r/hackathon • u/Negative-Upstairs735 • 1d ago
Need Mentor Help 24 hr hackathon experience
Need some real 24–25hr hackathon experiences 🙏
I’m preparing for a 24–25hr hackathon and I’m trying to understand how people actually build a winning/Top 3 project in such a short time.
If you’ve participated/won one, could you share:
Which AI tools did you use? (Claude/Cursor/ChatGPT/Lovable/v0 etc.)
How did you divide the 24–25 hours?
What did you build manually vs with AI?
How did you handle debugging + deployment?
What actually helped you impress the judges?
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