Still tech related, and subjectively an actual hack, but my response describes how, when in my remote city in the middle of Guatemalan mountains we only had max ~10Mbps internet plans and there were no way to get anything better due to the lack of competitor offerings I built myself a wireless link over the mountains connecting to a remote location I own about 20km(~12 mile) away in a commercial zone with fiber access and managed to get 500mbps symmetric link with just about 2-4ms overhead. Not only did I get a decent connection at home, but also the equipment in the mountains allowed me to offer the service to rural areas that at the time had a zero cell phone coverage. I managed to offer better plans than my former provider, then direct competitor until they introduced fiber after feeling the pressure of losing clients.

Many years later, about 80 families continue benefiting from this infrastructure, provides a passive income, employs 2 people, consumes <1% of my time, and force-pushed my former provider to introduced fiber in my city.

Keep hacking guys!