"Just after sunrise, four vibe coding enthusiasts from Malaysia crossed into Singapore with a loose idea - and a bet that AI could build most of their app. Hours later, they were racing to prototype it at Google's Gemini 3 Hackathon in Singapore. The four friends, all in their late 30s to 40s, came from different professional backgrounds. Chan Wei Khjan is an accountant. Chan Ler-Kuan lectures on AI at a private university."
"Their initial idea was a "feng shui" app to analyze properties in Singapore - a potentially lucrative use case in a market obsessed with housing and wealth accumulation. Feng shui is a traditional Chinese practice that evaluates how a person's surroundings, along with birth factors, influence luck and well-being. I embedded with the team at Google's developer space in Singapore in January to observe how a vibe-coding project comes together - or nearly falls apart - in seven hours."
Four friends from Malaysia arrived in Singapore at sunrise to compete in Google's Gemini 3 Hackathon with a plan to let AI build most of their app. Their backgrounds included accounting, AI lecturing, IT work, and a startup CTO. They aimed to prototype a feng shui app to analyze Singapore properties for a market focused on housing and wealth. The team relied heavily on prompting, debugging, and rapid iteration using Gemini 3 tools. Activities included coding with AI assistance, filming a product demo, and troubleshooting model outputs. The team worked intensely for seven hours to produce a functional prototype.
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