Zenigame
@zeni.eth
Last week, I went to the @ethglobal Taipei Hackathon. By Sunday, I had a cancelled return flight, one sponsor prize, one finalist placing, a 4am nearly all-nighter, and a product I was legitimately proud of. Taipei was my second ETHGlobal hackathon after participating in the ETHGlobal Agentic Ethereum hackathon in late January together with @markcarey (when we made /streme), and my third ever together with last year's Moxiethon. A few reflections: - I came in the day before without a concrete idea. My partner and I spent a whole day ideating and doing due diligence on ideas. It was worth it. - Great partners are the best. - I probably can't be chill during hackathons. As soon as I smell blood in the water, I can't help but push to win. - Which meant staying up till 4am polishing the night before the due date...HRV is looking unsurprisingly rough still. I'm not that young so should be careful. Continued...
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Zenigame
@zeni.eth
- There's a temptation to build tech demos, given how the sponsor prizes work. Sidestep this and build complete, actual valuable products to have a better chance at winning. - The @ethglobal team was great at communicating with me when the schedule was starting to run behind and my return flight was coming up. - I probably should have booked my inbound ticket a day earlier and return ticket a day later. That said, this is easier to justify in retrospect after winning. - Sending ideas to FC community members for feedback was smart and something I will do again. - Definitely left money on the table by not making a World mini-app. That was a very expensive miss. Unclear how I should have rearranged time even in retrospect. - https://ethglobal.com/showcase/how-doxxed-am-i-ftbux (open source, but the live version needs new API keys to be functional again since the 1inch key was hackathon only)
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herbaycity.base.eth
@herbaycity
Keep it up 👏
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