I had never thought that I could stay awake all night anytime. Innofest 2008, a technical fest by IIIT, Bangalore had an overnight programming contest named CODE BUTTER on 22nd night. In a team of 3, we were supposed to solve one problem ( which was actually a mini-project) in 12 hours.
The competition was awesome. The most wonderful thing was the confidence I gained from the event. I forgot everything when I started coding at 9.30 pm at night. It was like addiction to programming. Its a good experience to work under stress.
Our team coded a utility to search files on Linux/Unix system. We used UNIX APIs for the functionality and Qt for the front end. We knew the details and usage of most APIs that we used. Qt assistant helped me a lot. We were given access to internet and that was very useful in certain special occasions (like converting a QString to char * for use by the APIs etc. ). IIIT, Bangalore is about to release our code under GPL.
runa said,
March 24, 2008 at 6:08 pm
you seriously r0ck!!
Netra said,
March 24, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Thank u Runa
Sankarshan said,
March 24, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Awesome-ness has a new definition
By the way, your blog has been syndicated to planet-india.randomink.org
Netra said,
March 24, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Thank u Sankarshan
I am aware that my blog has been syndicated to planet-india.. thats an honour 
Prabhanjan said,
March 24, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Good …keep it u p
Tarique Sani said,
March 25, 2008 at 8:22 am
Way to go Girl!!! keep at it
Netra said,
March 28, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Thank You Tarique..