Brainstorm word cloud
Terms mined today from the brief, current gallery submissions, past winning projects in related Devpost hackathons and the discussion board. Bigger = more frequent (brief and winners weigh more). Click a word to see winning projects that mention it.
AI · life · track · discord · phone · plan · discover · web · healthcare · shower · verify · create · alexa · health · cloud · traffic · medical · plain · words · friends · care · chat · serverpod · helping · allows · information · share · system · forge · practical · resources · students · track prompts · dev · instagram · challenge · whether · education · building · tracks
Past winners in related hackathons
Winner-badged projects from ended Devpost hackathons that share a theme with this one. Read a few before you pick an idea.
- Shower Souls — Ever want to feel how hard it is to get an SF AI Tech Bro to shower? This game will make you experience it. Spray the larper with a hose until he is clean! (Shower Hacks)
- OKTA UNVERIFY — So basically as we unimelb students know okta verify is already very annoying so, we decided that we are going to create okta unverify which makes your life even harder. (Scuffathon 2026)
- Smart Elephant — Smart Elephant uses Alexa to send timed reminders to your mobile phone. (Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge)
- Naggy — The todo app that nags you until you do it - and stays on the line to help. (Build your Flutter Butler with Serverpod)
- SafeHer — Not just the fastest route — the safest one (Zero Origin)
- RoofGrid — Turn any rooftop into a practical, data-driven solar plan. (InfinityX Global Hackathon 2K26)
- BadDecisions -- Pickle :0 — The desktop assistant you never wanted xD (Shower Hacks)
- Totally Necessary Calculator — You thought life couldn't be more efficient. Then you saw this. The totally necessary calculator. Full Alpha Build Release in 3077 (Scuffathon 2026)
- Tiny Fox - A Virtual Pet for Amazon Alexa — An augmented reality virtual pet for your Amazon Alexa device (Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge)
- Blood Health Tracker — Track your blood health and discover insights (Build your Flutter Butler with Serverpod)
- ScaleFlow — ScaleFlow dynamically scales cloud resources during traffic spikes, distributes workloads across healthy instances, monitors infrastructure, and enables automated failure recovery. (Zero Origin)
- MediAudit AI — Snap a photo of your confusing medical bill and then MediAudit AI turns it into plain English, a checklist, and the exact words to say, so anyone can question an unfair charge. (InfinityX Global Hackathon 2K26)
Judging criteria
Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗
How clearly the project addresses a genuine problem. Potential for actual use or meaningful benefit to users/communities. Must answer the prompt accordingly.
Quality of the AI/ML components, technical depth, correctness, and thoughtful integration of AI (not just a wrapper).
Originality of the idea or approach. Fresh combinations of technology or novel application to the problem space.
Working demo, polish, usability, and how much was actually shipped during the hackathon.
Clarity of the video, README, and written description. Ability to explain the problem, solution, and impact simply.
Timeline
Submission period (from Devpost): Oct 01 - 10, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Oct 10, 2026 @ 12:00pm EDT.
How a beginner can ship
- Read the rules page
Check eligibility, team rules and what must be submitted.
- Pick one idea from the word cloud
Choose one problem and one user; cut everything else.
- Build the smallest working version
One flow that works end to end beats five half features.
- Record the demo early
Most Devpost judging leans on the video and description.
From the discussion board
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