Notes from the community
THE SKILL
GARAGE BLOG.
How campus hackathons actually run, what student builders ship, and the lessons from turning India's campuses into an AI community.
Announcing the Campus CircuitSkillGarage is going campus-to-campus. Here's how the national hackathon tour works — qualifiers, venues, and how your college gets on the map.
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What a 24-hour hackathon taught us about student buildersThree things we keep seeing from 200+ colleges: speed beats polish, teams beat solo runs, and shipping in public is a learned habit.
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The ₹1,200 questionWhy we charge an entry fee, what it pays for, and why free events fill seats with people who never show.
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AI credits, explainedWhere the credits come from, what they're for, and how to spend $7,000 of free inference on a weekend build.
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From hostel room to national finaleA profile of the builders who started with zero code and shipped at Round 1 — the exact path they took.
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What we look for when we judgeProblem, product, proof. The three P's our judges use to pick winners — and why your demo matters more than your slides.
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