General
What is Hack Club?
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A coding club! We write code, break things, and occasionally make something that works. It's like Fight Club but instead of fighting we just argue about programming languages. Our current record for "longest argument about tabs vs. spaces" is 4 hours and 37 minutes.
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Do I need coding experience to join?
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Absolutely not. Our president has been here 2 years and still googles "how to center a div." Our CTO's greatest achievement is making text bold in HTML. You'll fit right in.
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Is this actual hacking?
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No. Despite what our name implies, the most "hacking" we do is Inspect Element on the school website to make the grades page say we all have A+'s. It doesn't actually change the grades. We learned this the hard way. Mr. Peterson from IT has spoken to us about this twice.
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Platform & Technology
Why does your website look like this?
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Like WHAT? This is cutting-edge enterprise web design. We spent 6 months on this. We loaded 8 Google Fonts and used 2. We have 4 different shades of blue in our CSS variables. We have a loading spinner for a static HTML page. We have a chatbot powered by actual AI. This is peak performance. You're welcome.
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What programming languages do you use?
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Our technology stack includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Enterprise Editionβ’). Someone tried to introduce Rust once and we haven't seen them since. We assume they're still compiling. We also briefly experimented with Python, but our president cried, so we stopped.
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Why is the WiFi password on your website?
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Security through obscurity. Our threat model assumes that nobody actually reads websites anymore, which makes the password (password123) technically secure. Also we keep forgetting it, so having it publicly accessible on the internet is just more convenient for everyone. Mr. Peterson has filed 4 complaints about this. We have acknowledged zero of them.
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Membership & Operations
Is there free food?
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Sometimes we have pizza. Sometimes we have sadness. Usually both simultaneously. Our quarterly catering budget is $0.00, so pizza procurement is handled on an ad-hoc basis by whichever parent feels sorry for us that week. Our Enterprise plan includes "priority pizza access" but this is meaningless because all plans are free.
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Can I put Hack Club on my college application?
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Technically yes. We are a real extracurricular activity recognized by the school (reluctantly). Should you link the admissions committee to this website? Absolutely not. Under any circumstances. We cannot stress this enough. If you are a college admissions officer reading this right now, please close this tab immediately.
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How do I join?
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Navigate to the computer lab after school on Wednesday. We're the table with the energy drinks, the faint sound of mechanical keyboards, and the even fainter sound of crying. If you hear someone whisper "it works on my machine," you've found us. No application required. No interview. Just show up and pretend you know what a REST API is. You'll fit right in.
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Is this website accessible?
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It's on the internet, so yes, anyone with a browser can access it. Oh, you mean WCAG compliance? ADA standards? Screen reader compatibility? Haha. No. Absolutely not. We have an accessibility widget in the bottom-left corner of the homepage but its free trial expired 8 months ago and none of the toggles do anything. We are genuinely sorry about this one.
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What question is actually frequently asked?
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"Is the WiFi working?" β asked at every single meeting without exception. The answer is always no. The WiFi has not worked reliably since Kevin's mom upgraded the router firmware in November. We have filed 3 IT tickets about this. All 3 were closed as "working as intended."
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Still Have Questions?
Our support team (Kevin) is available Wednesday afternoons in the computer lab.
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