Top 10 at BuildAct with SproutSync

On 6–7 June 2026, my team and I spent 48 hours at the BuildAct Hackathon, hosted by the Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK) in Prishtina, and finished in the top 10. The final result wasn't what we had hoped for, but I'm genuinely proud of how far we moved the project in two days.

We came in with SproutSync, our smart plant monitoring ecosystem, and used the hackathon to expand what it can actually do.

What We Built in 48 Hours

Light Meter — a camera-based tool that measures light levels and tells you whether a plant is getting adequate exposure where it currently sits.

Pot Measure — a computer vision feature that estimates a pot's diameter and volume straight from the camera, with no manual measuring.

Nearby Device Scanner — lets users detect and connect to nearby SproutSync sensors and devices.

Klima Node — a newly developed environmental monitoring node that widens the range of environmental data the system can collect.

Live Notifications — real-time alerts about the health and well-being of your plants, so problems surface before the plant shows them.

Where SproutSync Stands Now

With everything in place, SproutSync lets users scan a plant to identify its species, detect whether it is healthy or unhealthy, receive diagnostics and AI-powered insights about its condition, monitor watering levels and light exposure through our custom-built sensors, chat with an integrated AI assistant for plant care guidance, and connect to nearby SproutSync hardware.

What I Took From It

Two days is not enough time to build something from nothing, but it is enough time to take something that already works and make it noticeably better — if you know the codebase cold. Coming in with a running project instead of an empty repository was the single best decision we made.

A huge thank you to the organisers, mentors, judges and everyone who contributed to making BuildAct such a valuable experience.