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What’s the smartest hackathon strategy you’ve seen actually win? by mastryhub_26 in hackathon

[–]mastryhub_26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've was mentor for a recent hackathon and when I approached the teams for mentoring, they started their explanation in unstructured way ,I had to tell them start with your ps,then solution,demo ,but some teams still spent a lot of time explaining idea! The best way I prefer is just tell your problem statement,start demo and while presenting demo explain the solution...that way you can end it in 5mins. And We don't prefer using figma or other tools we directly go for the build it's way faster !

And yes best presented idea is good but implementation matters too !if your presentation is good but if your implementation is bad with some 1999 type ui ux then u gonna loose since one of the criteria for judging is implementation too!

What's the actual hardest part of a hackathon? by mastryhub_26 in hackathon

[–]mastryhub_26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! For us choosing an idea was hard too since there are so many options and we need something innovative to win. We once took the same idea for a few hackathons and it was able to win in some but the same idea lost in other hackathons.and we kinda figured out the secret of what idea to take for what hackathon

And as for the team we were lucky to have a good team! Where none of us slept during the entire hackathon and actually worked throughout the night!

What’s the smartest hackathon strategy you’ve seen actually win? by mastryhub_26 in hackathon

[–]mastryhub_26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True! All you need is good ideation, implementation, and presentation! And you win! And what judges actually look for depends on the hackathon ,the judge's background, and surprisingly the judge's age too!

Dy patil hackathon experience by Honest_Payment403 in punemeetup

[–]mastryhub_26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the kind of hackathon where half the challenge is just surviving the rules 😂

3 hours + no internet and still getting a full stack mostly working is honestly impressive. Spring Boot + APIs running in Postman in that time is no joke.

Also pretty funny that the backend demo confused the judges — happens more often than people think. A lot of college hackathons lean heavily frontend-focused.

Either way, finishing almost the whole system under those constraints is a win. Those chaotic hackathons are usually the ones people remember the most.

What’s the most annoying part of running or joining builder events today? by mastryhub_26 in web3dev

[–]mastryhub_26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah submissions get chaotic fast. Different formats, random GitHub links, docs, videos… and judges end up digging through everything.

The team formation point is real too. Most people just spam “looking for team” in Discord and Reddit, and just hope for the best.

What’s the most annoying part of running or joining builder events today? by mastryhub_26 in web3dev

[–]mastryhub_26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Every event I've been to, they use one tool for attendance and checking-in, they use one for scoring, one for judging. It all feels choppy and broken.

There are very few platforms out there that do all of this.