Show HN: Hackamaps – A global hackathon map I build after hitting Lovable Limits
Hackamaps is a global hackathon map created by a developer based in Berlin to help builders find and plan trips around hackathon events. Initially built using AI tools, the project was later rebuilt from scratch using React Vite and Supabase after facing limitations and bugs. The developer emphasizes community building, data accuracy, and seeks feedback on data aggregation and technical implementation.
- ▪Hackamaps was created to help developers locate hackathons globally and simplify event-based travel planning.
- ▪The initial version was built with AI tools like Lovable and Windsurf, but the final version was rebuilt using React Vite and Supabase.
- ▪A custom Python scraper hosted on Hetzner gathers data from sources like Devpost and Euro Hackathon, with challenges in data accuracy and deduplication.
- ▪The UI/UX for the second version was overhauled by a collaborator named Tyler.
- ▪The developer is seeking feedback on data deduplication techniques and technical critiques on the stack and interface.
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I am based in Berlin, Germany and it is superfun to travel in Europe. I always have a guilty pressure of not connecting with other hackers or builders if I visit a specific place. I also realise planning trip around different events from platforms like Luma and Devpost is a very tedious process, I wish I have a worldwide map to see where people are building. Since I can't find one, I created Hackamaps.I started out knowing very little on web development. It is mostly just HTML, CSS, JS. For the first interation I just use AI tool like Lovable and Windsurf. I manage to make a working prototy in a week and I my network in linkedin finds in useful. However, there is a lot of bugs and I cant fixed them.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ycombinator.