The Handover
Three days. A case file. One pull request.
You are hired at a fintech company and handed a live, broken codebase left behind by a developer who vanished. Fix it, build the features in your brief, host it live, and follow the clues to find out what happened.
- Dates
- 29–31 October 2026
- Venue
- Reboot01, Seef
- Format
- Teams of two
- Entry
- 5 BHD per person
- Seats
- ~100 participants
- Ages
- 18 and over
Entries for The Handover are closed. Join the waitlist and you will hear about the next edition before it is public.
Full event detailsPrize money
Cash prizes for the top three teams, paid out on the night.
Three days
The handover
- 5:00 PMDoors open, registration, case files handed out
- 5:30 PMIntroduction by the MC
- 5:45 PMThe challenge explained
- 7:00 PMHead home and start building
Build day and talks
- 9:00 AMVenue opens — building on site is optional
- 5:00 PMTalk: Hosting on Dilmune Cloud
- 5:30 PMTalk: Coding Properly with AI
- 6:00 PMDinner
- 7:30 PMVenue closes
- 10:00 PMSubmission deadline — from wherever you are
Judging and awards
- 12:30 PMArrive
- 1:00 PMLunch
- 2:00 PMSemi-final judging in 5 rooms, until 5:00 PM
- 5:00 PMTop 5 teams pitch
- 6:00 PMAwards
- 6:45 PMDinner
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What we run
Built to the brief
Overnight sprints, weekend builds, multi-week challenges — we pick the length and the rules that suit the problem, then screen every team.
Timed rounds
Short, sharp contests with a live board and a rubric agreed up front. One attempt, public results.
Inside your org
Internal hack weeks and campus recruiting drives, scoped to your calendar. Hiring shortlist included.
Past editions
Join the waitlistThe first one has not happened yet. Editions land here as we run them — one mail per edition if you are on the waitlist.