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Welcome to this weeks newsletter: Spilling the Beans!

Hey Hackers!

We hope you’ve been staying warm this past week ❄️☃️

We also hope you enjoyed our Bytes & Insights workshop! Thank you to everyone who joined, we loved seeing your energy and curiosity in action.

Keep an eye on our Instagram this week 👀 We’ve got an exciting pre-hackathon event event on the horizon that you won’t want to miss…

Reminder that HackBeanpot 2026 decisions are out! If there’s been any change in your availability, please let us know via email.

🧠 Harvard WECode Conference 2026

One of the world’s largest student-run undergraduate conferences for women in tech. Join industry leaders, recruiters, and fellow innovators for inspiring talks, career fairs, and hands-on workshops.

Empowering attendees to build a more innovative, inclusive future in tech.

📅 February 21–22, 2026 📍 Harvard University Science Center 
🎫 Registration now open

⚡ Want to actually see how algorithms work?

Check out VisuAlgo. It visually animates data structures and algorithms like DFS, BFS, heaps, trees, and sorting step by step. You can pause, rewind, and change inputs to see what is actually happening instead of just memorizing code..

🖼️ Looking for something free to do in Boston?

The Institute of Contemporary Art offers free admission every Thursday from 5 PM to 9 PM. Tickets drop the morning of the visit, so snag one early and turn your Thursday night into a waterfront museum hang.