We entered Fixathon as hackers. We left as winners.

Usually I show up to a hackathon as the organizer, the mentor, or the judge. This time was different. Helder, Henrique and I decided to do something we hadn't done in a long time: sit on the other side of the table and build, just for the fun of it.

We always play to win. But honestly? We did not expect this one.

The room at Fixathon, hosted by Impact Hub Porto on TAIKAI, was stacked. Real maturity, real engineering, teams from CEiiA, INESC TEC, universities in the Netherlands, serious people solving serious problems. That level forced us to level up. We got more demanding with each other with every hour that passed, and a lot of that pressure came from the outside too: the organizers, the BluFab by Casais team, and the judges who kept pushing every team to do more and raise the bar.

Thank you to everyone who supported us. This one meant a lot. 💙