Knight_Protocol
How much experience does your group have? Does the project use anything (art, music, starter kits) you didn't create?
Practically we didnt have much experience in coding prior to the day
What challenges did you encounter?
We hit three major roadblocks during the hackathon:
API Traffic Jams: We originally built our backend using the Gemini API, but the model kept hanging and timing out due to high weekend traffic. We had to pivot our entire backend route mid-hackathon to use Groq for blazing-fast, reliable JSON responses.
State Management & TypeScript: Wiring up the core game loop was incredibly tricky. We struggled to pass the user's typed "defense" string up through multiple nested React components while satisfying strict TypeScript interfaces, ensuring the AI judged the actual comeback instead of just looping the original pitch.
API Traffic Jams: We originally built our backend using the Gemini API, but the model kept hanging and timing out due to high weekend traffic. We had to pivot our entire backend route mid-hackathon to use Groq for blazing-fast, reliable JSON responses.
State Management & TypeScript: Wiring up the core game loop was incredibly tricky. We struggled to pass the user's typed "defense" string up through multiple nested React components while satisfying strict TypeScript interfaces, ensuring the AI judged the actual comeback instead of just looping the original pitch.
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