Hacktoberfest Hack Day Guildford x Surrey CompSoc
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🚀 Hacktoberfest Hack Day Guildford x Surrey CompSoc 💻
Ready to build something awesome in just one day? Join Surrey CompSoc for Hacktoberfest Hack Day Guildford, powered by Major League Hacking (MLH)! 🎃
Whether you’re a coding pro, a complete beginner, or just curious about tech, this is your chance to team up, get creative and turn an idea into a working project.
👥 Team up & hack together
Form a team with your friends or meet new people and work together to create your own project. From AI tools and websites to games, apps and completely crazy ideas — there are no limits to what you can build!
⏱️ A mini hackathon, without the pressure
Hack Day is an in-person mini hackathon designed to help you build, experiment and learn in 8 hours or less. With support from MLH, you’ll have the chance to explore new technologies, including large language models and AI, and bring your ideas to life.
🎁 And yes… there will be SWAG!
Expect a fun day of coding, creativity, challenges, food, prizes and plenty of MLH goodies. 🏆✨
You don’t need to be an expert — just bring your laptop, your ideas and your team spirit!
📍 Guildford x University of Surrey
💻 Powered by Major League Hacking (MLH)
👥 Teams welcome
🔥 Hack. Build. Learn. Have fun.
Think you have the next big idea? Come hack it into existence! 🚀
Prize Categories
2 categories- View Best Open-Source AI Project
Best Open-Source AI Project
Exclusive Hacktoberfest 2026 Winner DEV Badge & MLH Swag Bag
Build an original project that uses open-source or open-weight AI as an important part of how it works. Teams could create an agent skill, build with an open-weight large or small language model, or build or adapt an open-source model harness.
View category - View Best Use of Gemma 4
Best Use of Gemma 4
It’s time to see how much you can build with a lightweight, open model. Gemma 4 packs multimodal intelligence into an open-weights model that you can access through the Gemini API. So, what can Gemma 4 bring to your project?
- Multimodal Experience: Work with text and images to create an assistant that understands more of what users share.
- Focused AI Tools: Build a focused AI tool for learning, creativity, productivity, or your community.
- Rapid Prototyping: Experiment with an open model while using the Gemini API to move quickly from an idea to a working prototype.
Bring your idea to life… what will you build with Gemma 4 today?
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