If I may — a “hack” is not a good thing. At their best, hacks are clever, temporary exploits that get you where you need for the time being, or if you’re a criminal, a way to bypass security that (by definition) you aren’t supposed to be bypassing. Most hacks are just crappy, lazy, unrealistic implementations that obscure cost, sometimes deferring it but also usually increasing it in the process. The worst ones are literally scams.

Don’t aspire to come up with hacks. There are way too many hacks already. Aspire to come up with real, thoughtful solutions, and advocate for the time and resources to execute them.