026
Location: NUS University Town

Build anything you want – and stand to win prizes from many categories! Click this link to registration form to sign up! Slots are limited, and registration closes on 22 December, 10am, so what are your waiting for?

See you (and your hacks) there! 👋

Organized by NUS Hackers

🚨HACK&ROLL 2026 REGISTRATION CLOSES TOMORROW, MONDAY 22 DECEMBER at 10AM!🚨

Make sure you've completed the registration form FULLY to confirm your application's submission! You should see the screen above once you've submitted after clicking the 'Sign Up' button on the homepage.

NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ENTERTAINED, SO CHECK NOW! Don't say we bo jio 👀!

🚨 HACK&ROLL 2026 REGISTRATION CLOSE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR! 🚨
Share to ALL your friends who haven't heard the news and tell them to sign up at hckr.cc/hnr26-tele NOW!

Hack&Roll 2026 Application Results are out!

Hi everyone! The wait is over - Application results for Hack&Roll 2026 have been sent to your emails. You may start forming your own teams on the dashboard. Applications are on an individual basis, you may choose your teams from accepted participants.

We were blown away by the number of applications this year. While we wish we could accept everyone, space constraints meant we had to make some tough decisions.

Please continue to stay posted for updates to your application on the dashboard at https://participant.hacknroll.nushackers.org/!

🎄✨Advent of Code 2025 Raffle Winners ✨🎄

Hey everyone! In the spirit of giving this Christmas, we’ve conducted a raffle for participants of the NUS Hackers Advent of Code 2025 🎁

Just as a reminder, anyone who:
- Joined the NUS Hackers private AoC leaderboard, and
- Earned ≥ 10 ⭐ by the end of the event
was eligible to enter the raffle for some goodies!

🎉 Congratulations to our 15 raffle winners (in no particular order):

1. WilkinsAng (12 ⭐)
2. Ling Song (19 ⭐)
3. Lee Poe Aik (24 ⭐)
4. yixun (17 ⭐)
5. leyew (24 ⭐)
6. msinanyildirim (17 ⭐)
7. Chong Chin Herng (24 ⭐)
8. synchrownicity (24 ⭐)
9. henrlly (24 ⭐)
10. Ryan Vernados (12 ⭐)
11. nikele2001 (24 ⭐)
12. greysome (14 ⭐)
13. Quinn Chua (24 ⭐)
14. tzj04 (14 ⭐)
15. Shroudyrowdy (17 ⭐)

📩 Next steps (for winners):
Please DM Benn Tan (@bbnbbnb123) on Telegram with:
- Your name
- Your email
- A screenshot of your Advent of Code dashboard (for verification)

We’ll then send your gift 🎉

Thank you to everyone who participated! We loved seeing the energy & solutions throughout AoC. See you again next year! 🚀🎄

Hey everyone!

We are happy to announce that the first Hack&Roll 2026 pre-hackathon workshop is open for signups! 🎉

AgileSecure V11 - Integrated Security Management Platform (ISMP)
by ST Engineering

AgileSecure V11 is part of an Integrated Security Management Platform (ISMP) with over 37 years of industry use, built for large-scale, mission-critical security systems.

This workshop covers real-world engineering challenges in enterprise security, focusing on two key areas:

1) Identity Management
Authentication and authorization at scale, including RBAC vs ABAC and practical identity design pitfalls.

2) Database DevOps
Backup, restore, and reliability practices for enterprise databases, with real-world operational insights.

Who Should Attend
- CS and Software Engineering students
- Anyone interested in security, backend systems, or DevOps

📅 Tuesday, 6th January 2026, 5:00 to 7:00pm
📍 NUS COM3-01-23, Seminar Room 14

Note: signups are limited to Hack&Roll 2026 accepted/rejected participants only
Login to your participant dashboard to signup, or use the link here

Keep an eye out for more workshops coming up through the next 2 weeks!

BUMP to sign up for the VERY FIRST of our workshop series for Hack&Roll 2026, led by ST Engineering!

Don't miss out on a chance to learn security, backend systems, and DevOps principles from industry professionals!

BONUS: We are also opening signups to the public! Visit this link to signup!

As always, food will be provided!

Hey everyone!

We are happy to announce that the second Hack&Roll 2026 pre-hackathon workshop is open for signups! 🎉

Happening TOMORROW - Your AI doesn’t know your code base yet
by Cursor

Learn how to better use cursor, and more about agent stacks - a set of open standards and patterns that are converging across Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and other tools.

This talk is open to the public. Use this link to signup!

As always, food will be provided!

Hey everyone!

We are happy to announce that the third Hack&Roll 2026 pre-hackathon workshop is open for signups! 🎉

Note: signups are limited to Hack&Roll 2026 accepted/rejected participants only (for now 👀)

ESP32 Unleash! ESP-IDF Workshop
by Espressif

Want to bring out the most out of your ESP32? Using a limited edition ESP32-C3 development board, you will learn Espressif's official IoT Development Framework, explore different sensors and connectivity, and pick up useful skills for real projects beyond the hackathon. Hearsay the board quacks like a certain famous duck....

Please set your system up before the workshop! Boards will be provided during the workshop.

📅 Thursday, 8th January 2026, 6:00 to 9:00pm SGT
📍 NUS COM3-01-23, Seminar Room 14

🍕 Refreshments will be provided after the workshop

Login to your participant dashboard to signup, or use the link here

Keep an eye out for more workshops coming up through the next 2 weeks!

Hey everyone!

We are happy to announce that the fourth Hack&Roll 2026 pre-hackathon workshop is open for signups! 🎉

Note: signups are limited to Hack&Roll 2026 accepted/rejected participants only

Hackathon Mode: Going from 0 → 1 in 24 Hours with Codex
by OpenAI

This hands-on hackathon workshop introduces Codex, OpenAI’s coding agent, to help you go from idea to working demo—fast. You’ll learn how to build in hackathon mode using Skills, Model Context Protocols (MCPs), and the Responses API’s built-in tools to give your agent structure, capabilities, and real-world context. We’ll show how Codex fits seamlessly into your workflow—via the CLI, IDE, cloud, or even on mobile—and share practical strategies for scoping, iterating, and shipping under tight time pressure. We’ll wrap up with live demos—plus a chance to take home some swag.

📅 Friday, 9th January 2026, 5:00 to 7:00pm SGT
📍 NUS COM3-01-23, Seminar Room 14

🍕 Refreshments will be provided after the workshop

Login to your participant dashboard to signup, or use the link here

Keep an eye out for more workshops coming up next week!

Just a reminder that the workshop by Espressif is tomorrow at 6pm!

To signup, log in to your Participant Dashboard

🍕 Food will be provided after the workshop

See you all there!