Update 24-hours-at-hackutd-my-first-hackathon.mdx

Author: sonnynomnom

blogs/2025/24-hours-at-hackutd-my-first-hackathon.mdx

@@ -103,12 +103,14 @@ The event organizers handed out a midnight snack to keep us fueled! Tiramisu and
 
 ### 12:30 AM
 
-![hackathon day 2](https://i.imgur.com/HOnNUUa.png)
+![league finals](https://i.imgur.com/pf8iFTg.png)
 
 We then went to [League of Legends World’s Watch Party](https://www.youtube.com/live/ADaZLxI3uWg?si=9dXQDI72PaOz_1bw)! About 10 of us were seated in a dark room watching the game play on a large screen and intensely working on projects until 5 AM. I focused on the frontend of our website, using **TypeScript** and **Next.js**, and every now and then, I peeked over to see my backend teammate frantically running out of Claude AI credits. He even spent $20 just to get **Claude** to process and format our Toyota Cars CSV file. 🤣
 
 ### 9:30 AM
 
+![locking in](https://i.imgur.com/up2iFFM.png)
+
 Our team was hard at work finishing up our devpost submission, Canva presentation slides, and our actual website itself, which was still missing the main features: using **Gemini API** to process the user input from the frontend and send data to our backend to finalize car selections from a user’s financials and life style choices. 😬 
 
 At least we were enjoying puff pastries for breakfast. 
@@ -121,16 +123,22 @@ We created multiple help tickets with the HackUTD mentors to figure out how to f
 
 ### 12:00 PM
 
+![lunch](https://i.imgur.com/wckkCgA.png)
+
 We winded with a salad for lunch and practiced presenting for the judging panel. I was so relieved that we finished our project and proud of how much progress we made in the last 24 hours. 😮‍💨
 
 ### 1:00 PM
 
+![judging](https://i.imgur.com/44bQEQs.png)
+
 Judging starts. 
 
 Despite our exhaustion, we made sure to deliver a well prepared presentation for the judges. We explained that our app uses a **Python webscraper** to collect Toyota car trims and then finds the top three Toyota cars based on user selection. Afterwards, I checked out and explored other team’s projects and loved seeing their ideas and creativity!
 
 ### 5:00 PM
 
+![closing ceremony](https://i.imgur.com/eY9TyLu.png)
+
 We moved back to the auditorium to hear closing remarks and most importantly, who won! 
 
 Our team didn’t place, but it was so cool to see the winning projects. The organizers had one last surprise for us before we left... the cutest embroidered sweatshirts!! 💗
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 ## Key Takeaways
 
+![freebies](https://i.imgur.com/6TnGJmU.png)
+
 Looking back, my first hackathon was amazing! I was really intimidated at first by big tech events that seem to be for “real” or “experienced” programmers but that quickly changed once I met my amazing, hardworking team. We became great friends and bonded over our shared passion for building a website and had a blast attending fun events, not to mention receiving so many goodies to keep us going through a sleepless night. 🪫💪
 
 I realized you don’t need to be an expert to make an impact. All it takes is a team with an idea, willingness to learn new things, and the motivation to bring it to life.