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My Cavista Hackathon Experience
Part 1: How it all started
Cavista Hackathon has always been on our radar.
The interesting thing is that a team from our school actually won the previous edition. So when we heard about it again, we felt the pressure in a good way. The goal was simple. Represent our school again and see if we could bring the win home once more.
But our team did not start at Cavista.
It actually started earlier at the Lagos Impact Hackathon. Three of my teammates attended that one while I could not make it because of some unforeseen circumstances. That was where the foundation of the team was built.
At that time, the team name was Centenize.
However, when it was time to register for the Cavista Hackathon, we looked at the name again and realized it did not really represent what we wanted. So we decided to rethink it and come up with something better.
After some thinking, we chose the name #Nibble.
In computing, four bits make one nibble. The idea behind the name was simple. Individually we may just be bits, but when we come together we form something complete and more powerful.
That name stuck.
Before the hackathon started, we also spent time studying previous Cavista winners and the kind of solutions they built. We wanted to understand the level of the competition before stepping in.
Luckily, everyone who registered from our side was available, and we were also able to add one more teammate to strengthen the squad.
With the team set and the mission clear, we were ready to represent our school.
Part 2 will be about how we came up with the project idea and how the project itself got its name.
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