Counterspell Silicon Valley
A beginner-friendly hackathon built so anyone can ship their first project in a weekend, with mentors and zero gatekeeping.
Adam Xu
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I build software and the communities around it. By day I'm shipping BigSet as a software engineering intern at Tiny Fish. The rest of the time I run Hack SV, putting on hackathons that get teenagers building things they're proud of.
Software Engineering Intern @ Tiny Fish
Building BigSet, working across the stack on the data and agent infrastructure that powers the product.
Founder & President @ Hack SV
Started and run a nonprofit hackathon community for Bay Area teens. Lead organizing, sponsorships, and a team of volunteers.
Hackathons that don't gatekeep.
I founded and run Hack SV, a community for Silicon Valley's teenage builders. We run events where the goal is to make something, learn, and have a ridiculous amount of fun doing it - no resume required.
Scrapyard Silicon Valley
The anti-hackathon. Build the most gloriously useless thing you can imagine - the worse the idea, the better.
BigSet
The product I work on at Tiny Fish - data and agent infrastructure at scale.
typescriptinfraagents
Hack SV platform
Registration, check-in, and judging tooling that keeps our events running smoothly for hundreds of hackers.
reactpostgresweb
Event automations
Scripts and bots that handle the unglamorous logistics - badges, schedules, sponsor comms - so organizers can focus on people.
pythonautomation
Side experiments
An ever-growing pile of half-finished CLIs, scrapers, and tools I build to scratch an itch and learn something new.
goclifor fun
Got something to build?
I'm always up for a good problem, a hackathon, or a cold email. Reach out.