Congrats to the 'Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge' Winners!
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The results are in! We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge presented by Major League Hacking (MLH).
Choosing our five winners was no easy task. The submissions we received were candid, thoughtful, and packed with genuine insight. From passion projects to side‑hustles, wild ideas and thoughtful tools, participants openly shared both the highlights and the friction points of working with Google Gemini. That kind of honesty is what makes a great reflection post, and the community delivered.
To everyone who submitted: thank you for taking the time to write it all down. We hope putting it into words was as valuable as the building itself.
Winners
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@jowi00000 – built Plante, an automated greenhouse monitor that leverages the Google Gemini API for Context‑Aware AI Chat and Weekly Pulse Insights. The post highlighted hardware components and a gamified frontend experience.
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@francistrdev – provided a deep, honest analysis of using Google Gemini to contribute to Forem (the OSS that powers DEV) and to code a project for the Weekend Challenge.
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@astrodeeptej – fused NASA data with Gemini to create CosmoDex, an interactive dashboard for tracking Near Earth Objects. Gemini generated dynamic, gamified threat assessments and sci‑fi lore, making the data engaging and accessible.
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@phalkmin – shared their experience using the Gemini CLI as a junior developer, describing how refined prompting strategies saved two legacy codebases.
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@mirshah12 – built ProcSee, an autonomous security investigation system that monitors every process on a machine in real‑time. Suspicious activity is handed off to Gemini 3 Pro to write a full forensic report.
Prizes
The five winners will receive:
- Raspberry Pi 5 8 GB GenAI Kit (Assembled)
- DEV++ Membership
- Exclusive DEV Badge
All participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
What’s next?
- Join the Notion MCP Challenge happening now through March 29.
- Keep an eye on our challenge page for upcoming launches, and follow the challenge tag to stay updated: #devchallenge – the official tag for submissions and announcements related to DEV Challenges.
- If you want to keep building with Google AI, explore our DEV Education Tracks.
Thank you to everyone who participated! We hope reflecting on and sharing your projects in this type of challenge motivates you to keep building things you’re passionate about.