Riga Cursor Hackathon 2026

An event that happened this weekend was really great. Overall it was chill, friendly and felt like the main goal of the hosts was to provide a platform.

Rules? Yes, bare minimum. Guidelines and flexibility were dominating. And it reduced the atmosphere of competition. And guys were gathered around their project and ideas. Building.

And the finale reminded me hard truth: I can do anything, but not everything. In 24 hours we have built a local-first working real-time speech assistant that listens and suggest what to say next.

Real-time is never easy. While I want to leave the details for a separate article I want to share I have achieved something bigger. And personal.

A real-time project was something almost impossible for me. For years. I am glad new me promised to deliver and delivered. Doubts, uncertainty, frustration. I’ve met them. Also I’ve met courage, joy and proud when it finally did what was expected.

And a sad moment. Because it felt cool and challenging. And I don’t know how to make a product out of it. There are too many potential scenarios. And none of these is “fuck yes!”. I’m proud of myself I calmly said “no” because of that.

My journey continues.