PBW × Lovable Vibe Code Weekend Hackathon: Meet the Builders, Celebrate the Winners & Relive the Magic
Something electric happened inside the PBW × Lovable community.
Creators, product thinkers, first-time builders, and supportive allies came together for an inclusive, fast-paced, no-code hackathon designed for anyone who wanted to bring an idea to life — quickly, collaboratively, and confidently.
And here’s the twist!
Teams had less than two hours to build their entire product.
The energy was intense, the collaboration was immediate, and the results were absolutely inspiring.
🏆 Hackathon Winners & Standout Builds
These teams shipped complete demos under extreme time pressure — and what they produced was nothing short of impressive.
🥇 #1 Winner: InnovateHERs — Nourishly
Team: Deepti Bahel, Misha Muchhala, Mrugakshi Doshi, Priyanka Peddinti, Shreya Saravanan
Prompt: Build a simple recipe app
Demo: nourishlyrecipe.lovable.app
The InnovateHERs created Nourishly, a recovery-focused recipe app for individuals healing from chronic illness. Thoughtful, empathetic, and beautifully executed — Nourishly earned the top spot of the hackathon.
🌟 Special Awards
Each team brought something distinct — and these standout builds earned special recognition.
✨ Best Cultural Insight — Spice & Soul Meals
Team: Shrinidhi Rao, Sheetal Kongattil, Sitara Shirol
Demo: spiceandsoul.lovable.app
A culturally rooted meal discovery app celebrating identity, tradition, and everyday nourishment.
✨ Best AI-First Personalization — Prepify
Team: Purva Tatiya, Shruti Jain-Lynch, Jessi Doyle, Reshma Punukollu
Demo: prepifymeal.lovable.app
A crave-based, adaptive cooking assistant that helps users plan meals based on mood, diet, and lifestyle.
✨ Best Solo Build — Phoenix (PREP)
Team: Dimple Francis
Demo: prepwithlove.lovable.app
A polished, voice-driven culinary companion built entirely solo — a powerful showcase of creativity and focus.
✨ Best Ingredient Intelligence — CookSense
Team: Sukarma Parimoo, Tejaswini Raju, Cristina Morejon, Anagha Todalbagi
Demo: cooksense.lovable.app
A money-saving, waste-reducing recipe discovery tool based on ingredients users already have on hand.
✨ Best Conversational Journaling Experience — SecondSelf (Clarity)
Team: Manoj, Anvesha, Akshatha, Sai Chaitanya, Samhita
Demo: peaceful-reflection.lovable.app
An emotion-aware journaling companion that transforms long writing into quick, meaningful check-ins.
✨ Best Life-Transition Support — New Roots Coach
Team: Namratha Manjunath
Demo: new-roots-coach.lovable.app
A reflective journaling companion designed to support people navigating major life transitions, especially moving to a new city.
✨ Best Wisdom-in-30-Seconds — Rising Tides (Daily Nuggets)
Team: Jocelyn Buckley
Demo: wisdom-nugget-feed.lovable.app
A rapid-insight tool delivering bite-sized leadership wisdom for everyday growth.
This hackathon wasn’t about perfection, it was about:
- Building confidence by building quickly
- Learning no-code tools on the fly
- Collaborating with people you just met
- Turning ideas into real prototypes under intense time pressure
- Experiencing the joy of shipping, not just planning
- Creating an inclusive space where anyone could build
Participants walked away with working demos, new skills, new collaborators, and the realization that they can bring ideas to life faster than they ever imagined.
A Huge Congratulations to Everyone Who Built With Us
Thank you to every participant, mentor, supporter, and ally who made the Vibe Code Hackathon so special and a huge shoutout to Lovable for being an incredible partner in bringing this experience to life.
A heartfelt thank-you to our Hack Organizers & Mentors:
Ramona Arora, Shrinedhi Rajan, and Nirali Parekh — your leadership, coordination, and support made this entire experience seamless, energizing, and unforgettable.
Whether you built solo, paired up, or collaborated in a team, you showed what’s possible when creativity meets speed and community meets collaboration.
Together with Lovable, we created a space where anyone — regardless of background, experience, or confidence level — could step in, build fast, and walk away with something real.
Here’s to the next build, the next idea, and the next wave of creators stepping into their builder era.
Let’s keep building. 🚀💛