Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How do you win a hackathon? 🏆

Judges from the JetBrains x Codex Hackathon shared what gets their vote:

🎯 Start with the problem, not the tech ✂️ One thing that works beats five that don’t 💻 The demo is the pitch. Show it working, fast 🎉 Have fun. Judges can tell

Big thanks to our judges from OpenAI, Nebius, Scarf, and Stateshift for sharing their notes from the judging table.

Full post: blog.jetbrains.com/ai/2026/06/how-to-win-a-hackathon-notes-from-the-judging-table

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