🏆 Hackathon Portfolio
Welcome to my hackathon journey! Here you'll find projects, code, and learnings from various hackathons I've participated in.
Why Hackathons?
Hackathons are an incredible way to:
- 🚀 Rapid Prototyping - Build MVPs in 24-48 hours
- 🤝 Networking - Meet like-minded developers and mentors
- 📚 Learning - Dive deep into new technologies under pressure
- 🎯 Problem Solving - Tackle real-world challenges creatively
📅 Timeline
| Year | Event | Project | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NBA Hackathon | Courtside IQ · TEAM7 技术犯规 | Did not advance to the finals |
| 2026 | AIx Origin Summit Shenzhen · INNOAI Hackathon | PΛN — HDMI cocktail machine + Apex dexterous hand (teleop / baoding RL) | 🏆 Insta360 Special Award |
| 2026 | Attrax Spring Hackathon · Insta360 Cameraman Track | Roomba-VLLM | 🥇 Cameraman Award (TOP 1/200 Outlier) |
| 2026 | OpenClaw Builder Program (Lobster Frontier Experiment) | Cyber Boss | 🏆 Submitted |
| 2026 | NVIDIA DGX Spark Hackathon | NemoClaw Travel OS | 🏆 Submitted |
| 2025 | AWS GameDay | Cloud Architecture Challenge | 🥈 2nd Place |
| 2025 | AI Hackathon | Voice-Controlled IoT | 🏅 Finalist |
| 2024 | IoT Challenge | Smart Home Automation | 🎖️ Participant |
🔥 Featured Projects
Courtside IQ — NBA Hackathon · TEAM7 技术犯规
My NBA hackathon project with TEAM7 · 技术犯规: a workspace where a human host reviews a basketball clip, checks the evidence, approves AI cues and overlays, and saves a narrated production. Our entry did not advance to the finals. I am keeping the code, implementation limits, and offline interactive architecture here so other builders can inspect and reuse the work.
Tech Stack: AWS, Strands Agents SDK, AgentCore, Bedrock, Qwen, SageMaker, React
PΛN + Apex Dexterous Hand — AIx Origin · INNOAI Hackathon 2026
A cocktail machine (PΛN, Personal Agent for Nightlife — a Human Drink Machine Interface) wearing a Rysen Apex dexterous hand, and a five-part tutorial series on the hand itself: Isaac Lab + RSL-RL PPO training on a 12 GB laptop, first contact with the real-hand SDK, webcam teleoperation with the clinical Kapandji opposition test (score 9 on hardware), baoding-ball RL through nine reward iterations and a mount-angle sweep, and the sim-to-real observation contract. First team at the event to get the dexterous hand running; Insta360 Special Award.
Tech Stack: Rysen Apex Hand, Isaac Sim 6 / Isaac Lab 3, RSL-RL PPO, MediaPipe, DexPilot-style IK, ONNX Runtime, Logitech C920, RealSense D435, Insta360 X5, RTX 4080 Laptop
Roomba-VLLM — Attrax Spring Hackathon 2026 · Insta360 Cameraman Track
A fully local cyber butler — Insta360 Link 2 Pro as the gimbaled front camera, Jetson Orin NX running Ollama + Gemma E4B for live VLM inference, OpenClaw for daily patrols and a star-based reward system on my 8-year-old's room. Built in 24 hours (after 24 hours of jamming a robotic arm to a DJ set). Sponsored by JLCPCB. Won the Cameraman Award (TOP 1/200 Outlier).
Tech Stack: Insta360 Link 2 Pro, reComputer J4012 (Jetson Orin NX), Ollama, Gemma E4B, OpenClaw, WireGuard, TinkerCAD, Bambu Lab X1C, JLCPCB CH340X, DAP (next)
Cyber Boss — OpenClaw Builder Program 2026
A snarky AI boss called Tie-ge who runs a one-person company on OpenClaw + Feishu — schedules the day, dispatches tasks, chases deadlines, and roasts procrastination. 17 role-based bots, fully self-hosted.
Tech Stack: OpenClaw, TOOLS.md, Feishu (Bitable + Tasks + WebSocket), Vue 3, Express, SQLite, Ansible, Docker
NemoClaw Travel OS — DGX Spark Hackathon 2026
A fully private, gamified AI travel planner running on NVIDIA DGX Spark. From trip planning to travel diary, powered by Nemotron-3-Super-120B, Gemma 4 NVFP4, and NemoClaw.
Tech Stack: NemoClaw, Nemotron, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, OpenShell, Ollama, Ansible, WireGuard, Amap MCP
AWS GameDay 2025
A cloud architecture competition focusing on resilience and cost optimization.
Tech Stack: AWS CDK, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch
AI Voice Assistant Hackathon
Building a voice-controlled IoT system using Amazon Bedrock and ESP32.
Tech Stack: Bedrock Nova, ESP32, MQTT, Lambda
🛠️ Common Tech Stack
Most of my hackathon projects utilize:
| Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Cloud | AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3 |
| AI/ML | Amazon Bedrock, Nova, SageMaker |
| NVIDIA | NemoClaw, Nemotron, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, NIM, OpenShell, NVFP4 |
| Edge / Local | NVIDIA DGX Spark, Jetson Orin NX, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Ollama |
| Embodied / Cameras | Insta360 Link 2 Pro / X5, DAP, AirSim360, DiT360, DDGS, Roomba chassis |
| Robotics / Sim | Rysen Apex Hand, Isaac Sim 6, Isaac Lab 3, RSL-RL PPO, MediaPipe, DexPilot, ONNX Runtime, RealSense D435 |
| 3D / Hardware | TinkerCAD, Bambu Lab X1C |
| Frontend | React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Vanilla JS PWA |
| DevOps | Ansible, CDK, SAM, GitHub Actions, WireGuard |
| Maps | Amap REST API, Amap MCP |
💡 Tips for Hackathon Success
- Prep Your Toolkit - Have boilerplate code ready
- Start with the Demo - Build backwards from the pitch
- Use Managed Services - Don't waste time on infrastructure
- Document as You Go - Screenshots and notes for the pitch
- Sleep is Optional - Coffee is mandatory ☕
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