{
  "id": 14835019,
  "title": "My Global Hack Week Recap: Cursor, Grok and a Few Tiny Apps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/my-global-hack-week-recap-cursor-grok-and-a-few-tiny-apps",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-16T01:18:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/tmott13/my-global-hack-week-recap-cursor-grok-and-a-few-tiny-apps-2ieg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "MLH's Global Hack Week took place last week as part of Hacktoberfest 2026. The week-long event saw participants completing various projects, with the author finishing a handful of small projects and earning 14 GHW points, becoming a Hacktoberfest Completionist with 16 stickers. The author's projects included Game Day Glance, a live app to track the next Atlanta sports games; benchmarking Cursor's models with Grok 4.7, Claude Opus 5.5, and Gemini Flash 3.8; and creating a Grok Bot named Grok with two skills: ESPN next-game updates and weekend game plans. The author learned that small apps are effective for learning new tools and that comparing different models can influence model selection. They are excited to explore Grok Bot further and are grateful for the opportunity to participate in Global Hack Week.",
  "summary": "Last week I took part in MLH's Global Hack Week as part of Hacktoberfest 2026. I had one week, a healing ankle, and a goal of finishing my Hacktoberfest sticker book. I came out of it with a handful of small projects, 14 GHW points, and I'm now a Hacktoberfest Completionist (16 stickers). 🎉 Here's what I built, what I tried, and what I learned. Challenge 1: Game Day Glance (built with Cursor)…",
  "key_points": [
    "Author completed small projects during MLH Global Hack Week",
    "Developed Game Day Glance, Cursor benchmarking, and Grok Bot",
    "Learned effectiveness of small apps and model comparison"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Building small-scale applications serves as an efficient method for mastering new developer tools and provides the necessary data to inform better model selection during the benchmarking process.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}