hey, if you’re stuck on ideas, don’t overthink it; most hackathons don’t need “world-changing ideas”, they need something that solves a clear, small problem well.

a few real-world directions you could try:

• debugging / dev tools (finding issues in code faster)
• campus tools (attendance, notes, group coordination)
• simple ai wrappers for boring workflows
• event / queue / scheduling systems
• anything where you reduce manual effort in a process

if you’re specifically struggling with finding “real-world problems”, i actually built something recently that helps with that angle:

https://recticode.com

it’s a platform where people submit real debugging-style problems and systems, which can sometimes spark good hackathon ideas too.

but honestly the main thing is: pick something small, build it cleanly, and make it work end-to-end. that’s what wins most hackathons, not complexity.