What I Learned After Reviewing Many AI and Developer Projects as a Hackathon Judge (opens in new tab)

Over the last few days, I had the opportunity to review a large number of submissions across developer and AI-focused hackathon challenges. It was a very different experience from building a project myself. When you are building, you mostly think about your own idea, your own code, and your own constraints. When you are judging, you start seeing patterns across many builders. Some projects had beautiful interfaces but limited technical depth. Some had very strong engineering but needed better...