What happened
While we didn’t win the crown, we still gained something far more profound.
From 200+ teams, we made it to the Top 5 finalists of the first Naga Mayoral Hackathon. Along the way, we built SALBAR—an offline-first emergency health protocol designed to work when the internet, power, and “smart city” systems fail.
We didn’t leave with a trophy. But we didn’t leave empty-handed either.
Team & thanks
Grateful for my team, qtr.zip—couldn’t have done it without Edward, Eduardo, and Abby.
Thank you as well to all the mentors and speakers, especially the Naga City Government and Mayor Leni Robredo, for hosting the event.
What we shipped
SALBAR is built around the idea that emergency health guidance has to stay usable when connectivity and power drop—exactly what disasters and city-wide blackouts create. We designed flows that work offline first, then sync when the network is back.
The project was also flagged for post-hackathon incubation toward LGU deployment—turning a hackathon prototype into something the city can run when it matters most.
This is just the beginning.