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# There ought to be a web hacker Oscars
- URL: https://werd.io/there-ought-to-be-a-web-hacker-oscars/
- Published: 2011-02-28T10:08:55.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:00:48.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, academy awards, crunchies, hackers, oscars, webby awards, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

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Congratulations to [all the winners at last night’s Academy Awards](http://www.moviefone.com/oscars-academy-awards/nominee-winner). I haven’t managed to see *Black Swan* yet, but I will before the week is out.

So here’s a thought: there should be a web hacker equivalent. No, not the [Webby Awards](http://www.webbyawards.com/), nor the [Crunchies](http://crunchies2010.techcrunch.com/), but a bona fide celebration of bedroom hackers, coffee shop startups and people slinging really great code, libraries and projects – the people who really make the web tick. Categories might include:

- Coolest API
- Best documentation
- Best hardware hack
- Most disruptive idea
- Best development essay
- Best open source community
- Best hackspace

Aside from kudos, prizes might include a small “+1” statuette, a selection of development tools, and cloud hosting. I bet some savvy infrastructure providers would be willing to sponsor the whole thing.

What do you think? What would you add?

*Photo credit: [eggshell script](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rakka/4479674123/) by [Rakka](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rakka/), released under [a Creative Commons license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en).*