{"id":6189,"date":"2015-11-03T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/blog\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2019-11-28T11:42:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T11:42:30","slug":"gosquared-at-hackference-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/blog\/gosquared-at-hackference-2015","title":{"rendered":"GoSquared at Hackference 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2015.hackference.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hackference<\/a> is a conference and a hackathon thrown into one. It\u2019s organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmadlz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Elsmore<\/a> out of no other intention than to see people who love hacking come together and have a great time. 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