What I hate about the platforms I build with

I hate that I lost three hours at an in-person OpenAI hackathon after hitting the usage cap, and even the onsite OpenAI team couldn't resolve it.

OpenAI

Memelab GPT-5 Startup Hackathon NYC Sep 2025

I hate that Gemini kept hallucinating fake or broken links that looked real until I clicked them.

Gemini

TradeCast Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon Jun 2026

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I hate needing Cost Explorer filters just to understand basic AWS service usage.

AWS

Decision Room Amazon Nova AI Hackathon Mar 2026

GCP shows basic service usage on a streamlined single billing page.

I hate how much friction a first Cloud Run deployment can create because of GCP IAM defaults.

Cloud Run

Roastify Cloud Run Hackathon Nov 2025

I hate that Duo Flow's schema is too complex and rigid, and schema/flow failures give me too little useful error information.

GitLab Duo Flow

Drift Guard GitLab AI Hackathon Mar 2026

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I hate that Maestro offers skills for Claude Code, yet Claude Code still struggled to implement basic case handling.

UiPath Maestro

Mission Control UiPath AgentHack Jun 2026

I hate that restoring a Lens Studio prefab can lose the script-defined behavior that made the original asset work.

Lens Studio

Face Race Play Everywhere: Build with Snap Games Jan 2026

I hate how long Devvit app review takes when I'm trying to ship.

Reddit / Devvit

Tiny Crossword The Reddit Daily Games Hackathon Feb 2026

I hate that my Yelp trial expired before the hackathon did.

Yelp

Business Opportunity Finder Yelp AI API Hackathon Nov 2025