Winning Double Slash 4.0 — What We Built in 36 Hours
By Samrit Mukherjee
Double Slash 4.0 at Jadavpur University brought 300+ teams and 36 hours on the clock.
We scoped ruthlessly: one core demo path, one backup feature, and zero vanity UI. Finalist selection came from a working prototype judges could touch — not slides.
Winning meant shipping under pressure with clear ownership and nightly integration checks.