April 16th, 2023

HackDartmouth首战告捷！

Hackathon ❌ free T shirts & sticker -thon ✅  

半夜的frozen，半夜发面膜，只看到男（指男）女（指女）老（指Senior上至Graduate）少（指First Year Freshman）敷着面膜在路上飘着，像个幽灵一样

这第一次参加Hackathon的项目就是AI writing helper 我是真的真的很想写书（并且自己已经准备了不少了），过程总觉得现在的工具缺点功能，于是就给自己写一个写书的工具啦～ 但是肯定不是AI拿来写，而是让AI做冗余的事情，自己只负责写书，字还是自己一个个亲手敲的

由于自己确实已经写了书，并且也在demo阶段展示出来我那庞大复杂的设定让每个judger都感叹一句

细节什么的就不过多描述啦，总之是成功得到了队友的力挺

+自己狠狠地体验了一把prompt engineering

+和队友沟通每次提出的idea都能被认可

+队友每个人性格都很好

Demo的时候，由于时间不够了，Judger说“我只给你30秒”的时候感觉自己要凉一半了

开头我就直接喊出来（因为周围环境很吵）

“AI写的文字没有灵魂！”  30秒结束了，人家确实是来不及听下去了，但是人家突然掏出名片给我说他很感兴趣，因为他也是一名作者，他十分赞同我说的话！全队都震惊了

在队友传着名片拍完照之后郑重地递给我的时候，我的感受是难以用言语形容的  第一次参加拿三个奖感觉都有点受宠若惊了呢（挠头），我人都躺在沙发上了，起来了三次

两方Sponsor奖特别惊喜，完全没有想到自己的主意会被business investor看中！（幸好熬夜做准备的时候做了市场调查 (￣▽￣)）

另一个是队友取得花里胡哨的域名（不是Saga）得的奖  原本熬夜的时候，以为自己要通宵了，第一次和monster和红牛然后前前后后给自己灌了四五瓶monster（加上早上的）和一瓶红牛

结果到四点半左右的时候还是睡着了，六点半起来

咳咳，一个队伍最强的状态，就是不知道谁带谁，因为每个人的存在都很重要  然后就是在这个比赛总分前十奖肯定已经不错啦！只是这会让我下次更有野心的呢[Doge]（没得前五有点可惜，我看中了人家的switch lite咳咳）

我：（对没有人）你知道吗？学计算机的能力是有极限的， 

没有人：所以呢？ 

我：所以我，决定创业啦！（计算机还是要学的，作业还是要做的……）  Project一定会继续做下去的，已经有创业的想法啦～  

salute🫡

First victory on my First Hackathon!

Hackathon ❌ free T-shirts & sticker-thon ✅ 

Mid-night Frozen, late-night face masks, seeing men (referring to males), women (referring to females), seniors (referring to Senior and Graduate students), and freshmen (referring to First Year Freshman) wearing face masks wandering around like ghosts.

The first Hackathon project I participated in was an AI writing helper. I really, really want to write a book (and have prepared quite a bit for it), and I always felt that the tools available were lacking. So, I created my own writing tool! But the idea isn't to let AI write the book, but to have AI handle the redundant tasks while I focus on writing the book, typing each word myself.

Since I had actually written a book, during the demo, I showed off my vast and intricate settings, which amazed each judge.

I won't go into too much detail about the project, but it was successful, and I received strong support from my teammates.

+ I experienced prompt engineering in depth

+ Every idea I proposed was approved by my teammates

+ All teammates had great personalities

During the demo, due to the lack of time, the judge said, "I'll only give you 30 seconds," and I felt like I was about to lose it.

At the beginning, I shouted out (because the environment was noisy), "AI-written words have no soul!" The 30 seconds were up, and the judge didn't have time to listen further, but suddenly, he took out his business card and said he was very interested because he was also an author and agreed with what I said! The whole team was shocked.

After my teammates took pictures with the business card and handed it to me solemnly, my feelings were indescribable. It was overwhelming to win three awards in my first competition (scratching my head), and I even lay down on the sofa, getting up three times.

The two sponsor awards were particularly surprising, as I never expected my idea to attract the attention of business investors! (Thankfully, I did market research while preparing for the competition late at night)

Another award was for my teammate who secured a fancy domain name (not Saga). Initially, I thought I would have to pull an all-nighter, so I drank four or five cans of Monster (plus one in the morning) and a can of Red Bull.

However, I still fell asleep around 4:30 am and woke up at 6:30 am.

Ahem, a team's strongest state is when it's unclear who leads whom because everyone's presence is essential. Ranking in the top ten overall in this competition is undoubtedly impressive! But it will make me more ambitious next time [Doge] (it's a pity we didn't make it to the top five; I had my eyes on that Switch Lite, ahem).

Me: (to no one) Did you know? There's a limit to one's ability in computer science.

No one: So what?

Me: So, I've decided to start a business! (I still need to study computer science, and I still need to do my assignments...) The project will definitely continue, and I already have ideas for starting a business!

Salute🫡