Hackathons - Dev Retro 2022

I won more than $1800 taking part in 15+ hackathons, this is how

UpdatedJune 7, 2023

•View as Markdown

Aashish Panthi

I am a developer from Nepal who loves playing with tech.

Comments (8)

Join the discussion

MaouSama3y ago

You are my inspiration What a Great Journey 😘♥

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Thank you for your kind words MaouSama

Franklin Ohaegbulam3y ago

Amazing! How were you able to consecutively participate in hackathons without burnout?

Aashish Panthi3y ago

That's true. If you look at my submissions, I used to start the project in the last week of the hackathon. Before that, I used to procrastinate a lot.

And yes, I felt burnout two times in a whole year.

And that you for taking the time to read♥

Loveless Bhartal3y ago

great journey sir.. Best wishes for 2023...

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Thank you Loveless Bhartal

Sushil Bhattarai3y ago

inspiring

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Thank you

Saroj Regmi3y ago

Great journey

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Thank you for reading through the blog Saroj Regmi

Utsav bhattarai3y ago

Impressive journey!

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Thank you Utsav bhattarai

banjo michael3y ago

Woah, great work bro

Your exploits are really great, and somehow overwhelming for beginners like me. Could you give some great tips for beginners who would want to learn coding using hackathons?

Also, do you think it would be feasible to achieve regardless of the level of such beginners?

Thanks in advance bro

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Yes, you can learn a lot of new things just by participating in hackathons.

You can find a lot of hackathons in Devpost and Hackerearth to start.

But I think the best hackathons are not from there. The best and most helpful hackathons you can find on Hashnode and Dev.to. They don't organize regularly and this is why they are effective.

Regardless of your skill level, you can participate. There isn't a high skill demand in the hackathon. You will need to use some technologies with the programming language you are familiar with.

So, it is a learning as well as a networking opportunity.

banjo michael3y ago

Thanks bro..

I'll be keeping track of these platforms. I would really love to grow effectively with the incentives that hackathons offer

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Best of luck on your journey banjo michael

Rajesh Khadka3y ago

Best wishes for 2023 ♥

Aashish Panthi3y ago

Will rock together Rajesh Khadka

DevRetro 2022

Part 4 of 4

In this series, I will discuss about the things I did, I learned in 2022.

Start from the beginning

Looking back to year 2022 - DevRetro

What are the things I learned in 2022, my developer journey.

More from this blog

Stub Generation for p5.js Translations

Have you ever translated something, only to find out later that the original text changed while you were working? Or worse — that a whole new page existed and nobody told you? For that, I built stub f

Jul 11, 2026

Setting Up the p5.js Web Editor for Local Development: A Beginner-Friendly Guide

The p5.js Web Editor is an intuitive, browser-based platform for creative coding with JavaScript. It allows artists, designers, and educators to dive into coding visually, without needing to set up any development environment. But what if you're a de...

May 28, 2025

Setting Up the p5.js Web Editor for Local Development: A Beginner-Friendly Guide

SVG path animation in Nextjs using GSAP

Before starting out, let me quickly share what we're building today. Open codesandbox.io or visit gsap-svg-path-animation.netlify.app. Seems interesting, let's start. Introduction You might have visited some websites where when you scroll, things mov...

May 28, 2024

Dynamic Open Graph Image generator using Vercel-og

Build a countdown social media og:image using nextjs and vercel/og

Apr 6, 2024

Dynamic Open Graph Image generator using Vercel-og

Add Website Loading Animation: a comprehensive guide

In the fast-paced world of web development, creating an engaging and seamless user experience is important. One effective way to achieve this is by implementing a loading animation on your website. In this tutorial, we'll explore the step-by-step pro...

Feb 4, 2024

Add Website Loading Animation: a comprehensive guide

All about programming and building fullstack web application and mobile application. Blogs by Aashish Panthi from Nepal

61 posts

A developer trying to share programming knowledge and self-growth.

My first hackathon was this year, and I have completed nearly 15 online hackathons this year. Let me share my journey, achievements, and my failures.

Introduction

According to me, Hackathons are no more than (mostly) the use of new technology to solve a particular program in the minimum time possible. Also, most of them have swags and prizes.

Money

Nah Nah Nah, It isn't that much money, but you get in a fair amount. Let me now share my participation and achievements.

My participation

I have won quite good prizes from taking part in hackathons this year. And I learned a heck lot of things just because I took part in hackathons.

Let me just create a timeline of hackathons:

1. Thirdweb x Hashnode

It was organized by our very own thirdweb and hashnode. I didn't have any idea but it was on January 2022. Meaning I started hackathons at the beginning of 2022. Yes, it feels strange now knowing when I started.

It was my first hackathon so I just wrote a lot of thing, now let me just wirte in short.

