I Joined the World’s Biggest AI Hackathon… and Started 10 Days to the Deadline 😅
I haven’t been active for a while here, but like I promised in my last post, I’ll be sharing my experience participating in the world’s largest AI Hackathon hosted by Bolt.
Turns out, this is going to be a series 😅 so welcome to Series 1:
How it started...
I registered for the Hackathon back in April. At the time, it was scheduled for May 1st–30th, and I had just randomly signed up to Bolt in March the same way I try out every new AI tool like ChatGPT.
Then came the update: the Hackathon dates were pushed to June 1st–30th.
This was such a relief because I was still in the middle of my #100daysofcode challenge, and honestly, it was getting overwhelming trying to keep up.
But I still made it 🫠 I completed my #100daysofcode around June 12th.
Then I got an email...
Bolt reached out asking how the Hackathon was going and even invited us to share pictures for possible features. That sparked something.
During my #100daysofcode, I had started a personal project, a solution to a problem I personally face: organizing screenshots.
I didn’t complete it during the challenge, but when Bolt’s Hackathon came around, I decided:
"Why not make this my Hackathon project?"
Originally, I had another idea in mind for the Hackathon, something dear to my heart. I really wanted to see that app come to life and watch people actually use it. But the project was way too large to finish within the time frame.
So I decided to go with the project I was already working on, the one about organizing screenshots.
30 days. 12 days Already gone.
Doing the math, that left me with 18 days.
But guess when I actually started building?
10 days to the end of the Hackathon.
Why? 😆😅
Let’s just say… life was life-ing.
Catch me in Series 2 where I share exactly how I managed the last-minute pressure.
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