FAQs · Algorism

Yes. That's the entire point of Algorism.

For most of computing history, having an idea and building it were two different skills. That gap closed recently, and most people haven't noticed yet. Today you describe what you want in plain English and AI tools build it. The scarce thing is no longer the code. It's knowing which problem is worth solving, and that comes from your life, your work, your community, not from a CS degree.

Doctor, teacher, lawyer, madrasa student, accountant: you see problems the engineers in the room have never encountered. That's not a handicap here. It's the thing we're short of.

Yes. You'll type what you want. The AI writes the code. You look at it, say what's wrong, it fixes it. That's the loop, closer to a conversation than to programming.

Two places to start, both worth the time before 26 July:

Then come to the pre-hackathon AMA on 23 July with Faizan Hashmi (Associate Director, MoveInSync) and ask anything, including the questions you think are too basic. Especially those.

Register now. Ideas come on the day, and the good ones often only show up once you're in the room talking to people.

If you want a head start: think about something that annoys you or someone you love. A thing your mother does by hand every week. A form your community fills out wrong every time. That's an idea. It doesn't have to sound impressive.

No. Plenty of people come solo and form teams on the day. Teams are up to three.

A non-technical person with a sharp problem is one of the most useful teammates in the room. Engineers arrive with skills and no problem to point them at. You're the other half of that.

Somebody has to be, and it's a much larger group than you'd think. The AMA exists for first-timers. Mentors are on the floor all day. Nobody is going to ask what language you code in.

The credentials in the room aren't a bar you have to clear. They're who you get to build alongside.