🚿 Shower Hacks

A 12-hour hackathon where the winner gets to take a shower
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October 10th 2026 – it'll be in Berkeley or SF.

About

Some engineers know how to build, others just think they do, but one thing they all have in common is that they need to take a shower.

In the spirit of unserious ideas, Shower Hacks has only one judging criteria: Shock Value.

You can build anything... anything, like a nonchalant AI chatbot that doesn’t really care that much. An AI that automatically determines health insurance premiums based on attractiveness as a health indicator. A social media platform that only accepts users with an 800+ credit score. An AI situationship that texts you but then ghosts you randomly. A dating app that matches based on genetic compatibility. A map app that gives the location of people in the area who need a hug. Dating app for infidelity. An AI jury that makes decisions on criminal cases. An AI girlfriend that sends the user CashApp requests. An Uber alternative where you can select the height of your driver. A backlink spam bot to hurt a competitor's SEO. AI-powered deep search to perform a background check on your bf or gf. A subscription-based AI homework cheating SAAS that accepts EBT. A C2C platform to trade prescriptions. Endless opportunities...

Prizes

After Party

Invited participants and all winning teams will be invited to the after party (must be 21+ to consume alcohol).

Sponsors

In progress...

The Team

John Lins

John Lins

CompE @ UCSB

Sigmoid Hacks

Sarah Zhao

CSE @ UCLA

Ken Mueller

CS @ Stanford

Yuni Kim

UCSD

@yunskistudy

Sophia Duan

Hack Club

Aidan Ouckama

@ouckahcs

Tina Chi

Apple

@tinahelloworld

Viraj Ala

@viraj.ala

Chris Vaisnor

AI M.S. @ John Hopkins University

Kai

XAI / CMU


The team is still being built. More to come...