Winning and Losing

You might recall that I placed 6th in the last AWS Builder Challenge, where the goal was to build a landing page/homepage/website in the cloud using AWS services. The top 5 received keyboards, and it was an open secret that many of them had 'botted' their articles, fair enough.

This time, it was round two, with the third Builder Challenge, the Rift Rewind Hackathon on AWS Builder Center. The theme was Riot Games' League of Legends, requiring the use of Riot's League API to find player stats. (I don't play PvP, FPS, or League-esque games, so this was a bit outside my usual.) It essentially involved making a website, (my gaming-themed, Riot-inspired website, check it out!at gaming.praneel.tech. You can also find my article here).

I honestly didn't think much of it and didn't share it with anyone. To my surprise, I actually won! The winners were announced here. I'm glad they rectified their previous mistakes of making it solely engagement-based, ensuring that those who genuinely share their work get the recognition, not botters.

On the losing side, I broke my laptop. The one thing I cared about most is now dead. While trying to change an SSD, I forgot to unplug the battery, which sadly fried my motherboard. So now I am laptop-less and times are grim. Even though I won, it truly feels like I've lost. MAKE SURE TO PLUG OUT YOUR BATTERY PEOPLE.

And well, that's about it for now. I will also share pictures of the mechanical keyboard I won in the next blog, probably!

Thanks for Reading!