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HOW I WON $2,750 USING JAVASCRIPT, AI, AND A CAN OF WD-40

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This developer won $2,750 in a marketing video contest by using JavaScript, AI tools like ChatGPT and Elevenlabs, and a strategic understanding of the contest's rules. They identified key factors that made the contest winnable, such as the judging criteria favoring video entries and the availability of multiple prizes. The developer then used Playwright to scrape the competition and determine which entries were less likely to win based on quality and type. Finally, they used ChatGPT to generate code for calculating their odds of winning based on the number of entries submitted, leading them to submit eight videos and win seven prizes.