Aaron's Blog

Justin, Natalee, Pranav, and me! Day 3, after we submitted our project. Coding for 36 hours, sleeping on a concrete floor, and a red-eye flight back home the next night might not sound like fun, but somehow, TreeHacks 2020 will still be one of the highlights of my senior year in college. On February 14th, I flew out to Stanford to participate in their annual hackathon, which draws 1,100 participants from all across the country and the world. In this blog post (my first ever one!) I'll be recapping my experience, putting my project on show, and discussing what I learned from the whole process. Of course, I have to start out with a shoutout to my wonderful teammates, Justin, Natalee, and Pranav. We all attend different schools, and met through the team-building TreeHacks Slack channel. Justin attends UIUC, Natalee attends RPI, and Pranav attends CMU. We decided our skills complemented each other and formed a team. Right from the start, we were vibing well. First Impressions ...