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Latest — 15 Feb 2025

From Scratch to Success: Our Hackathon Journey

Life in college is full of firsts—first joys, first delights, first fears, first regrets, first rejections, and so much more. These past 2 years have been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride of experiences. But 2025 began with a bang, marking my first win. Introduction Hi, I’m Yuktha

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Why I must build Point Blank

I am Ashutosh Pandey. My friends and I have been building Point Blank since 2019. Ever since I started, I have been asked why I chose to do this. People build communities for all sorts of reasons including padding up their resume and getting leadership points on their profile before

Overcoming the Odds: How We Made It to SIH 2024

How to Hack Social Media.…Algorithm

Written by : Govind Pandey Disclaimer: Success is not guaranteed by social media presence. It complements skills, hard work, and continuous learning. In today's competitive job market, standing out is more critical than ever. Social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter/X have evolved from being mere social spaces

Between Sand and Syntax: HackVerse 5.0

Hi everyone. My name is Shreyas. This is my sincere attempt to share with you all my experience winning Hackverse 5.0. The journey to HackVerse 5.0 began with a simple message—a link shared by my senior Ashutosh Pandey, encouraging us to give it a try. Little did

From Vision to Victory🏆: Team LANLORDS' SIH Journey 🚀

Smart India Hackathon (SIH) - My first-ever hackathon win, and what an experience! This journey took us through months of sleepless nights, technical glitches, and moments of doubt. But it also led us to one glorious moment of victory. Here’s how we went from concept to champion: Who Am

Code, Chaos and Conquer: The Journey to SIH Victory!🚀

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." These words perfectly encapsulate our journey at the Smart India Hackathon 2024. What started as a leap of faith turned into an unforgettable adventure filled with twists, turns, and triumphs. Here’s

Hackverse Unplugged: From Beaches to Blockchain Victory! 🏆

Hackathons have always been a thrilling way to challenge myself, but Hackverse at NITK took it to a whole new level. A chance to travel, build something amazing, and soak in the beach vibes—this hackathon became one to remember. Let me take you on a ride through the journey.

How a small town boy reached Singapore Grand Finals

Back in our first year, me and my friend Abhyuday went to our first hackathon called Hackman v6. As a team of first year students, we didn't expect much other than a learning experience and free coffee. However, we ended up beating all of our college seniors and

THE MATHS BEHIND LOGISTIC REGRESSION

WHAT IS LOGISTIC REGRESSION? Logistic Regression is a Supervised statistical technique to find the probability of dependent variable(Classes present in the variable). SIGMOID FUNCTION In order to map predicted values to probabilities, we use the sigmoid function. The function maps any real value into another value between 0 and