GDE MIT Hackathon 2026 Link to heading

February 27–28, 2026
Gábor Dénes University, Budapest (Fejér Lipót u. 70, 1119)
~30-hour offline innovation marathon • ~100 participants • education + healthcare challenges

The GDE MIT Hackathon brought together a packed room of builders—experienced developers and ambitious newcomers alike—to work on real-world challenges in education and healthcare, designed by the experts of GDE MIT. Over two days, teams brainstormed, coded, and pitched their ideas to a professional jury for prizes and recognition.

I took part in the hackathon and decided to compete solo in the healthcare challenge.

What I built: Eva, Health Assistant Link to heading

I built Eva, a voice-first health diary designed to help people capture and understand their health over time—and make it easier to communicate with clinicians.

Core idea:

  • Log health data naturally with voice (and structured inputs), then turn it into shareable, doctor-ready reports.

Data Eva aims to aggregate:

  • Symptoms
  • Vitals
  • Medications
  • Fitness/activity
  • Menstruation cycle tracking

Tech stack Link to heading

I focused on moving fast while keeping the architecture realistic:

  • Azure: Cognitive Services (speech) + AI Foundry for OpenAI models
  • Backend: Go + Docker Compose
  • Mobile: Flutter
  • Workflow: Spec-based development with Kiro IDE, and Cursor (Opus 4.6) to unblock the harder problems

The part that didn’t go as planned Link to heading

In the end, I failed to submit my work—which is a first for me. I felt ill and had to leave on the second day morning, before I could package everything into a proper demo and submission.

It was frustrating, but it also reminded me that hackathons are as much about stamina and health as they are about engineering. I’m still proud of the direction Eva took in a short time, and I’d like to keep iterating on the idea.

Community and gratitude Link to heading

One of the highlights was meeting a lot of international students, and I also made some new friends (Krigis included).

Big thanks to Gábor Dénes University for hosting and investing in this kind of hands-on innovation. I hope it inspires other universities in Hungary to run more events like this—supporting builders, creating real momentum, and connecting people across disciplines.