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Attended my first Claude hackathon and learned that building a good product and winning a hackathon are two very different things

I recently attended the Claude OC Impact Lab hackathon, and it completely changed how I see hackathons as a software engineer. I thought hackathons were like science fairs, where solutions are judged on practicality, correctness, and how well they solve the problem. Turns out, not really. Around 29…

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  1. 2026-10-20 06:59 · r/ClaudeAI
    Attended my first Claude hackathon and learned that building a good product and winning a hackathon are two very different things

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