Date: January 2022
Duration: 1 month
Won? -> Nah
Tech to use: Thirdweb
Project: A NFT marketplace (Buy, sell and mint NFT)
- Live website
- Source code

Learnings:

It was my first web3 project. I learned about metamask wallet, and how to use the Ethereum network. And most important of all, I learned data once written can't be erased from the blockchain. This is the only reason why I haven't continued in web3 afterward.

2. Netlify x Hashnode

Date: February 2022
Duration: 1 month
Won? -> Nah
Tech to use: Netlify
Project: A place to write your last wish and fulfill others
- Live website
- Source code

Learnings

I learned to use netlify better. I used netlify form submissions with React. I used firebase, I used to be scared of it at that time. Also, learned to edit videos (for demo).

3. Hasura x Hashnode

Date: March 2022
Duration: 1 month
Won? -> Yes, Runner up
Tech to use: Hasura
Project: Learn programming while typing or vice-versa
- Live website
- Source code

Learnings

The very new thing I learned during this hackathon is that fonts have different widths . Also, monospace letters have equal width.

4. Linode x Hashnode

Date: June 2022
Duration: 1 month
Won? -> Yes, Winner
Tech to use: Linode
Project: Track price of your product or stock
- Live website
- Source code

Learnings

In this hackathon, I learned web scraping using puppeteer. Also, to host a MERN web app on a raw linux server and map to a domain using Nginx.

Two hackathons in a row. Oh boy, that was epic.

5. Redis x Dev.to

Date: August 2022
Duration: 1 month
Won? -> Yes, Runner up
Tech to use: Redis
Project: Search Engine
- Live website
- Source code

Learnings

In this hackathon, I enhanced my learning of web scraping using puppeteer. Also, to host a MERN web app on a raw digital ocean droplet and map it to a domain using Nginx. And using Redis as a database on its top.

Wow, three in a row 😅

6. Aws Amplify x Hashnode

Date: September 2022
Duration: 1 month
Won? -> Nah
Tech to use: AWS Amplify
Project: Generate a dev card with the number of lines of code you have written
- Live website
- Source code

7. NASA Spaceapps hackathon

Date: October 2022
Duration: 36 hours
Won? -> Nah
Tech to use: NASA APIs
Project: International Space Station tracker
- Live website
- Source code

After this, Hacktoberfest started and I started taking part in a lot of hackathons. Let me share only few of them in details.

8. Nhost x ReacPlay

Date: October 2022
Duration: 14 days
Won? -> Yes, Third
Tech to use: Nhost
Project: Know if your email was read or not
- Live website
- Source code

Learnings

In this hackathon, I learned pixel tracking. Also, to use Nhost as a database, doing Graphql requests, and use Nhost serverless functions.

9. Notjust.dev x Nhost x Stream

Date: November 2022
Duration: 48 hours
Won? -> Yes, Special price winner
Tech to use: Nhost or Stream
Project: A mobile app that gives you updates on the world cup 2022 match
- App download
- Source code

Learnings

In this hackathon, I learned to build a mobile application with React Native. Also, to use Stream for chat messaging.

10. Steel city code

11. Findcoder.io x locofy.ai

12. Medusa js hackathon

13. Inov-8-hackathon

14. MongoDB x Dev.to

I don't even remember other hackathons😅.

Yes, I don't have any experience with offline hackathons, I know some of the rules and time periods but for the most, I have only participated in a 5-hour-long offline competition (which I will not call a hackathon). At least I have participated in some online hackathons, so here is my experience with online hackathons.

Achievements

I feel great looking at my hackathon journeys, I built a lot of good projects this year. And want to build a lot more. Before that let me share some of my achievements here:

Summary

To summarize the whole journey, I got various opportunities to learn more stuffs, explore new technologies, and engage with the community. Most importantly I was able to manage some time for these events. I don't know how but I passed two exams during these hackathons. I have also participated in other hackathons but I didn't find any room to fit that in here so I left it.

Command Palette

Comments (8)

DevRetro 2022

Looking back to year 2022 - DevRetro

More from this blog

Introduction

My participation

1. Thirdweb x Hashnode

Learnings:

2. Netlify x Hashnode

Learnings

3. Hasura x Hashnode

Learnings

4. Linode x Hashnode

Learnings

5. Redis x Dev.to

Learnings

6. Aws Amplify x Hashnode

7. NASA Spaceapps hackathon

8. Nhost x ReacPlay

Learnings

9. Notjust.dev x Nhost x Stream

Learnings

10. Steel city code

11. Findcoder.io x locofy.ai

12. Medusa js hackathon

13. Inov-8-hackathon

14. MongoDB x Dev.to

Achievements

Got featured in Linode's craft of code

Got a participation certificate from steel city codes

120kg CO2 offset

Special prize from Notjust.dev

Got a participation certificate from the Medusa hackathon

Third position

Findcoder.io hackathon participation certificate

NASA Spaceapps participation certificate

Linode hackathon winner

Summary