I Built VERDICT: A Hackathon Portal That Shows Its Work

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A hackathon portal can collect projects, assign judges, and publish scores. But there is a harder question hiding underneath all of that: When the results are announced, can anyone understand how they were reached—and verify that they haven’t quietly changed? That question was the starting point for VERDICT, our submission and judging platform built for DOGFOOD 2026. We didn’t want to build just another project gallery with a leaderboard attached. We wanted to build a portal where the entire judging process is inspectable.

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