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[[Image:SAPO Codebits logo.jpg|thumb|Codebits logo in 2009, featuring SAPO's own official logo at the time.|250x250px]]
'''SAPO Codebits''', also known simply as '''Codebits''', was a (computing) conference held in [[Lisbon]] from 2007 to 2014. It was organized by [[SAPO (company)|SAPO]] which, besides a news media brand, was also an internet-focused [[Research and development|R&D]] division of [[Portugal Telecom]] at the time.[[File:Codebits Logo 2014.png|alt=SAPO Codebits logo in 2014|thumb|In 2014, the "bot", which had been the event's mascot since 2010, became its official logo.|180x180px]]Initially inspired by [[Yahoo! Hack Day]]<ref name="Codebits 2007 announcement by Celso Martinho">{{cite web|url=https://celso.io/portuguese/tech-stuff/2007/09/21/sapo-codebits.html|title=SAPO Codebits}} Celso Martinho, 2007</ref>, the event lasted for three non-stop days, with many participants choosing to eat and sleep on site. Its core was a 48-hour [[hackathon]] but it also included dozens of talks during the day, as well as several entertainment activities in the evenings. Over the years, the number of talks and entertainment activities increased steadily, making it a reference in portuguese [[
Codebits was free for all participants, including food and drinks, and had little commercial undertones apart from product announcements in the opening keynote. Active recruiting inside the premises was also disallowed. The number of seats was limited, so potential attendees had to apply for a ticket and undergo a screening process.[[File:Pixels Camp logo.jpeg|alt=Pixels Camp logo|thumb|180x180px|In 2016, Codebits was rebooted with a new name.]]
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=== Evening Activities ===
Satellite activities were usually held in the evenings. These activities usually combined entertainment with some element of [[geek|geek culture]] and were initially meant to provide some relief from the hackathon, but gained a life of their own over time. Some of the most prominent activities are:
==== Quiz Show ====
Since 2008<ref name="Introducing Codebits Quiz Show 2008">{{cite web|url=https://codebits.blogs.sapo.pt/14240.html|title=Codebits Quizz Show}} João Pedro Gonçalves, 2008</ref>, in the four weeks before the event, participants had to solve about one challenge per-week to qualify for the quiz show. The challenges included image enigmas, treasure hunts, code golf contests, among others. They all shared a reasonably high level of difficulty and required a fair knowledge of
==== Security CTF ====
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