As I left the lecture hall at the Singapore University of Technology and Design on Saturday, the 400 people filling the room behind me seemed relaxed, chatty, and ready to get to work. Fast forward almost 24 hours, and I was met with a rather different scene — a sea of hunched, well-caffeinated vibe coders typing furiously as they raced to submit their work. They had assembled for Cursor's 24-hour weekend hackathon, one of Singapore's largest  hackathon events , competing to build anything they