Build log

Every hackathon entry, launch and open-source release since May 2026, and our 2025 builds before them.

Blocks, newest first

  1. Block #16

    This site’s opening: the headline “Help that actually gets the job done.” over the morning shot of Taiga Tanya still asleep on her arms, a butterfly coming in.

    Launch

    You are here.

    Date
    Event
    Launch
    Result
    You are here
    Source
    —

    The TolongLabs site you are on: the opening film, Taiga, and this build log.

  2. Block #15

    Kotak’s banner: “Open the Box on Your Job.” beside an ASCII-art cat, over the name kotak drawn in ASCII on yellow.

    Launch

    Which of your skills AI is raising or eroding, and what to learn next.

    Date
    Event
    SDC Hackathon 2026 (Domain 1: future-ready workforce, by Aiversecity)
    Result
    Finalists named 28 Oct

    Shows a Malaysian worker which of their skills are rising or declining with AI, and gives them a dated, cited plan for what to learn next.

  3. Block #14

    Safe Edge’s banner: a drone over a township lake’s railing flags “Panel 4 missing”, beside a playground.

    Launch

    Drones flag what changed at a township’s water edges.

    Date
    Event
    Sime Darby Property University Hackathon 2026 (Township of Tomorrow, People track)
    Result
    Top 10 named 28 Oct

    Drones and AI find what changed at a township’s water edges. Safe Edge makes sure a named owner fixes it, and a second person proves the fix.

  4. Block #13

    The TolongLurk card: “TolongLurk” in white pixel letters over a green /lurk prompt, beside a stack of social posts with a pair of eyes peeking over them.

    Open source

    Reads a public post, its media and top replies, no login.

    Date
    Event
    Open source
    Result
    Eight platforms
    Source
    GitHub

    An agent skill, /lurk, that reads public social media posts without logging in: the text, every photo, the video and the most-liked replies, on X, Bluesky, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Instagram and Bilibili.

  5. Block #12

    Taiga Tanya, starry-eyed and beaming, with sparkles around her twin buns.

    Launch

    Our lab assistant gets a face, a voice and 18 expressions.

    Date
    Event
    Launch
    Result
    18 expressions
    Source
    TolongMascot

    Our lab assistant gets a face, a voice and 18 expressions. She answers questions on this site, from the button in the corner.

  6. Block #11

    MyTakziah’s banner: its name and logo beside a ribbon-bound folder of family papers, its three ribbons leading to ticked claims for JPN, KWSP and PERKESO.

    Win · Champion

    Helps a family through the JPN, KWSP and PERKESO claims after a death.

    Date
    Event
    URIIS Student Biz Innov Challenge 2026
    Result
    Champion
    Source
    Per the team

    When someone in the family dies, one family record prepares the JPN, KWSP and PERKESO claims and tracks each one. The agencies keep every decision.

  7. Block #10

    Perch’s banner: its logo beside layered mountains in orange, teal and green.

    Launch

    Group trips without the group-chat chaos.

    Date
    Event
    Launch
    Result
    —
    Source
    Private repo

    Group trips without the group-chat chaos: swipe on places, drag the winners into days, print the keepsake.

  8. Block #9

    RakamLah’s card: its name in bold white letters beside a red recording dot, over a dimmed browser window, with a mouse cursor and a red REC badge.

    Open source

    Scripted browser walkthroughs, narrated and verified.

    Date
    Event
    Open source
    Result
    v0.1.0
    Source
    GitHub

    Scripted browser walkthroughs, narrated, subtitled and verified, on cue.

  9. Block #8–

    The Fan-out skills card: “Fan-out skills” in white pixel letters, and three light-blue arrows branching out to three server boxes.

    Open source

    Bulk work fanned out to cheap workers.

    Date
    –
    Event
    Open source
    Result
    Six skills
    Source
    GitHub

    Six skills that fan bulk work out to cheap headless workers: claude, codex, gonka and modelscope in September, then opencode and river in October.

  10. Block #7

    The dont-kacau-me card: “dont-kacau-me” in green type at a terminal prompt, with a black pixel cat peeking up from the corner.

    Open source

    Lets agent sessions work as peers.

    Date
    Event
    Open source
    Result
    v0.3.0
    Source
    GitHub

    A Claude Code plugin that lets agent sessions work as peers and answers permission prompts from a policy you wrote.

  11. Block #6

    MakanLah’s banner: “Every pick shows the post it came from”, beside a marble kopitiam table set with soup and coffee.

    Launch

    Where to eat in KL, from what Malaysians wrote.

    Date
    Event
    Launch
    Result
    v0.1.0
    Source
    GitHub

    Where to eat in KL, ranked by what Malaysians actually wrote. Every pick cites its source.

  12. Block #5

    The SahurHub gadget on a desk, its screen showing a 3D character, next to a star-shaped trophy.

    Win · Most Creative Qwen Integration

    A deliberately useless desk companion.

    Date
    Event
    Qwen Brainrot Hackathon
    Result
    Most Creative Qwen Integration

    A deliberately useless desk companion: a 3D character on a Raspberry Pi that steals to-dos from your conversations and nags you about them.

  13. Block #4

    CukaiPandai’s panda mascot, in a navy scarf, presenting the logo.

    Win · 2nd Place

    Tax prep for SMEs, a citation on every figure.

    Date
    Event
    NexHack 2026
    Result
    2nd Place
    Source
    Repo badge

    Citation-backed tax prep for Malaysian SMEs: deadlines, Form C, CP204 and CP37 drafts. It never files anything itself.

  14. Block #3

    Layak’s art: a Malaysian family under the flag, their documents glowing at their side, with Layak’s tick-box mark.

    Win · Grand Champion

    Finds the aid schemes a household qualifies for.

    Date
    Event
    Project 2030: MyAI Future Hackathon (Open Category)
    Result
    Grand Champion

    Finds the Malaysian aid schemes a household qualifies for, then drafts each application with every rule it relied on.

  15. Block #2

    LLaMaDesu’s card: its name in pink pixel letters beside a smiling lavender-haired girl with cat ears, on a purple night sky.

    Win · 2nd Place

    A Live2D companion who talks back.

    Date
    Event
    Delulu Hack 2025 (UwU Core track)
    Result
    2nd Place
    Source
    Per the team

    A Live2D companion to keep you company: type or talk to her, and she answers out loud from a local or cloud LLM. She can switch on your lights through Home Assistant, too.

  16. Block #1

    Survivor’s title screen in purple pixel art: ruined stone arches, dead trees and a hooded figure under a dusk sky.

    Open source

    A top-down pixel shooter across six hostile worlds.

    Date
    –
    Event
    Open source
    Result
    v1.0.0, released Sep 2026

    A story-driven survival shooter in Python and Pygame CE: six worlds on hand-made maps, seven weapons, seven kinds of enemy and a story to the end. Built in March 2025 as a university group project, and released as v1.0.0 in September 2026, the start of Survivor’s next chapter.