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Case 02 · Event design
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Role
Designer & host
Period
3 days · 2025
Scope
50 developers · 6 agents shipped
A 3-day hackathon designed and led from scratch for 50 developers, from problem framing on day one to working AI agents demoed on day three.
AI Hackathon, 50 developers
Placeholdercopy.Thebriefwassimple:donotwastethreedaysontheory.Bytheendofhourone,everyteamhadaproblemstatement,asponsor,andadraftagentarchitecture.Bytheendofdayone,everyteamhadsomethingrunning,evenifugly.
Placeholdercopy.Theformatwasintentionallyaggressive,shortfeedbackloops,dailydemos,publicscoring.Teamsthatstartedwiththeboldestscopeoftenpivotedtwicebeforelandingonsomethingdemoable.Thatwasthepoint.
Placeholdercopy.ThefinaldemodayproducedsixworkingAIagents,threeofwhichkeptbeingusedinternallyaftertheevent.Notabadratiofora3-daysprintthatstartedwithpeoplewhohadnevertouchedanagentframeworkbefore.
- →Designed and led a 3-day hackathon
- →Built AI agents with teams