SMRTR ProgrammingSep 13, 2026Hacker Noon

4 Ways to Win a Hackathon (None of Them Is Writing Code)

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Tudor Evans won his company's hackathon with a macOS voice-keyboard dictation app, built using Go, Wails, and Claude AI doing most of the heavy lifting. He shares four honest lessons: start early, have a clear product vision, let AI take risks on unconventional tech stacks, and sell your demo with genuine enthusiasm and domain-expert backup.

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