Viget's 2026 Pointless Palooza internal hackathon saw eight teams ship projects in 48 hours, the most productive edition yet. A key theme was AI tools like Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and Claude Code enabling non-developers—UX researchers, designers, strategists—to build functional prototypes independently. Projects ranged from a gamified habit tracker with pixel art to an AI language learning app built entirely by UX researchers. The main takeaways: AI redistributed who can build what across roles, human judgment remained essential for directing AI output, and solving real problems generated the most momentum.
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