Proof of Concept
I thought it might be helpful to illustrate concept vs. content as applied specifically to devpost submissions (of which there are only two completed, a third attempted and three others signed-up for, but ultimately not engaged. This is my only (known) Devpost profile and while it is very much true, I am a first time coder, you needn't simply take my word for it. https://yioyoiu0i0ipo.blogspot.com/ ).
Platitute vs Platform
Easter Sunday, April 2024 - after reading a post on Reddit from a USC student writing about an experience at a party that had left her questioning a fellow student's values re: social media - is when I realize that the singular app I had been struggling to manifest w/ no tech or coding experience was actually a platform that could host multiple applications producing myriads of asynchronous functions in line with the foundational principles of what I now call XMFb https://www.reddit.com/r/socialmediawthoutgirl/
VTTX & Escalator
Similarly, what I have labeled as VTTX is a cam/texting protocol - that has yet to be fully actuated as either a MVP (Minimal Viable Product) or MVD (Minimal Viable Product). VTTX is the central component or core feature of my XMFb Platform.
In Dec of '24 I managed to carve out two weeks of time (from the nightmare of self-representation from the 3rd and ultimately successful illegal eviction in 2 years in Los Angeles) to enter my first Devpost challenge to create a manifestation of VTTX called 'Escalator' - I worked around the clock writing code with AI to create a Chrome Web Extension far from complete, what I accomplished is viewable on the git repo.
smash::Tag & smashTagr™
Ok, so if you're with me so far here's what I wish to highlight. On May 12, 2025 in the first hour of my second attempt of manifesting a working demonstration of my platform via writing code w/ AI assist -- I accomplish and exceed the totality of my first attempt (escalator). In a state of shock I begin to document hourly logs. In the third week of the competition I have already generated multiple and complimentary IP components. The determining factor of what I submitted was essentially what I could finish. The 3% Hackathon was entered as a chance to generate in 24hrs a derivative of the smash::Tag using geo-location as a standalone app. called smashTagr yet at the 11th hour I withdrew my entry. https://app.uizard.io/p/319d381d
All concepts, code, etc. were developed between May 12 and June 23rd, 2025 exclusively, for this ADK Hackathon challenge.
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