hackerspirit
nounUK /ˈhækəˌspɪrɪt/
US /ˈhækərˌspɪrɪt/
A feeling of wanting to explore, fix, and make things work in clever new ways.
The young coder showed real hackerspirit by fixing the old robot with spare parts.
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2. The shared attitude of a community that values sharing knowledge and helping others learn.
Their hackerspirit led them to publish all their code for free.
3. A drive to understand how systems work by taking them apart and testing them.
Her hackerspirit made her open the broken radio just to see what was inside.
4. A playful, rule-bending creativity used to solve problems quickly.
With true hackerspirit, the team built a working app in one weekend.