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Inspiration

We’ll admit it: Quipp was born out of sheer inbox overload. One too many pinged GroupMe alerts, overflowing mailboxes stuffed with survey links—and every email dangling the same “$10 Amazon gift card” carrot—had us dreaming of a better way.

That’s when we got serious. Quipp transforms the chaotic scramble of survey creation, distribution, incentive tracking, and data gathering into one sleek, unified platform. No more random group blasts or spammy follow-ups: just beautifully designed questions delivered exactly where and when your audience wants them. Behind the scenes, powerful analytics ensure you get high-quality responses on your timeline. In short, Quipp keeps survey takers happy and survey makers even happier—because good data shouldn’t feel like junk mail.

What it does

Quipp is a web application that turns your basic prompts—course details, audience info or feedback goals—into polished, ready-to-send surveys in seconds. Powered by AI, it not only crafts questions tailored to your needs but also deploys them instantly to your student groups via email, links or embedded widgets.

Built as a secure, ad-free “safe space” for schools, Quipp’s intuitive dashboard streamlines distribution, tracks responses in real time and keeps all data private. Whether you’re running course evaluations, quick polls or in-depth research questionnaires, Quipp cuts out the busywork so you can focus on what really matters: gathering meaningful insights from your students.

How we built it

We’ll be honest: Quipp wouldn’t exist without a steady diet of Red Bull and roughly two hours of sleep. Fueled by caffeine and sheer determination, our four-person team leaned on Google’s Gemini AI to whip up perfectly tuned survey questions in seconds, then turned to GitHub Copilot for the heavy lifting of coding and debugging.

To keep things efficient, we split the site into clear-cut layers: two of us tackled the frontend—crafting a snappy, responsive React interface—while the other two built out the backend services in Node.js, setting up APIs, secure data storage, and real-time analytics. In just one hackathon sprint, we went from zero to a fully functional, AI-powered survey platform—proof that with the right tools (and enough Red Bull), anything’s possible.

Challenges we ran into

Challenges? We had plenty. First was the classic hackathon haze: after pounding Red Bull and surviving on two hours of sleep, our team burst out of the gate at lightning speed, only to hit a wall midway. Energy dipped, typos piled up, and motivation wavered… until the final stretch forced us into one last, caffeine-fueled sprint that carried us across the finish line.

On the technical side, our Git workflow nearly derailed us. Eager to merge every feature branch, we ended up with mismatched copies of master and a catastrophic merge conflict that threatened to erase hours of work. In the end, we hit reset—recloned the main branch, re-applied our changes cleanly, and put a stricter branching policy in place.

Despite the sleep deprivation and version-control drama, these hiccups taught us valuable lessons in team coordination and robust deployment practices—making Quipp stronger, both in code and in character.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We’re proud of how much we crammed into our very first hackathon, despite the fact that one teammate downed three Red Bulls only to conk out and start snoring in record time. In just 24 hours, we went from zero to a fully functional, AI-powered survey platform: • Seamlessly generating tailored questionnaires with Google Gemini • Auto-deploying surveys to student groups and tracking responses in real time • Splitting cleanly into a polished React frontend and rock-solid Node.js backend • Overcoming brutal merge conflicts by recloning and tightening our Git workflow

All of this—built on two hours of sleep, endless caffeine, and sheer determination—means Quipp isn’t just a proof of concept, it’s a testament to what a first-time hackathon team can achieve when they mix ambition with a little mayhem.

What we learned

We learned what it really means to live the CS-major grind—hunkered down in one room, only resurfacing for food and the occasional sprint to the bathroom, leaving energy drink cans and snack wrappers strewn in our wake. Over those intense hours we leveled up on HTML, CSS, and TypeScript, mastering responsive layouts, dynamic styling, and strongly typed components. Just as important, we discovered how to lean on every resource at our fingertips—whether that was GitHub Copilot for on-the-fly code suggestions or quick web searches for obscure API quirks—to hit the ground running and keep our momentum through the all-nighters. In the end, we didn’t just build a functioning platform; we came away with a crash course in rapid development, resourcefulness, and what it takes to push a project across the finish line under real CS-major conditions.

What's next for Quipp

What’s next for Quipp? First, we’re giving our interface a full glow-up—think buttery-smooth animations, snappy tooltips, and just the right amount of confetti when you hit “Send.” Then we’ll unleash public surveys into the wild: anyone can post questionnaires for any school, and you’ll be able to filter results faster than you can say “Dartmouth vs. Hogwarts.” Soon, finding and targeting the perfect campus will feel as easy (and fun) as swiping right—because why should survey creation ever be boring?

_ ChatGPT helped co-wrote this DevPost with Red Bull_