CFD’24, the hackathon conducted by QBurst Koratty, had participants tackle real-world problems using cutting-edge technologies.

The competitive event aimed to inspire QBurstians to develop innovative solutions leveraging emerging technologies. It spanned over two weeks, starting with a registration puzzle and idea submission on July 8, followed by a week of development, an overnight coding session, and final presentation on July 25. The two-week sprint afforded participants the time to come up with well-thought-out solutions with a better understanding of the project lifecycle.

CFD’24 brought together 100 participants in 18 teams. 

GeekSquad secured the first position with Pixel Perfect, an AI-powered visual regression testing solution that can identify UI inconsistencies during development.

Data Dumplings came in second with Meetmate, an AI-based solution for preparing MoM for virtual calls.

Team Crackers’s idea, Swag.ui, placed them third on the leaderboard. Swag.ui is a user-friendly UI that allows developers to generate Swagger (OpenAPI) documentation for their APIs.

Position	Team Name	Members
First	GeekSquad	Abhilash Sivan, Aiswarya Pavithran, Blaise Antony, Ranjith Rajendran, Reo Thomson, Sooraj Surendran
Second	Data Dumplings	Arun Jolly, Lathika Kaippilly, Freddy Varghese, Nidheesh T M, Nidhin David, Sruthy Bhaskaran
Third	Crackers	Anandu Reghu, Anusree Anil, Ashwin Revi, Aswin Balakrishnan, Mahith Santhosh, Shifana Fasalu

The winners received cash awards of Rs.15000, Rs.10000, and Rs.5000 for the first, second, and third positions respectively. 

Teams THE Boys, Ctrl+Shift+Delete, and Undefined won special mentions for their solutions. Team Hydra earned a shoutout for being the first to crack the registration puzzle.