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February 23, 2026projectsCounting readers

We Won Best UI/UX at the Buildathon. Here''s the Design System Behind It.

Solo IDE won Best UI/UX and a $500 prize at the 2026 Startup Week Buildathon. The win came from a real design system — OKLCH colors, shadows over borders, and a 24-file light mode audit at 2am — not from luck.

February 22, 2026projectsCounting readers

rust tauri hackathon ai-agent

Building a Native AI IDE in 3 Days — Solo at Startup Week Buildathon

Taking an existing Rust/Tauri IDE codebase and turning it into a demo-ready product in 72 hours. The sidecar swap, the credential vault, the session isolation bug, and what I learned about brownfield hackathons.