Major League Hacking (MLH) and GitHub have developed two hackathon starters—the Flask Hackathon Starter and the Node.js Hackathon Starter—to expedite the setup process for developers during hackathons, where time is often limited. These starters are designed to help both novice and experienced developers quickly get their projects off the ground by providing interactive examples and extensive documentation for building web applications. By focusing on two popular programming languages, Python and Node.js, and their respective frameworks, Flask and Express, the starters aim to enhance the learning experience by covering essential aspects such as API calls, authentication with OAuth, and database setup. This initiative seeks to prevent developers from getting bogged down in configuration details, allowing them to focus more on innovation and learning during hackathons.