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As 2023 drew to a close, I found myself celebrating a bittersweet victory, finishing second in the Near Web-Fusion Blockchain Hackathon. My teammates, Fasakin Henry, Anesi, Kosbarr, and WalkWithGod and I built a Telegram bot that maps users' Telegram accounts to their BOS profiles. It was a great achievement, but it only fueled my hunger to do more.
In January, I teamed up with Dina for the Squad hackathon. We came in fourth—not a podium finish, but the experience taught us invaluable lessons about collaboration and time management.
By March, Henry and I were back in the game, determined to push our limits. Despite making it to the top 6 in another hackathon, we didn’t win any prizes. That moment stung, not because of the loss but because of a judge’s harsh comment labeling our project “mediocre.” Burned out and juggling exams, I decided to take a step back. By June, Dina, Henry, and I regrouped for the PipeOps hackathon, aiming to build a healthcare application. We had a solid idea, but execution faltered when our front-end developer struggled to ship features quickly. Ultimately, we had to drop out. That was my wake-up call to take a break and focus on growth.
I spent the next few months diving deep into ASP.NET, honing my skills, and building meaningful projects. Then, out of the blue, Dina reached out about the Ercaspay Hackathon. He wanted us to team up again, and the timing felt perfect.
I reached out to Henry. And as usual, he told me he was in.
I got back to Dina and we started brainstorming.
We immediately resonated with Ercaspay’s vision and hackathon guidelines. Instead of building another web app, we wanted to create something truly impactful. Having worked with payment APIs in the past, I knew the challenges developers face when APIs lack proper SDKs or when SDKs aren’t developer-friendly. The frustration of testing APIs manually in Postman and guessing method calls due to poor typing is a common pain point.
That’s when we decided to build SDKs for Ercaspay APIs. It might sound simple, but trust me, it was no small feat. This project required precision, research, and expertise, especially since our SDKs would be used in production applications. Henry worked tirelessly to ensure our slides were top-notch, Dina focused on writing detailed documentation, and I dived headfirst into building TypeScript and C# SDKs.
While I had experience building npm packages, creating a NuGet package in C# was uncharted territory for me. I won’t lie—taking on something so ambitious in a limited time frame was mind-blowing. Yet, the pressure of hackathons has always been my fuel. Despite the challenges, we persevered, knowing that our work wasn’t just a hackathon entry; it was a tool that could genuinely help developers.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper hackathon without last-minute chaos. Towards the end of the hackathon, I had a power outage. The clock was ticking, and I had a lot to complete. That’s when Dina stepped up. He sent funds to get fuel and made sure I could keep working. It could seem like a small act, but it meant the world to me. Moments like that remind me why having a solid team matters so much.
The Ercaspay Hackathon was an exciting ride. It pushed us beyond our limits, tested our resilience, and reminded us of the power of teamwork. My teammates, Henry and Dina, were incredible. And I couldn’t have asked for better teammates. Together, we turned an ambitious idea into reality, and I couldn’t be prouder of what we accomplished.
Special thanks to Ercaspay for organizing such an amazing event. It wasn’t just a hackathon; it was an experience that pushed us to grow, learn, and build something meaningful. And to anyone reading this, you’re the real MVP for sticking around to hear my story. Here’s to more hackathons, more teamwork, and more solutions that matter!
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