Very happy for Angel and wish him the best for the future.. Keep on hacking!
tl;dr I am a harsh judge at Hackathons, and I think that's what we need.
But on the topic of Hackathons and YC Hacks in particular... I expected YC Hacks to be more focused on realistic, actual businesses. I was there and the finalists were mostly disappointing. Vrniture, a cool demo app, is a total non-starter as a business (and I don't think it was ever intended to be one.) The number of people who would have 3d maps of their living space is ~0. The chances of having accurate and well-textured 3d models of sufficient furniture pieces is ~0%. Apparently just getting on "YCs radar" was the intent, and that just doesn't sit well with me unless you're at http://www.stupidhackathon.com/
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Very happy for Angel and wish him the best for the future.. Keep on hacking!
tl;dr I am a harsh judge at Hackathons, and I think that's what we need.
But on the topic of Hackathons and YC Hacks in particular... I expected YC Hacks to be more focused on realistic, actual businesses. I was there and the finalists were mostly disappointing. Vrniture, a cool demo app, is a total non-starter as a business (and I don't think it was ever intended to be one.) The number of people who would have 3d maps of their living space is ~0. The chances of having accurate and well-textured 3d models of sufficient furniture pieces is ~0%. Apparently just getting on "YCs radar" was the intent, and that just doesn't sit well with me unless you're at http://www.stupidhackathon.com/